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Transcultural Self-Efficacy Perceptions of Baccalaureate Nursing Students
Journal of Transcultural Nursing
  • Margaret Halter, PhD.
  • Faye Grund, PhD.
  • Mark Fridline, PhD, University of Akron Main Campus
  • Sharon See, MSN.
  • Lisa Young, DNP.
  • Carol Reece, DNP.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2015
Abstract

Addressing the health care needs of a 21st-century nation that is experiencing increased diversity and disparity will require new models of educating future providers. The cultural competence and confidence model was the guiding framework in a study evaluating the influence of cultural educational offerings on the transcultural self-efficacy (TSE) perceptions in baccalaureate nursing students. The Transcultural Self-Efficacy Tool was used to measure perceived TSE in a pretest (N = 260), posttest (N = 236) study over an academic year. Significant changes were demonstrated in overall self-efficacy and on the cognitive, practical, and affective subscales. A classification and regression tree analysis identified social orientation as the demographic variable most predictive of the TSE level. This study supports previous research where positive changes were found in students’ TSE based on the inclusion of cultural interventions in the nursing curriculum.

Citation Information
Margaret Halter, Faye Grund, Mark Fridline, Sharon See, et al.. "Transcultural Self-Efficacy Perceptions of Baccalaureate Nursing Students" Journal of Transcultural Nursing Vol. 26 Iss. 3 (2015) p. 327 - 335
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mark_fridline/1/