Outsiders in nursing education: cultural sensitivity in clinical education.
Cultural competence is a stated value of nursing and nursing education. However, some institutional and traditional practices in nursing education can unintentionally impede nurses from achieving cultural competence. Both the literature and interviews with nurse educators show that despite educators' intentions to treat all students the same, nontraditional students may feel singled out and may in fact be singled out for closer scrutiny because of their difference from the demographic norms of nursing students. To ensure that the nursing profession reflects the composition of the patient population it serves, nurse educators must first acknowledge the Eurocentric culture of nursing education and, then, work to change the environment in which students are recruited, learn, and take on the role of beginning practicing nurses.
Clinical, Professor, Community Practice Department, School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.. Electronic address: jkdebrew@uncg.edu.
Jacqueline Kayler
JK
Debrew
Professor, Parent-Child Nursing Department, School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.
Lynne Porter
LP
Lewallen
Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.
Edna
E
Chun
D054521:Cultural Competency; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013338:Students, Nursing
Clinical education; Clinical failure; Cultural sensitivity; Nursing education; Pre-licensure nursing education