title: Addressing the hidden dimension in nursing education: promoting cultural competence.
abstract: The authors describe a cultural competence quality enhancement process to address the retention challenge of students who speak English as second language and international students as part of a school of nursing's continuous program quality improvement to achieve excellence. The process, strategies, outcomes, and evaluation of the training program are detailed within the given geographical, institutional, and curriculum context. Lessons and continuing challenges are also specified.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Radford University, Radford, VA 24142, USA. kcarter@radford.edu
authors.forename: Kimberly F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003144:Communication Barriers; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D019303:Multilingualism; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012073:Remedial Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015144:Southeastern United States; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000523:psychology; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education