Date of Completion

2025

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

Culturally sensitive care, level of readiness

Abstract

This research study assessed the level of readiness in providing culturally sensitive care among alumni nurses, in response to the growing cultural diversity in the healthcare setting. Delving on the possibility that a nurse’s characteristics may influence the quality of care towards patients from diverse cultures, the study aimed to determine if the selected participant profile variables affect one’s level of readiness in providing culturally sensitive care. A non-experimental quantitative descriptive analytical design was utilized to determine the difference on the level of readiness in providing culturally sensitive care among alumni nurses. Online survey forms were used to collect quantitative data. Ethical principles were strictly upheld throughout the phases of the study. Findings revealed a high level of readiness across the four domains of cultural competence namely, cultural awareness (M=3.57), cultural knowledge (M=3.49), cultural encounters (M=3.33), and cultural desire (M=3.46) and in the overall cultural competence (M=3.61) of alumni nurses. These results indicate a high level of readiness in providing culturally sensitive care. Using the Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal Wallis test, the study found only one statistically significant difference in the level of readiness in providing culturally sensitive care among alumni nurses according to place of onsite work (U= 886.5, p= 0.05); therefore null hypothesis for this variable was rejected. Meanwhile, no significant differences in the level of readiness in providing culturally sensitive care among alumni nurses when grouped according to age (H= 0.757, p= 0.685), ethnicity (U= 52.5, p= 0.28), religion (U= 690.5, p= 0.646), batch year (H= 1.384, p= 0.847), multilingual ability (U= 907, p= 0.181), level of multilingual ability (U= 106.5, p= 0.194), years of work experience (H= 1.047, p= 0.593), and previous experience in caring for culturally diverse patients (U=292.5, p= 0.198) hence, the null hypothesis was accepted except for place of onsite work. Alumni nurses demonstrated a high level of readiness in providing culturally sensitive care, specifically in cultural awareness, cultural knowledge, cultural encounters, and cultural desires. The alumni nurses recognized the significance of transcultural nursing and understand how patients’ cultural beliefs impact patient care, demonstrating the ability to actively engage in patient-centered care ensuring culturally appropriate care.

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