Cargando…
The association between cross-cultural competence and well-being among registered native and foreign-born nurses in Finland
BACKGROUND: A growing body of research indicates that cross-cultural competence in nurses can improve migrant patients’ health-related outcomes, but little is known about the potential benefits of cross-cultural competence on the nurses’ own well-being. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether cross-cultural c...
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Public Library of Science
2018
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6285347/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30532137 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208761 |
_version_ | 1783379390364647424 |
---|---|
author | Wesołowska, Karolina Hietapakka, Laura Elovainio, Marko Aalto, Anna-Mari Kaihlanen, Anu-Marja Heponiemi, Tarja |
author_facet | Wesołowska, Karolina Hietapakka, Laura Elovainio, Marko Aalto, Anna-Mari Kaihlanen, Anu-Marja Heponiemi, Tarja |
author_sort | Wesołowska, Karolina |
collection | PubMed |
description | BACKGROUND: A growing body of research indicates that cross-cultural competence in nurses can improve migrant patients’ health-related outcomes, but little is known about the potential benefits of cross-cultural competence on the nurses’ own well-being. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether cross-cultural competence (empathy, skills, positive attitudes, and motivation) is associated with perceived time pressure at work, psychological distress, and sleep problems among registered nurses in Finland, and whether there are differences in these potential associations between native and foreign-born nurses. METHODS: The present cross-sectional study was based on a sample of 212 foreign-born nurses licensed to practice in Finland and a random sample of 744 native Finnish nurses. Data were collected with a questionnaire and analyzed using multiple linear regression and structural equation modeling (SEM). RESULTS: Of all four dimensions of cross-cultural competence, only empathy was associated with perceived time pressure (β = –0.13, p = .018), distress (β = –0.23, p < .001), and sleep problems (β = –0.14, p = .004) after the adjustment for gender, age, employment sector, and frequency of interacting with patients and colleagues from different cultures. There were no differences between native and foreign-born nurses in these observed associations (all ps > .05). CONCLUSIONS: Cross-cultural empathy may protect against perceived time pressure, distress, and sleep problems in both native and foreign-born nurses. Thus, the promotion of this component of cross-cultural competence among nursing personnel should be encouraged. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-6285347 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2018 |
publisher | Public Library of Science |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-62853472018-12-28 The association between cross-cultural competence and well-being among registered native and foreign-born nurses in Finland Wesołowska, Karolina Hietapakka, Laura Elovainio, Marko Aalto, Anna-Mari Kaihlanen, Anu-Marja Heponiemi, Tarja PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: A growing body of research indicates that cross-cultural competence in nurses can improve migrant patients’ health-related outcomes, but little is known about the potential benefits of cross-cultural competence on the nurses’ own well-being. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether cross-cultural competence (empathy, skills, positive attitudes, and motivation) is associated with perceived time pressure at work, psychological distress, and sleep problems among registered nurses in Finland, and whether there are differences in these potential associations between native and foreign-born nurses. METHODS: The present cross-sectional study was based on a sample of 212 foreign-born nurses licensed to practice in Finland and a random sample of 744 native Finnish nurses. Data were collected with a questionnaire and analyzed using multiple linear regression and structural equation modeling (SEM). RESULTS: Of all four dimensions of cross-cultural competence, only empathy was associated with perceived time pressure (β = –0.13, p = .018), distress (β = –0.23, p < .001), and sleep problems (β = –0.14, p = .004) after the adjustment for gender, age, employment sector, and frequency of interacting with patients and colleagues from different cultures. There were no differences between native and foreign-born nurses in these observed associations (all ps > .05). CONCLUSIONS: Cross-cultural empathy may protect against perceived time pressure, distress, and sleep problems in both native and foreign-born nurses. Thus, the promotion of this component of cross-cultural competence among nursing personnel should be encouraged. Public Library of Science 2018-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6285347/ /pubmed/30532137 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208761 Text en © 2018 Wesołowska et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Wesołowska, Karolina Hietapakka, Laura Elovainio, Marko Aalto, Anna-Mari Kaihlanen, Anu-Marja Heponiemi, Tarja The association between cross-cultural competence and well-being among registered native and foreign-born nurses in Finland |
title | The association between cross-cultural competence and well-being among registered native and foreign-born nurses in Finland |
title_full | The association between cross-cultural competence and well-being among registered native and foreign-born nurses in Finland |
title_fullStr | The association between cross-cultural competence and well-being among registered native and foreign-born nurses in Finland |
title_full_unstemmed | The association between cross-cultural competence and well-being among registered native and foreign-born nurses in Finland |
title_short | The association between cross-cultural competence and well-being among registered native and foreign-born nurses in Finland |
title_sort | association between cross-cultural competence and well-being among registered native and foreign-born nurses in finland |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6285347/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30532137 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208761 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT wesołowskakarolina theassociationbetweencrossculturalcompetenceandwellbeingamongregisterednativeandforeignbornnursesinfinland AT hietapakkalaura theassociationbetweencrossculturalcompetenceandwellbeingamongregisterednativeandforeignbornnursesinfinland AT elovainiomarko theassociationbetweencrossculturalcompetenceandwellbeingamongregisterednativeandforeignbornnursesinfinland AT aaltoannamari theassociationbetweencrossculturalcompetenceandwellbeingamongregisterednativeandforeignbornnursesinfinland AT kaihlanenanumarja theassociationbetweencrossculturalcompetenceandwellbeingamongregisterednativeandforeignbornnursesinfinland AT heponiemitarja theassociationbetweencrossculturalcompetenceandwellbeingamongregisterednativeandforeignbornnursesinfinland AT wesołowskakarolina associationbetweencrossculturalcompetenceandwellbeingamongregisterednativeandforeignbornnursesinfinland AT hietapakkalaura associationbetweencrossculturalcompetenceandwellbeingamongregisterednativeandforeignbornnursesinfinland AT elovainiomarko associationbetweencrossculturalcompetenceandwellbeingamongregisterednativeandforeignbornnursesinfinland AT aaltoannamari associationbetweencrossculturalcompetenceandwellbeingamongregisterednativeandforeignbornnursesinfinland AT kaihlanenanumarja associationbetweencrossculturalcompetenceandwellbeingamongregisterednativeandforeignbornnursesinfinland AT heponiemitarja associationbetweencrossculturalcompetenceandwellbeingamongregisterednativeandforeignbornnursesinfinland |