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Cultural competence among staff nurses who participated in a family-centered geriatric care program. Journal for nurses in staff development : JNSD : official journal of the National Nursing Staff Development Organization [J Nurses Staff Dev] Journal article

 
Salman A, McCabe D, Easter T, Callahan B, Goldstein D, Smith TD, White MT, Fitzpatrick JJ 
Cultural competence among staff nurses who participated in a family-centered geriatric care program. [Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.]
J Nurses Staff Dev 2007 May-Jun; 23(3):103-11; quiz 112-3.


The purpose of this training program was to prepare nursing staff in family-centered geriatric care that emphasizes providing culturally competent care to hospitalized elders at two major tertiary hospitals in New York. This research report corresponds to the first phase of a 3-year project. In this research project, a descriptive exploratory design was used to identify the levels of cultural awareness and cultural competence of nursing staff who participated in a family-centered geriatric care training program.



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