Achieving culturally competent mental health care: A mixed-methods study drawing on the perspectives of UK nursing students
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Stephen Tee1, Yeter Sinem Üzar-Özçetin2, Steve Trenoweth3
1The Business School, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Dorset, UK.
Purpose:
This study aimed to examine the degree of cross-cultural competency among UK mental health student nurses, and the care delivery challenges arising from their internalized cultural assumptions.
Design And Methods:
This study adopted a mixed-methods design. Participants were final-year nursing students in the United Kingdom.
Findings:
The results revealed participants had a moderate level of cultural awareness and competency but highlighted many challenges to providing cross-cultural care arising from the meanings, enablers, and values they attributed to culturally competent mental health care.
Practice Implications:
As cultural competency is considered an essential characteristic of effective nursing care, greater attention should be paid to how student nurses assimilate cultural awareness to develop confidence in their day-to-day practice.
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