Article
Teaching Strategies to Increase Cultural Awareness in Nursing Students
Nurse Educator
(2015)
Abstract
Cultural competence education is essential for all nurses to better prepare them to address the underlying social environment of patients, families, and communities. This article describes a study with second degree nursing students that tested 6 teaching strategies for their effectiveness in raising cultural awareness, a key aspect of cultural competence. The results demonstrated that the interventions had a positive effect.
Keywords
- Cultural competence education,
- Cultural awareness in nursing
Disciplines
Publication Date
November, 2015
DOI
10.1097/NNE.0000000000000175
Publisher Statement
Copyright Wolters Kluwer 2015
Citation Information
William H. Lonneman. "Teaching Strategies to Increase Cultural Awareness in Nursing Students" Nurse Educator Vol. 40 Iss. 6 (2015) p. 285 - 288 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/william-lonneman/3/