title: Cultural competence: an evolutionary perspective.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The need for conceptual clarity, which is essential for effective communication related to cultural competence. Practice, education, administration, and research are identified.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rodgers' (2000) method of concept analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Attributes of cultural competence were identified as cultural awareness, cultural knowledge, cultural understanding, cultural sensitivity, and cultural skill.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cultural competence can best be identified as a nonlinear dynamic process that is never ending and ever expanding. It is built on increases in knowledge and skill development related to its attributes.
authors.affiliation: University of Memphis, Loewenberg School of Nursing, Memphis, TN, USA. jburchum@memphis.edu
authors.forename: Jacqueline L Rosenjack
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Burchum
mesh_terms: D003468:Cultural Evolution; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing / Q000639:trends*