Attributional theory applied to a baccalaureate nursing community experience.
This study reports on the effectiveness of the attributional approach for evaluating outcomes of bicultural nurse-client interactions. Data for retrospective analysis were drawn from junior baccalaureate nursing students' (N = 16) self-evaluations of a one-to-one experience with a low-income, elderly, minority, urban resident. This data collection site, a wellness center in the resident/participant's high-rise apartment building, was ideal because of the relative control of variables that tend to raise caregiver anxiety and confound outcomes of nurse-client bicultural interactions in community-based settings. Faculty found the attributional tool to have major advantages involving the students' preconceived ideas and plans for person growth. Multicultural population trends and expanding community-based nursing practice needs make it imperative that barriers in bicultural situations be addressed.
University of Delaware College of Nursing, Newark 19716-3710.
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D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education*