title: Novice nurses' level of global interdependence identity: a quantitative research study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Often, therapeutic relationships are cross-cultural in nature, which places both nurses and patients at risk for stress, depression, and anxiety.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this investigation was to describe novice nurses' level of global interdependence identity, as manifested by worldminded attitudes, and identify the strongest predictors of worldminded attitudes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective descriptive with multiple regression study.
  
  
  METHODS
  The various nursing units of a large hospital in the great Cleveland, OH, area.
  
  
  METHODS
  The participants were novice nurses up to two years after graduation from nursing school and employed as hospital clinicians.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive statistics with the mean and standard deviation of the scores was used for the delineation of the development of the participants. The study relied on a survey instrument, the Scale to Measure Worldminded Attitudes developed by Sampson and Smith (1957). The numerical data was scored and organized on a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 was the program used to assist with analysis. The assessment of the models created through regression was completed using the model summary and analysis of variance (ANOVA).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The nurses' mean level of global interdependence identity was slightly above the neutral point between extreme national-mindedness and full development of global interdependence identity. The best predictors of worldminded attitudes were immigration, patriotism, and war conceptualized under a global frame of reference.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Novice nurses did not demonstrate an optimum developmental status of global interdependence identity to safeguard cross-cultural encounters with patients. The recommendation is the inclusion of immigration, patriotism, and war in the nursing curriculum and co-curriculum to promote student development and a turnaround improvement in patient experience.
authors.affiliation: 2121 Euclid Ave., JH 238, Cleveland, OH 44115-2214. Electronic address: m.k.gibson16@csuohio.edu.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kozlowski-Gibson
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D065246:Culturally Competent Care; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff; D009820:Ohio; D011446:Prospective Studies; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Cross-cultural nursing; Global identity; Nursing safety; Nursing-student development; Worldmindedness