Attitudes of Undergraduate Nursing Students to Cultural Diversity: (Portuguese-spanish) in a Transboundary Context

Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): E. Begoña García-Navarro, Emilia Martins Teixeira da Costa Our main goal was to identify the attitudes of nursing students to cultural diversity in a healthcare setting, and find the potential relationship between this and the students’ national background and their knowledge of cultural diversity. A descriptive observational study comparing two culturally different populations within a cross-border area (Algarve-Huelva) was conducted. The attitudes of the participants were measured across six categories: this study will describe the most significant ones. The cultural context is essential to the development of attitudes to immigration. Nursing care is a communicative act and encountering the “other” the core of the nursing professionals’ work.
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research