Evaluation of an intervention on sociocultural communication skills of international nurses
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Publication Title
Nursing Economics
Volume
28
Issue
6
First page number:
386
Last page number:
392, 408
Abstract
International nurses face a myriad of challenges in their transition, adaptation, and integration into the U.S. health care environment. This pilot intervention study examined socio-cultural competence regarding communication in a sample of international nurses working in two community hospitals in southern Nevada. Significant improvement in communication behaviors of the sampled international nurses with regard to socio-cultural skills of communication after the workshop intervention were not found. Similarly, there were no remarkable differences in standardized patient comments for most items on the checklist. However, the sampled international nurses demonstrated some highly desirable qualities such as being very personable, caring, and compassion that appeared to lay a foundation for an effective nurse-patient relationship.
Keywords
Communication in nursing; English language — Study and teaching — Foreign speakers; Nevada; Nurses; Foreign; Nursing
Disciplines
Health Communication | Interpersonal and Small Group Communication | Nursing Administration | Other Nursing
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Xu, Y.,
Shen, J. J.,
Bolstad, A. L.,
Covelli, M.,
Torpey, M.
(2010).
Evaluation of an intervention on sociocultural communication skills of international nurses.
Nursing Economics, 28(6),
386-392, 408.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/nursing_fac_articles/68