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Introduction: Since nurses and nursing students interact with culturally diverse clients in health care settings, training programs are required to improve cultural competence and self-efficacy among them. This study aimed to investigate the effect of an online cultural care training program on cultural competence and self-efficacy among postgraduate nursing students. Methods: The present interventional study used random sampling to allocate 80 postgraduate nursing students into the intervention and control groups. Cultural care training program was held for the intervention group. Results: No significant difference in cultural competence and self-efficacy scores was found between the intervention and control groups in the pretest. However, the intervention group scored higher in terms of cultural competence and self-efficacy after the intervention. Discussion: Given cultural diversity and prevalence of medical tourism, nursing instructors need to pay special attention to cultural care education at all academic levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Saudi Arabia's culturally diverse population is growing rapidly. The need for cultural competence is greatest in pediatric units where nurses provide care to children in collaboration with their parents. Method: Nonprobability sampling of 394 nurses and cross-sectional descriptive design was used to investigate nurses' cultural competence, and to examine the relationships between the variables and participants' demographic data in pediatric units across five hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, by asking nurses to complete a self-report questionnaire. Results: The results suggest a high degree of cultural competency. Participants' scores indicated high levels of perceived cultural awareness, sensitivity, and cultural competence behavior for performance. Discussion: This study supports the 3-D Puzzle Model of culturally congruent care for cultural competence, which assumes that cultural competence is deeply influenced by one's experiences. The findings revealed a high level of cultural competence despite a lack of information with respect to patient views. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Increased migration may lead to an increase in prejudiced attitudes in the host population, which may affect the nursing care provided to this group. Objectives: To identify the attitudes of nursing students toward Moroccan patients and to analyze whether changes in attitude toward this population have taken place after completing a course on cross-culturalism. Method: A quasi-experimental design with a single group and pretest/posttest measurements. The sample consisted of 116 nursing students. Results: There were significant differences after receiving the course on cross-culturalism, with a more positive influence on students who exhibited the most negative attitudes in the pretest phase. Discussion: Nursing students have negative attitudes toward the Moroccan population as do the rest of the host population, but these attitudes improve after their training in the course on cross-culturalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]