Abstract
As numbers of culturally diverse students rise, struggles with language, cultural differences, and health care create challenges for school nurses. The focus of this quality improvement project was to utilize the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) as a framework to initiate cultural competency development among school nurses. Eighteen public school nurses attended programming that began with the webinar “CLAS is in Session,” an introduction to the standards as applicable to school nursing practice. Outcome measures included self-report of cultural awareness and sensitivity (CAS) and culturally competent behaviors (CCB). A greater percentage of nurses reported feeling “somewhat competent” after program completion, though CAS and CCB scores did not significantly change. Despite lack of measurable improvement in CCB, implementation of the CLAS Standards created an important starting point for CC programming.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 532-541 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of School Nursing |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:I would like to acknowledge the dedicated nurses of Eastern Carver County Schools and thank them for their participation in this project. I would also like to acknowledge project team member Virma Behnke for her time and contributions, along with the district intercultural specialists for their time and expertise. The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
Keywords
- National CLAS Standards
- cultural competency
- culturally diverse students
- school nurse
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article