Cultural competence in clinical nursing: A qualitative study

Aims: Given the wide cultural diversity of patients in the current world, nurses need to have great cultural competence. This study aimed to explore the concept of cultural competence in Iranian nurses. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in 2017–2018 using Graneheim and Lund...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marziyeh Asadizaker, Abbas Ebadi, Shahram Molavynejad, Safoura Yadollahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kashan University of Medical Sciences 2021-01-01
Series:International Archives of Health Sciences
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.iahs.kaums.ac.ir/article.asp?issn=2383-2568;year=2021;volume=8;issue=4;spage=296;epage=300;aulast=Asadizaker
_version_ 1797669281508360192
author Marziyeh Asadizaker
Abbas Ebadi
Shahram Molavynejad
Safoura Yadollahi
author_facet Marziyeh Asadizaker
Abbas Ebadi
Shahram Molavynejad
Safoura Yadollahi
author_sort Marziyeh Asadizaker
collection DOAJ
description Aims: Given the wide cultural diversity of patients in the current world, nurses need to have great cultural competence. This study aimed to explore the concept of cultural competence in Iranian nurses. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in 2017–2018 using Graneheim and Lundman's approach to qualitative content analysis. A purposeful sample of eighteen clinical nurses was recruited with maximum variation from hospitals of Isfahan and Ahvaz, Iran. Data were collected through eighteen semistructured interviews and simultaneously analyzed through directed content analysis. Findings: Data analysis resulted in the formation of thirteen subcategories which were respectively grouped into the four categories of cultural cognition (cultural awareness, cultural knowledge, and cultural insight), cultural care intention (cultural encounter, cultural desire, and cultural eagerness), cultural flexibility (cultural attitude, cultural sensitivity, and resolving cultural conflicts), and cultural care skills (communication skills, cultural evaluation skills, behavioral skills, and skills to get feedback about cultural care). Conclusion: Iran has many ethnic and religious groups which have a variety of subcultures, so Iranian nurses need to be sensitive about cultural diversity in health-care settings and have the cultural competence to facilitate the delivery of quality culturally competent care to the patients of different cultures.
first_indexed 2024-03-11T20:41:57Z
format Article
id doaj.art-fc2514b35f324d8ca846e5295817122c
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2383-2568
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-11T20:41:57Z
publishDate 2021-01-01
publisher Kashan University of Medical Sciences
record_format Article
series International Archives of Health Sciences
spelling doaj.art-fc2514b35f324d8ca846e5295817122c2023-10-02T02:12:09ZengKashan University of Medical SciencesInternational Archives of Health Sciences2383-25682021-01-018429630010.4103/iahs.iahs_139_21Cultural competence in clinical nursing: A qualitative studyMarziyeh AsadizakerAbbas EbadiShahram MolavynejadSafoura YadollahiAims: Given the wide cultural diversity of patients in the current world, nurses need to have great cultural competence. This study aimed to explore the concept of cultural competence in Iranian nurses. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in 2017–2018 using Graneheim and Lundman's approach to qualitative content analysis. A purposeful sample of eighteen clinical nurses was recruited with maximum variation from hospitals of Isfahan and Ahvaz, Iran. Data were collected through eighteen semistructured interviews and simultaneously analyzed through directed content analysis. Findings: Data analysis resulted in the formation of thirteen subcategories which were respectively grouped into the four categories of cultural cognition (cultural awareness, cultural knowledge, and cultural insight), cultural care intention (cultural encounter, cultural desire, and cultural eagerness), cultural flexibility (cultural attitude, cultural sensitivity, and resolving cultural conflicts), and cultural care skills (communication skills, cultural evaluation skills, behavioral skills, and skills to get feedback about cultural care). Conclusion: Iran has many ethnic and religious groups which have a variety of subcultures, so Iranian nurses need to be sensitive about cultural diversity in health-care settings and have the cultural competence to facilitate the delivery of quality culturally competent care to the patients of different cultures.http://www.iahs.kaums.ac.ir/article.asp?issn=2383-2568;year=2021;volume=8;issue=4;spage=296;epage=300;aulast=Asadizakerclinical nursingcultural competencynursing carequalitative research
spellingShingle Marziyeh Asadizaker
Abbas Ebadi
Shahram Molavynejad
Safoura Yadollahi
Cultural competence in clinical nursing: A qualitative study
International Archives of Health Sciences
clinical nursing
cultural competency
nursing care
qualitative research
title Cultural competence in clinical nursing: A qualitative study
title_full Cultural competence in clinical nursing: A qualitative study
title_fullStr Cultural competence in clinical nursing: A qualitative study
title_full_unstemmed Cultural competence in clinical nursing: A qualitative study
title_short Cultural competence in clinical nursing: A qualitative study
title_sort cultural competence in clinical nursing a qualitative study
topic clinical nursing
cultural competency
nursing care
qualitative research
url http://www.iahs.kaums.ac.ir/article.asp?issn=2383-2568;year=2021;volume=8;issue=4;spage=296;epage=300;aulast=Asadizaker
work_keys_str_mv AT marziyehasadizaker culturalcompetenceinclinicalnursingaqualitativestudy
AT abbasebadi culturalcompetenceinclinicalnursingaqualitativestudy
AT shahrammolavynejad culturalcompetenceinclinicalnursingaqualitativestudy
AT safourayadollahi culturalcompetenceinclinicalnursingaqualitativestudy