Novice Nurses’ Level of Global Interdependence Identity: A Quantitative Research Study

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Publication Title

Nurse Education Today

Abstract

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Background: Often, therapeutic relationships are cross-cultural in nature, which places both nurses and patients at risk for stress, depression, and anxiety. Objectives: The purpose of this investigation was to describe novice nurses' level of global interdependence identity, as manifested by worldminded attitudes, and identify the strongest predictors of worldminded attitudes. Design: Prospective descriptive with multiple regression study. Setting: The various nursing units of a large hospital in the great Cleveland, OH, area. Participants: The participants were novice nurses up to two years after graduation from nursing school and employed as hospital clinicians. Methods: Descriptive statistics with the mean and standard deviation of the scores was used for the delineation of the development of the participants. The study relied on a survey instrument, the Scale to Measure Worldminded Attitudes developed by Sampson and Smith (1957). The numerical data was scored and organized on a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 was the program used to assist with analysis. The assessment of the models created through regression was completed using the model summary and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: The nurses' mean level of global interdependence identity was slightly above the neutral point between extreme national-mindedness and full development of global interdependence identity. The best predictors of worldminded attitudes were immigration, patriotism, and war conceptualized under a global frame of reference. Conclusion: Novice nurses did not demonstrate an optimum developmental status of global interdependence identity to safeguard cross-cultural encounters with patients. The recommendation is the inclusion of immigration, patriotism, and war in the nursing curriculum and co-curriculum to promote student development and a turnaround improvement in patient experience.

DOI

10.1016/j.nedt.2014.09.005

Volume

35

Issue

1

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