Evaluating the Effectiveness of a New Curriculum for Transcultural Nursing Education

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Completed

• Conditions: Nursing Education; Cultural Competence; Cultural Sensitivity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Transcultural Nursing Course (new curriculum)

• Registration Number: NCT06615180
• Lead Sponsor: Hacettepe University

Brief Summary

In recent years, limited studies have evaluated the development of cultural awareness, sensitivity, skills, communication, and competence among nursing students using different models and curricula. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a new internationally developed curriculum for transcultural nursing education. This mixed methods study was conducted on nursing students (n=83) who attended a transcultural nursing course from 2021-2022 during the fall semester.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-11-25
• Status Verified: 2022-02
• Primary Completion: 2022-02-01
• Study Completion: 2022-02-01
• Study First Submitted: 2024-09-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-09-24
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-09-24
• Study First Posted: 2024-09-26
• Last Update Posted: 2024-09-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 83

Inclusion Criteria

• Over 18 years of age
• Volunteering to participate in the research
• Being enrolled in the Transcultural Nursing Course in the fall semester 2021-2022

Exclusion Criteria

• Not meeting the criteria for inclusion in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Transcultural Nursing Course (new curriculum)	Transcultural Nursing Course (new curriculum)	The Transcultural Nursing Course is a 25-hour elective designed to promote cultural competence in nursing students. It consists of 8 hours of theoretical instruction and 17 hours of practical training. The course is based on Madeleine Leininger's Culture Care Theory and incorporates models such as the Purnell, Campinha-Bacote, and Papadopoulos Models of Cultural Competence. It is aimed at enabling students to provide culturally appropriate nursing care for individuals, families, and communities.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Better and Effective Nursing Education for Improving Transcultural Nursing Skills Cultural Competence and Cultural Sensitivity (BENEFITS-CCCS) Scale	At baseline, 15 minutes before the first class, students were informed about the BENEFITS-CCC Scale, and the survey was administered. The scale was re-applied 15 minutes before the final class ended, following the completion of the 14-week curriculum	This scale was developed by researchers from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Spain, and Türkiye in the project Better and Effective Nursing Education for Improving Transcultural Nursing Skills (BENEFITS) to evaluate the effectiveness of cultural competence training in nursing students. The scale has 26 items across five subdimensions: Respect for Cultural Diversity (6 items), Culturally Sensitive Communication (4 items), Achieving Cultural Competence (3 items), Challenges and Barriers in Providing Culturally Competent Care (5 items), and Perceived Meaning of Cultural Care (8 items). Items are scored on a 7-point Likert scale (1 for Definitely Disagree to 7 for Definitely Agree). The possible total score ranges from 26 to 182. The scale Cronbachs alpha is 0.82.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Giresun Üniversity; 🇹🇷 Giresun, Merkez, Turkey

Hasan Kalyoncu University; 🇹🇷 Gaziantep, Şehitkamil, Turkey