Translation and Evaluation of the Cultural Awareness Scale for Korean Nursing Students
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Hyunjin Oh
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Jung-ah Lee
Abstract
Background: To evaluate the effectiveness of a curriculum for achieving high levels of cultural competence, we need to be able to assess education intended to enhance cultural competency skills. We therefore translated the Cultural Awareness Scale (CAS) into Korean (CAS-K). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cross-cultural applicability and psychometric properties of the CAS-K, specifically its reliability and validity.
Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive design was used to conduct the evaluation. A convenience sample of 495 nursing students was recruited from four levels of nursing education within four universities in the city of Daejeon, South Korea.
Results: This study provided beginning evidence of the validity and reliability of the CAS-K and the cross-cultural applicability of the concepts underlying this instrument. Cronbach’s alpha ranged between 0.59 and 0.86 (overall 0.89) in the tests of internal consistency. Cultural competency score prediction of the experience of travel abroad (r=0.084) and the perceived need for cultural education (r=0.223) suggested reasonable criterion validity. Five factors with eigenvalues >1.0 were extracted, accounting for 55.58% of the variance; two retained the same items previously identified for the CAS.
Conclusion: The CAS-K demonstrated satisfactory validity and reliability in measuring cultural awareness in this sample of Korean nursing students. The revised CAS-K should be tested for its usability in curriculum evaluation and its applicability as a guide for teaching cultural awareness among groups of Korean nursing students.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Using “Think Aloud” to Capture Clinical Reasoning during Patient Simulation
- Translation and Evaluation of the Cultural Awareness Scale for Korean Nursing Students
- Making the Most of Simulated Learning: Understanding and Managing Perceptions
- Nursing Students’ Experiences with High-Fidelity Simulation
- An Integrative Review: Instructional Strategies to Improve Nurses’ Retention of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Priorities
- Effects of Team-Based Learning on Self-Regulated Online Learning
- Teaching Nursing Leadership: Comparison of Simulation versus Traditional Inpatient Clinical
- The Experience of Nursing Students Who Make Mistakes in Clinical
- Identification of the Learning Styles and “On-the-Job” Learning Methods Implemented by Nurses for Promoting Their Professional Knowledge and Skills
- Orientation, Evaluation, and Integration of Part-Time Nursing Faculty
- Perceptions of Clinical Stress in Baccalaureate Nursing Students
- The Flipped Classroom: Fertile Ground for Nursing Education Research
- Student Engagement: A Principle-Based Concept Analysis
- Assessment of High-Stakes Testing, Hopeful Thinking, and Goal Orientation among Baccalaureate Nursing Students
- Partners in Research: Developing a Model for Undergraduate Faculty-Student Collaboration
- Nursing Students Achieving Community Health Competencies through Undergraduate Clinical Experiences: A Gap Analysis
- Student Perceptions of Quality and Safety Competencies
- Integrating a Career Planning and Development Program into the Baccalaureate Nursing Curriculum: Part I. Impact on Students’ Career Resilience
- Integrating a Career Planning and Development Program into the Baccalaureate Nursing Curriculum. Part II. Outcomes for New Graduate Nurses 12 Months Post-Graduation
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Using “Think Aloud” to Capture Clinical Reasoning during Patient Simulation
- Translation and Evaluation of the Cultural Awareness Scale for Korean Nursing Students
- Making the Most of Simulated Learning: Understanding and Managing Perceptions
- Nursing Students’ Experiences with High-Fidelity Simulation
- An Integrative Review: Instructional Strategies to Improve Nurses’ Retention of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Priorities
- Effects of Team-Based Learning on Self-Regulated Online Learning
- Teaching Nursing Leadership: Comparison of Simulation versus Traditional Inpatient Clinical
- The Experience of Nursing Students Who Make Mistakes in Clinical
- Identification of the Learning Styles and “On-the-Job” Learning Methods Implemented by Nurses for Promoting Their Professional Knowledge and Skills
- Orientation, Evaluation, and Integration of Part-Time Nursing Faculty
- Perceptions of Clinical Stress in Baccalaureate Nursing Students
- The Flipped Classroom: Fertile Ground for Nursing Education Research
- Student Engagement: A Principle-Based Concept Analysis
- Assessment of High-Stakes Testing, Hopeful Thinking, and Goal Orientation among Baccalaureate Nursing Students
- Partners in Research: Developing a Model for Undergraduate Faculty-Student Collaboration
- Nursing Students Achieving Community Health Competencies through Undergraduate Clinical Experiences: A Gap Analysis
- Student Perceptions of Quality and Safety Competencies
- Integrating a Career Planning and Development Program into the Baccalaureate Nursing Curriculum: Part I. Impact on Students’ Career Resilience
- Integrating a Career Planning and Development Program into the Baccalaureate Nursing Curriculum. Part II. Outcomes for New Graduate Nurses 12 Months Post-Graduation
- Integrating a Career Planning and Development Program into the Baccalaureate Nursing Curriculum: Part III. Impact on Faculty’s Career Satisfaction and Confidence in Providing Student Career Coaching
