Keywords

Cultural Competence, Curriculum, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, Graduate Nursing Education

 

Authors

  1. Creech, Constance
  2. Filter, Marilyn
  3. Wehbe-Alamah, Hiba
  4. McFarland, Marilyn R.
  5. Andrews, Margaret
  6. Pryor, Gwendolyn

Abstract

Abstract: Noting the small number of studies on the influence of an entire curriculum on graduate nursing students' cultural competence, the researchers examined the effect of a curricular intervention using a pretest-posttest design. The study, conducted from 2012 to 2014, focused solely on the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at a midwestern university. Results from a pre- and postintervention faculty curriculum survey indicated that the percentage of courses including a cultural competence objective increased from 65 percent to 81 percent. Results from the pre- and postintervention administration of the Transcultural Self-Efficacy Tool showed a statistically significant improvement in students' overall score and three subscale scores.