The effects of nurse practitioner cultural competence on Latina patient satisfaction

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 278-286

  Castro, Anabell ^a,b   Ruiz, Ester ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NP C   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans (ARSMA II); Cultural competence; Latina; Nurse practitioner; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CERTIFICATION; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 65449152161     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2009.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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