Effectiveness of Cultural Competence Education for Nurse Mentors

Summary

Clinical placements are an integral part of nursing education and have significant impact on nursing students' professional development. According to standards set by the European Union, the duration of clinical placements should account for at least one half of the minimum duration of nursing programs. Also, students must complete training under the supervision of qualified nursing staff (Directive 2013/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council).

Nursing staff are responsible for the mentoring of students during completion of their clinical placements. The role of the mentor can be challenging and several studies prove that providing continuing education to mentors can be effective in developing mentors' competence in mentoring. There is an urgent need to add issues related to the development of mentors' cultural competence into mentoring education. This is due to the rapid increase of cultural and linguistic diversity within the nursing workforce and the increase in the numbers of students from international backgrounds.

This study is designed to assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention to develop mentors' cultural competence and their competence in mentoring nursing students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Conditions

• Cultural Competency
• Mentoring

Interventions

OTHER

Cultural Competence Education

Cultural competence education for participants in the intervention group comprises of completion of an online learning module and participation in an eight-hour training day. The educational content includes various topics related to cultural and linguistic diversity and cultural competence in mentoring.

OTHER

Standard Mentoring Education

Participants in the control group will not receive the educational intervention but will participate in standard mentoring education. This education is offered in an online learning environment and participants can complete the education at their own pace. The educational content focuses on general issues related to mentoring and does not contain topics specific to cultural competence in mentoring.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Finnish Association of Nursing Research

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Finnish Nurses Association

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Oulu

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Kristina Mikkonen, PhD · University of Oulu

• Ashlee I Oikarainen, MHSc · University of Oulu

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-06-01

Primary Completion

2021-12-01

Completion

2021-12-01

Countries

• Finland

Study Locations