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Nursing Faculty Publications and Presentations

2017

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Cultural Competence Of Pre-Licensure Nursing Faculty, Colleen Marzilli, Beth Mastel-Smith Apr 2017

Cultural Competence Of Pre-Licensure Nursing Faculty, Colleen Marzilli, Beth Mastel-Smith

Nursing Faculty Publications and Presentations

The purpose of this study was to determine the level of cultural competence (CC) in Texas pre-licensure nursing faculty and examine the relationships between demographics and CC scores. The researchers conducted a study to determine if demographics predicted the level of CC and explored the perceptions of CC. A convergent parallel mixed-methods design used data from a 2014 online survey with a qualitative interview component. Demographics were evaluated with descriptive statistics and CC was measured with The Nurses’ Cultural Competence Scale (NCCS). Qualitative data were analyzed using a constant comparative method. The level of CC was low to moderate. Three …