Preparing culturally safe student nurses: An analysis of undergraduate cultural diversity course reflections

Oluwatoyin Olukotun; Lucy Mkandawire-Vahlmu; Suzanne B. Kreuziger; Anne Dressel; Linda Wesp; Christina Sima; Victoria Scheer; Jennifer Weitzel; Rosetta Washington; Alexa Hess; Peninnah Kako; Patricia Stevens

doi:10.1016/j.profnurs.2017.11.011

Preparing culturally safe student nurses: An analysis of undergraduate cultural diversity course reflections

Oluwatoyin Olukotun, Lucy Mkandawire-Vahlmu, Suzanne B. Kreuziger, Anne Dressel, Linda Wesp, Christina Sima, Victoria Scheer, Jennifer Weitzel, Rosetta Washington, Alexa Hess, Peninnah Kako, Patricia Stevens

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This descriptive, qualitative study was conducted to gain insight into how pre-clinical nursing students’ worldviews about people different from themselves are formed, changed, and expanded. 90 mid-term and 87 end- of-term reflection papers in a cultural diversity course were analyzed. Krathwohl's taxonomy of learning guided the evaluation of students’ development. Our findings showed that the course content supported most students’ in their affective development. It was also evident that students’ perspectives, which were influenced by past experiences, changed as the course progressed. However, while a positive change in perspective towards providing culturally safe care was evident, this was not the case for all students. Our findings have implications for informing the development of undergraduate nursing courses that prepare future nurses for their professional role in providing culturally safe care.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	245-252
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Professional Nursing
Volume	34
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2017.11.011
State	Published - Jul 1 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Funding: This study has been supported by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee‘s Title VI National Resource Center Grant from the U.S. Department of Education ( P015A140168 ). Additional support for the study came from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for International Education and the Office of Undergraduate Research. Our gratitude goes to the all the students who volunteered and provided consent for our research team to analyze their reflections about what they learned in class.

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Funding: This study has been supported by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee?s Title VI National Resource Center Grant from the U.S. Department of Education (P015A140168). Additional support for the study came from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for International Education and the Office of Undergraduate Research. Our gratitude goes to the all the students who volunteered and provided consent for our research team to analyze their reflections about what they learned in class.

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Olukotun, O., Mkandawire-Vahlmu, L., Kreuziger, S. B., Dressel, A., Wesp, L., Sima, C., Scheer, V., Weitzel, J., Washington, R., Hess, A., Kako, P., & Stevens, P. (2018). Preparing culturally safe student nurses: An analysis of undergraduate cultural diversity course reflections. Journal of Professional Nursing, 34(4), 245-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2017.11.011

Olukotun, O, Mkandawire-Vahlmu, L, Kreuziger, SB, Dressel, A, Wesp, L, Sima, C, Scheer, V, Weitzel, J, Washington, R, Hess, A, Kako, P & Stevens, P 2018, 'Preparing culturally safe student nurses: An analysis of undergraduate cultural diversity course reflections', Journal of Professional Nursing, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 245-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2017.11.011

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