Clinical trial NCT06615180: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a New Curriculum for Transcultural Nursing Education
Official title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a New Curriculum for Transcultural Nursing Education: a Mixed-method Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Nursing Education
Cultural Competence
Cultural Sensitivity
Keywords: Nursing students
transcultural nursing
nursing education
cultural competence
cultural sensitivity
metaphor analysis
Lead sponsor: Hacettepe University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Hasan Kalyoncu University
name: Giresun University
First posted: 2024-09-26
Enrollment: 83
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: This international curriculum was developed with researchers from seven institutions and five countries (Turkey, Spain, Czech Republic, Belgium, Slovenia, and Hungary). The transcultural nursing course, which implemented 25 hours in a one-semester elective course, had 8 hours of theoretical training and 17 hours of practical training in two nursing departments in Turkiye . The course has 3 ETCSs (a 75 h workload for the students). This elective, the Transcultural Nursing Course was chosen by 5th-semester BSc nursing students.

The aim of the course was To develop/promote awareness of culture-based care; it is aimed that at the end of this course, students would be capable of evaluating individuals, families, and communities in a proper and evidence-based manner, and they would be competent to plan, implement and evaluate culture-based nursing care. Learning outputs were prepared based on culture care theory by Madeleine
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: In recent years, limited studies have evaluated the development of cultural awareness, sensitivity, skills, communication, and competence among nursing students using different models and curricula. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a new internationally developed curriculum for transcultural nursing education. This mixed methods study was conducted on nursing students (n=83) who attended a transcultural nursing course from 2021-2022 during the fall semester.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Over 18 years of age
* Volunteering to participate in the research
* Being enrolled in the Transcultural Nursing Course in the fall semester 2021-2022

Exclusion Criteria:

* Not meeting the criteria for inclusion in the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Better and Effective Nursing Education for Improving Transcultural Nursing Skills Cultural Competence and Cultural Sensitivity (BENEFITS-CCCS) Scale
timeFrame: At baseline, 15 minutes before the first class, students were informed about the BENEFITS-CCC Scale, and the survey was administered. The scale was re-applied 15 minutes before the final class ended, following the completion of the 14-week curriculum
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
measure: Metaphor Analysis Tool for Assessing Transcultural Nursing Experiences
timeFrame: Post-course assessment at the end of the semester (14 week). Students submitted their answers to the questions in essay form in the 15th week.
Locations:
city: Giresun
country: Turkey
facility: Giresun Üniversity
state: Merkez
city: Gaziantep
country: Turkey
facility: Hasan Kalyoncu University
state: Şehitkamil
Study officials:
affiliation: Hacettepe University
name: Betul Tosun, RN, PhD, Assoc. Prof.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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