PURPOSE: This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between
cultural competency and the importance of
nurses ' qualities perceived by undergraduate
nursing students .
METHODS: Researchers developed two tools for this study after reviewing the related
literature and conducting
research team
workshops questionnaire of
cultural competency and the importance of
nurses ' qualities. 200
nursing students were recruited in convenient sampling to respond to these
questionnaires . Of
nurses ' 10 qualities, major affecting factors on the
cultural competency were identified by stepwise multiple
regression analysis .
RESULTS: The
nursing students perceived technical
nursing skills and professional
nursing knowledge as
nurses ' most important qualities. However, 'having a passion for
patient care ', 'demonstrating strong
nursing profession's
code of ethics ??and '
teaching and
research ability ' were found as significant influencing factors on the variance of the
cultural competency . These three factors explained 16% of the total variances of the
cultural competency (F=13.98, p<.001).
CONCLUSION: The educational
strategies to improve cultural
nursing competency need to incorporate
students '
expectations for the professional
nurses' roles . Also, further studies need to develop reliable and valid measurement tools for
cultural competency