Measuring Cultural Awareness of Nursing Students: A First Step Toward Cultural Competency

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 250-258

  Krainovich Miller, Barbara ^a   Yost, Jennifer M ^a   Auerhahn, Carolyn ^a   Norman, Robert G ^a   Dobal, May ^a   Rosedale, Mary ^a   Lowry, Melissa ^b   Moffa, Christine ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural awareness; Cultural Awareness Scale (CAS); cultural competency; Purnell Model for Cultural Competence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 45349088942     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659608317451     Document Type: Article

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