Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2021 Apr 6. doi: 10.1111/ppc.12788. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
AIM: The current study is a descriptive-comparative study and aims to determine intercultural sensitivity and ethnocentrism levels among nurses and nursing students.
METHOD: The study was conducted with 207 nurses working at a State Hospital and 211 nursing students studying at a University between November 30, 2019, and January 20, 2020. The data were collected using a descriptive characteristics form, the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale, and the Ethnocentrism Scale.
FINDINGS: It was found that both nurses and nursing students (73.4% and 60.7%, respectively) struggled to communicate with foreign patients and experienced problems with cultural differences (49.8% and 22.7%, respectively). A statistically significant negative correlation was found for the nurses and nursing students in terms of their intercultural sensitivity and ethnocentrism scores (p < .05).
PRACTICAL IMPLICATION: Nurses and student nurses should interact with people from different cultures to improve refugee health care.
PMID:33821483 | DOI:10.1111/ppc.12788
