%0 Journal Article
%T Nurses¡¯ Views Related to Transcultural Nursing in Turkey
%A Zeynep Karakus
%A Burcu Babadag
%A Halime Abay
%A Imatullah Akyar
%J International Journal of Caring Sciences
%D 2013
%I Professor Despina Sapountzi-Krepia
%X Background: Nurses are affected by the developments brought by the health sector¡¯s globalization and is denoted with the concept of ¡°transcultural nursing¡±. Nurses are considered transcultural healthcare personnel in transcultural approach to nursing care.Aim: The study aim was to determine nurses¡¯ views related to transcultural nursing.Methodology: A descriptive study design was used. Participants were 80 nurses working in a private hospital in Ankara, Turkey. Data were collected using a questionnaire, designed by the researchers, which includes 16 questions and 15 statements on transcultural nursing. Percentage and frequency analysis were used to evaluate the data.Results: 87.5% of the participants stated that they had difficulties communicating with patients from different cultural backgrounds, 62.5% stated that they were not competent in transcultural nursing, 68.8% stated that their proficiency level in a foreign language was not satisfactory, and 74.5% suggested that foreign language education programs should be initiated with the support of health institutions.Conclusions: This study suggests that nurses are aware of the importance of cultural differences in healthcare and that they think including courses on the topic in nursing education programs, attaching a higher importance to foreign language education, and enforcing regulations that are more conducive to cultural interaction would help increase the quality of nursing care.
%K transcultural health
%K globalization
%K nurse
%K cultural care
%U http://internationaljournalofcaringsciences.org/docs/9.%20Karakus%20Transcultural%20Nursing.pdf