Impact of Visual Arts Immersion on Cultural Competency and Self-reflection Among Nurses Working in an Academic Health System
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
- Enrollment
- 41
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Cultural Awareness Scale (CAS) Score From Baseline to Month 6
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to enhance engagement, coping and self-reflection by attuning nurses to creative and observational skills drawn from a visual arts pedagogical framework. To fulfill this goal, the investigators will cultivate an existing relationship between NYU Langone Health (NYULH) Nursing, the NYU Health Sciences Library, and museum educators at The Met to design and deliver an intervention of museum educator-led workshops that introduce nurses to arts appreciation skills to improve their practice and overall wellbeing. Participants will be asked to complete two surveys, pre- and post-intervention, Cultural Awareness Scale (CAS), which measures cultural awareness, sensitivity, knowledge and skills, and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), which measures four separate aspects of empathy and its relationships with measures of social functioning, self-esteem, emotionality, and sensitivity to others. We will also solicit qualitative feedback via REDCap survey at the end of the intervention to gain insight into nurse's experiences of the art immersion program.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •A Registered Nurse at NYULH
- •Willing to provide an email address or cell phone number of choice
- •Willing to attend one workshop in person at The MET and one virtually via WebEx
- •Willing and able to provide consent
- •Age 18 years of age or older
Exclusion Criteria
- •Not a Registered Nurse at NYULH
- •Not willing to provide an email address or cell phone number of choice
- •Not willing to attend one workshop in person at The MET and one virtually via WebEx
Arms & Interventions
Registered Nurses
Participants will receive an intervention of museum educator-led workshops that introduce nurses to arts appreciation skills to improve their practice and overall wellbeing.
Intervention: Visual Arts Immersion (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Cultural Awareness Scale (CAS) Score From Baseline to Month 6
Time Frame: Baseline, Month 6
36-item questionnaire assessing cultural awareness, sensitivity, knowledge and skills. Each item is rated on a 7-point scale (ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"). The total score ranges from 0-252. Lower scores indicate less cultural awareness, and higher scores indicate greater awareness.
Change in Clinical Interpersonal Reactivity Index (CIRI) Score From Baseline to Month 6
Time Frame: Baseline, Month 6
27-item questionnaire evaluating empathy as a reaction in interpersonal relationships at the bedside. Items are ranked on a scale from 0-4, where 0 = does not describe me well; and 4 = describes me very well. The total score ranges from 0 to 108; higher scores indicate greater empathy.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported