The effects of nursing students' conscientious intelligence on their cultural sensitivity levels

Religious attitude and sense of citizenship effect on organ donation in nursing students: A cross-sectional study

AIM

This study examined the effect of religious attitude and sense of citizenship to organ donation attitudes and organ donation willingness among nursing students.

BACKGROUND

Organ donation is an issue that should be evaluated together with medical, religious, social, economic, cultural, legal and ethical variables. However, there is no research examining the effect of religious attitudes or sense of citizenship on organ donation attitudes and willingness.

DESIGN

A descriptive, correlational study.

METHODS

A total of 225 nursing students participated in the study between February and April 2020. The data were collected with the Ok-Religious Attitude Scale, the Sense of Citizenship Scale, an Organ Donation Questionnaire and the Organ Donation Attitude Scale.

RESULTS

A sample of 187 nursing students participated; 50.8% of them were in the stage of thinking about organ donation willingness. Older nursing students (β =.231, p<.001) was positively affected to the positive organ donation attitude, while being male (β = -.151, p=.035) was negatively affected. Male gender (β=0.201, p=.004) was positively affected to the negative organ donation attitude. Acceptance of differences (β=-0.262, p<.001) and relationship with God score (β=-0.189, p=.006) were negatively affected to the negative organ donation attitude. Regarding the participants' willingness to donate, acceptance of differences (β=.213, p=.004) was found to be a significant predictor.

CONCLUSIONS

In this study, it was found that being female, relationship with God and acceptance of differences had a positive effect on organ donation attitude. Acceptance of differences was found as important factor in organ donation willingness.

Enhancing intercultural sensitivity in Japanese nursing students through international online nursing courses: A quasi-experimental study

BACKGROUND

Globalization has highlighted the importance of being competent in communicating with people of various cultural backgrounds.

PURPOSE

To evaluate the effect of international courses for nursing students through online education in terms of intercultural sensitivity and perceived English proficiency.

DESIGN

A one-group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design with an online self-reported questionnaire was conducted.

PARTICIPANTS AND SETTINGS

Participants were second-, third-, and fourth-year nursing students at a medical university in Tokyo in the spring term of 2021.

METHOD

Measurements were performed before and after the international nursing courses, which consisted of 1) nursing communication English, taught by native English instructors to second- and third-year students; and 2) international health nursing, taught by overseas-experienced faculty members to fourth-year students. Furthermore, there is an elective Collaborative Online International Learning course, where students discuss, collaborate, and complete common assignments with students from a university in the United States. Intercultural sensitivity was measured using the Japanese version of the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale. The pre- and post-test intercultural sensitivity were compared using a paired t-test. Content analysis was employed to analyze the open-ended questions.

RESULTS

A total of 104 students' data were analyzed. Students' intercultural sensitivity mean improved significantly from 79.88 ± 8.47 (pre) to 83.04 ± 8.63 (post). Participants in the elective course (n = 7) showed significantly higher intercultural sensitivity levels than non-participants. The self-evaluated English proficiency of second- and third-year students who took English courses significantly improved after the courses. Themes extracted by elective course participants revealed students' perceptions toward learning about diverse cultures, resilience, and intercultural communication skills, which they can utilize for nursing practice in the future.

CONCLUSION

Taking international nursing courses can increase nursing students' intercultural sensitivity. Universities are encouraged to provide international nursing courses to help enhance their cultural sensitivity and competency for their future nursing careers.

The effect of moral intelligence on cultural sensitivity in nurses

PURPOSE

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between the levels of moral intelligence and intercultural sensitivity in nurses.

METHODS

The cross-sectional study was conduct with 200 nurses working in a research and training hospital. The data were collected using the intercultural sensitivity scale and the scale for the measurement of moral intelligence in the provision of health services.

RESULTS

The mean total intercultural sensitivity score of the nurses was determined to be 89.34 ± 10.01, while their moral intelligence score was found 201.22 ± 21.99. There was a positive relationship between the nurses' mean total scores scales (p < 0.000).

PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS

The nurses' intercultural sensitivity and moral intelligence were at a moderate level. As the nurses' levels of moral intelligence increased, their intercultural sensitivity levels increased.