title: Teaching methods and an outcome tool for measuring cultural sensitivity in undergraduate nursing students.
abstract: A major challenge facing the nursing profession is to educate and assist nurses to develop the skills to provide culturally relevant care. This article describes one school's multicultural curriculum for baccalaureate nursing students and a tool to measure changes in behaviors and attitudes. The article presents the psychometric properties of the Cross-Cultural Evaluation Tool that yields a cross-cultural interaction score. Successful teaching strategies are presented that are substantiated by increased student cross-cultural interaction score scores.
authors.affiliation: Saint Luke's College, Kansas City, USA.
authors.forename: Kathleen H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: Lucy J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Hood
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001364:Awareness; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008923:Missouri; D017145:Models, Educational; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011287:Prejudice; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011594:Psychometrics; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration