title: Cultural competency of graduating BSN nursing students.
abstract: Providing culturally appropriate care is an essential nursing competency for new graduates. Multiple curricular approaches are being used to achieve this end. When measured by Campinha-Bacote's Inventory for Assessing the Process of Cultural Competency Among Healthcare Professionals-R, graduating students (n = 515) from six different BSN programs scored, on average, in the culturally aware range. These results suggest that no one curricular approach is proving to be more effective than another in achieving essential cultural competency.
authors.affiliation: Washington State University College of Nursing, Spokane, USA. sedgren@wsu.edu
authors.forename: Suzan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kardong-Edgren
authors.forename: Carolyn L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Cason
authors.forename: Ann Marie Walsh
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reifsnider
authors.forename: Faye
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hummel
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mancini
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Griffin
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States