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Selected Publication:
Osmancevic, S.
Cultural competence among Austrian nurses
Doktoratsstudium der Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften; Gesundheits- und Pflegewissenschaft; [ Dissertation ] Medizinische Universität Graz; 2025. pp.
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- Advisor:
- Großschädl Franziska
- Lohrmann Christa
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- Abstract:
- Nurses’ cultural competence has been identified as one of the key competencies that enable nurses to provide culturally congruent, person-centred care that respects and integrates patients’ cultural values and needs. To address knowledge gaps and identify opportunities for improving person-centred, culturally congruent nursing care, it is essential to identify the most valid and reliable instruments that can be used to assess nurses’ cultural competence. An assessment of cultural competence is also needed to evaluate the impact of implemented interventions, such as cultural competence education programmes. The overall aims of the work presented in this doctoral thesis were to assess nurses’ cultural competence with a valid and reliable measurement instrument and to assess the effectiveness of educational interventions. Results of these assessments then served as sources for recommendations for education and practice. To achieve these aims, we conducted a systematic review (Chapter 3), a cross-sectional study on nurses (N = 915) working in Austrian acute ccare setting (Chapter 4 and 5), and performed a meta-analysis (Chapter 6).