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Simulating the Refugee Experience to Cultivate Cultural Competence and Sensitivity
Summary
Nursing students improved their cultural competence in caring for refugees through a unique simulation. This spiritually and culturally centered approach addresses healthcare barriers faced by immigrant populations.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Cultural Competence
- Immigrant Health
Background:
- Healthcare providers often lack understanding of social and ethnic issues in immigrant populations.
- Sociocultural barriers hinder access to care and impact the quality of healthcare for refugees.
- There is a need to improve cultural sensitivity among healthcare professionals serving diverse patient groups.
Purpose of the Study:
- To enhance prelicensure nursing students' cultural competence and sensitivity.
- To address the gap in understanding social and ethnic issues among healthcare providers for refugee populations.
- To pioneer a spiritually and culturally centered simulation experience in nursing education.
Main Methods:
- Development and implementation of a simulation experience.
- Focus on spiritual and cultural aspects of care.
- Targeted at prelicensure nursing students.
Main Results:
- The simulation enhanced students' cultural competence.
- Increased sensitivity in caring for refugees was observed.
- The intervention aimed to improve understanding of sociocultural barriers.
Conclusions:
- Spiritually and culturally centered simulations can effectively improve nursing students' cultural competence.
- This approach can better prepare future nurses to care for refugee populations.
- Addressing cultural sensitivity is crucial for equitable healthcare access.
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