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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...

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Autores principales: Wesołowska, Karolina, Hietapakka, Laura, Elovainio, Marko, Aalto, Anna-Mari, Kaihlanen, Anu-Marja, Heponiemi, Tarja
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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