Study on the cultural sensitivity measurement tool for nursing undergraduate students / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective Transcutural nursing has been the important part in modern nursing.Developing of the measurement instrument of cultural sensitivity of nursing undergraduates is the basic step in the research of transcultural nursing.Methods On the basis of the composition of cultural sensitivity of the nursing graduates,efforts were undertaken tO develop an instrument to classify cultural sensitivity to different levels through determination of nursing expert panel,and items were selected by trials through factor analysis.Results The scale consists of 41 items and includes three domainscultural awareness.cultural understanding,cultural reaction,education background.The Cronbach's α was 0.849381.Items were selected by trials through factor analysis and the factor load was between 0.398～0.785.Conclusion The good validity and reliability were confirmed.The instrument Can evaluate the cultural sensitivity.