J Korean Acad Soc Nurs Educ.  2018 May;24(2):181-189. 10.5977/jkasne.2018.24.2.181.

Current Status of Transcultural Nursing Education in Nursing Baccalaureate Programs

Affiliations
  • 1Doctoral Student, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Korea.
  • 2Professor, College of Nursing· The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, Korea. kim0424@snu.ac.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study presents the current status of transcultural nursing education in nursing baccalaureate programs.
METHODS
The nursing curricula from 185 out of 194 nursing colleges that received accreditation were collected and analyzed.
RESULTS
109 (58.9%) nursing colleges offered 117 transcultural nursing-related courses. The courses were offered as elective (68.4%) as well as major (78.6%) courses. All courses were offered as a theoretical delivery class without any field experiences. The courses were offered mainly for sophomore (41.9%) and freshman students (33.3%), and most of them (79.5%) were two-credit courses. Instead of the term "transcultural nursing,""multicultural nursing" is mostly used in the title of courses. An inconsistency between the title of courses and their content was found. After analyzing the title of courses based on four nursing meta-paradigms, courses related to the environment were most common (41.9%).
CONCLUSION
Transcultural nursing education has developed during the last decade. However, teaching methods and course content have not developed enough. Thus, a greater effort is needed to increase awareness of the importance of transcultural nursing education and to develop courses for it.

Keyword

Transcultural nursing; Nursing education; Nursing education research

MeSH Terms

Accreditation
Curriculum
Education*
Education, Nursing
Humans
Nursing Education Research
Nursing*
Teaching
Transcultural Nursing*
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