Assessing culturally competent scholarship.
Cultural competence is a necessity for nursing practice in a global society, and use of objective criteria to measure cultural competence is a critical need. We used Meleis's eight criteria for assessing culturally competent scholarship as an analytical framework for reviewing an international educational/research experience. We developed operational measures for each criterion, then applied the measures to our experience, citing discrete examples for adherence. While we believe we have met the criteria for cultural competence in our course and scholarly work, our application has helped to identify areas needing improvement. In addition, we hope our application of these criteria will stimulate others to evaluate their own efforts in teaching, researching, or practicing cultural competence.
Mendias
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University of Texas Medical Branch, School of Nursing, Galveston, TX 77555-1029, USA. nmendias@utmb.edu
Guevara
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D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009729:Nursing; D011361:Professional Competence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States