@incollection{2023:filej:educationa,
title = {Educational needs of nurses in intensive therapy units to improve attitudes towards interculturally diverse patients in Slovenia},
year = {2023},
note = {Culturally competent nurses can have a positive impact on the quality
of nursing care, patient satisfaction and patient health outcomes.
They acquire cultural competence through education. Nurses in
intensive care units treat more demanding conditions of patients with
specific needs, which requires a high level of cultural competence.
The aim of the research was to determine the need for the education of
nurses in intensive care units with regard to their attitude towards
culturally diverse patients. We used a quantitative research approach.
The data were collected with a questionnaire, Healthcare Provider
Cultural Competence Instrument (HPCCI) and Educational Needs
Questionnaire related to multicultural healthcare. 98 healthcare
providers from intensive care units in Slovenia participated in the
research. The majority of participants in the study were women
(73.5 %) of an average 37.7 years of age (SD = 8.5) who had an
average of 14.6 years of working (SD = 10.2) in intensive care units.
Participants expressed a relatively high need for education (M = 3.8;
SD = 0.6) and perceived themselves as favorable towards
interculturally diverse patients (M = 4.1; SD = 0.5). The need for
education was statistically significantly (at p < 0.001) associated
with the perception of the nurses’ own preferences for
interculturally diverse patients (r = 0.51). The research found that a
better attitude of nurses towards patients in intensive care units
predicts a higher expressed need for education.},
booktitle = {Equal Access to Healthcare in Socially Diverse Societies},
pages = {241--252},
edition = {},
author = {Filej, Bojana and Poredoš, Mojca and Kaučič, Boris Miha},
publisher = {Karl Alber},
address = {Baden-Baden},
series = {Angewandte Ethik},
volume = {8}
}