Testing a multi-group model of culturally competent behaviors among underrepresented nurse practitioners

• Autores: Ramona Benkert, Thomas N. Templin, Stephanie Myers Schim, Ardith Z. Doorenbos, Sue Ellen Bell
• Localización: Research in nursing and health, ISSN-e 1098-240X, Vol. 34, Nº. 4, 2011, págs. 327-341
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Diversifying the health professional workforce and enhancing cultural competence are recommended for decreasing health disparities. We tested a structural equation model of the predictors of culturally competent behaviors in a mailed survey of three groups of underrepresented nurse practitioners (n = 474). Our model had good fit and accounted for 29% of the variance in culturally competent behaviors. Life experiences with diversity had direct effects on awareness/sensitivity and behaviors, and diversity training had a direct effect on behaviors. Cultural awareness/sensitivity mediated the relationship between life experiences with diversity and culturally competent behaviors; all paths remained after controlling for covariates. For unique experiences that contribute to workplace diversity, life experiences with diversity, and diversity training are important for culturally competent behaviors. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 34:327–341, 2011