title: Measuring cultural awareness in nursing students.
abstract: Recognizing the need for a valid and reliable way to measure outcomes of a program to promote multicultural awareness among nursing faculty and students, the authors developed a cultural awareness scale. In the first phase of the study, a scale consisting of 37 items was generated from a literature review on cultural awareness, sensitivity, and competence in nursing. A Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of .91 was obtained from a sample of 72 student nurses. In the second phase, the items were presented to a panel of experts in nursing and culture to determine content validity. A content validity index of .88 was calculated, and the total number of items on the scale was reduced to 36. The scale then was administered to 118 nursing students. Data from the two samples then were combined, and factor analysis was conducted to support construct validity. Cronbach's alpha for the combined samples was .82.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78701-1499, USA. ellerew@mail.utexas.edu
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rew
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cookston
authors.forename: Shirin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khosropour
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martinez
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001364:Awareness; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013781:Texas; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education*