ENHANCING CULTURALLY COMPETENT NURSING CARE IN SAUDI ARABIA

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Cross-Cultural Healthcare
• Professional Development

Background:

• Expatriate nurses require high cultural competence for effective patient care.
• Assessing and enhancing cultural competence in nursing is crucial for global health outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational training program on the cultural competence of expatriate nurses.
• To measure changes in self-reported cultural competence using a standardized assessment tool.

Main Methods:

• A pre-test/post-test design was employed with 584 expatriate nurses.
• The Individual Assessment of Cultural Competence tool was administered before training and six months after.
• A 90% response rate was achieved for the questionnaires.

Main Results:

• No statistically significant difference was found between pre-test and post-test mean scores (p=0.488).
• A slight improvement in self-reported cultural competence was observed (mean post-test gain = 0.020).

Conclusions:

• The educational training program demonstrated a positive impact on enhancing nurses' self-perceived cultural competence.
• Further research may explore objective measures to complement self-reported data on cultural competence.