PURPOSE
With the increase of foreigners using Korea health facilities, it is important for nurses to be culturally competent. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a cultural competence educational program on the cultural competence of nursing students.
METHODS
A quasi-experimental study with a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. For the experimental group there were 42 participants from one school and for the control group, 40 from another school. The experimental group participated in the 14 week multicultural nursing education program while the control group participated later after the experiment was finished. Data were collected using self-report structured questionnaires prior to the intervention and right after the intervention, and were analyzed using descriptive statistics, χ² test, and independent t-test with SPSS 18.0 program.
RESULTS
The experimental group reported significant positive changes for cultural knowledge (t=3.99, p<.001), cultural awareness (t=3.92, p<.001), cultural acceptance (t=2.25, p=.027), and cultural competence behaviors (t=4.30, p<.001) compared to the control group.
CONCLUSION
The results of the study indicate that the cultural competence educational program developed by the researchers is effective in raising the level of cultural knowledge, cultural awareness, cultural acceptance, and cultural competence behaviors of nursing students.

Citations

• Effect of compassion competence on cultural competence in student nurses: Mediating effect of professional nursing values
  Jumi Lee, Won Hee Jun
  Journal of Professional Nursing.2022; 41: 134.     CrossRef
• Effects of a multicultural education program based on international students’ participation on intercultural communication competence and nursing professionalism
  Kyung Jin Hong, Jungjin Han
  The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education.2022; 28(4): 389.     CrossRef
• Influence of Cultural Competence on Nursing Professionalism of Nursing Students
  Mijeong Park, Hana Yoo
  Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education.2019; 25(1): 38.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
As Korean society has rapidly become multicultural in the last few decades, it is essential for nurses to become culturally competent to provide effective care for ethnically and culturally diverse populations. Considering the advantages of standardized instrument, there is a need to evaluate current cultural competence instruments to assess adaptability to Korean nurses.
METHODS
Using Macdowell's instrument evaluation guideline, a review and evaluation was done of the Inventory for Assessing the Process of Cultural Competence among Healthcare Professionals (IAPCC) and Cultural Competence Assessment (CCA), which were both developed based on cultural competence theoretical models and have been commonly used in nursing research. Two other Korean instruments were also evaluated.
RESULTS
The instruments reviewed have limitations in reliability and validity, as well as cultural background and development process, for measurement of cultural competence in Korean nurses.
CONCLUSION
The results of this study indicate that it is necessary to discuss and agree on a definition of what cultural competence is and to develop instruments to measure cultural competence in Korean nurses.

Citations

• Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Korean version of the Cultural Competence Assessment
  Duckhee Chae, Kyeong‐Hwa Kang, Ramona Benkert, Ardith Z. Doorenbos
  Japan Journal of Nursing Science.2018; 15(1): 56.     CrossRef
• Cultural Competence and Factors Influencing Cultural Competence in Nursing Students
  Duck Hee Kim, Seong Eun Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.2013; 22(3): 159.     CrossRef