An exploration of the need among nurses from diverse cultures for a teaching program on cultural sensitivity

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:The objective of this study was to explore the perceived need among nurses fromdifferent cultures in a private hospital in Saudi Arabia for a program to teach culturalsensitivity.The hypotheses for this study were: Diverse bio- and demographical/cultural/educational backgrounds of nursingstaff have an input on their cultural knowledge and sensitivity of care given inthe hospital The amount of occurrence reports generated due to cultural differences andclashes indicate the need for a program to teach cultural sensitivity.A descriptive quantitative study was done, using a self administrative questionnaireon a randomly selected sample 15.8% (n=200) of the population (N=1272) ofregistered nurses. The data was collected by structured questionnaires with sectionsrequiring the following: Biographical information (age, gender, nationality) Amount of experience in nursing of patients with diverse cultures Nursing education received about caring for patients of diverse cultures Cultures of colleagues and patients in the hospital Whether incidents occur because of cultural differences Amounts of incident reports generated by each respondent per monthThe study is descriptive and made use of non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney U and Chi-square computations to determine relationships between theanswers of the different respondents to be able to come to a conclusion about theresearch question.The study reflects a youthful component of nurses from very diverse cultures workingin the hospital, with a large variety of patients of equally diverse cultures. Only 1:5 ofthe nurses felt that they have enough knowledge about each others' and theirpatients' cultures.Recommendations for the implementation of a program for cultural sensitivity are theend result of this study. The ultimate goal for such a program is culturally sensitivenursing where the patients would experience that their culture has been consideredin the planning and implementation of their nursing care.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University