AIM: This study aimed to compare the level of cultural competence among nurses working in clinical practice in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. BACKGROUND: Demographic changes have greatly affected the health sector in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. By identifying the level of nurses' cultural competence, many of the complications encountered in caring for patients from different cultures can be avoided. However, few studies have explored the cultural competence of nurses in clinical practice in these countries. METHOD: This study was cross-sectional, descriptive, and comparative. It followed the STROBE checklist and used the Cultural Competence Assessment Tool questionnaire to collect data. Descriptive and inferential statistical tests were utilized for data analysis, using SASD 1.5.8 and IBM SPSS Statistics version 28.0.0. RESULTS: The sample comprised 424 nurses, with 202 from the Czech Republic and 222 from Slovakia, primarily female. Most nurses in both countries have not received cultural diversity training. Nevertheless, nurses in both countries indicate the necessity of conducting a cultural impact assessment of patients' health. Cultural diversity training significantly increases the level of cultural competence in nurses. DISCUSSION: Lower cultural competence scores can negatively impact nursing care for patients from different cultures, leading to additional cultural challenges. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING AND HEALTH POLICY: The findings highlight the need for enhanced cultural competence among nurses. Nurses need to learn and utilize cultural information to help maximize healthcare for patients from different cultures. By providing nurses with cultural knowledge and skills, they will be able to deliver more effective and culturally competent care to patients from varied cultural backgrounds.

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• dospělí MeSH
• kulturní kompetence * MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• průřezové studie MeSH
• průzkumy a dotazníky MeSH
• srovnání kultur MeSH
• zpráva o sobě MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• srovnávací studie MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Česká republika MeSH
• Slovenská republika MeSH

BACKGROUND: The cultural competence of nurses is crucial in providing nursing care for patients from different cultures. The absence of cultural competence can negatively impact the entire course of care; however, implementing cultural competence in critical care unit can be complicated. AIM: This study aimed to determine nurses' perceptions regarding cultural competence in critical care units. STUDY DESIGN: This study used a qualitative design with semi-structured interviews with nurses (n = 10) working in critical unites. Data were collected from February to June 2022 and then categorized and evaluated. Atlas.ti was used for the inductive thematic content analysis. RESULTS: Three key areas identified were as follows: (1) nurses and culturally competent care in critical care, (2) cultural challenges in practice and (3) suggestions for improving culturally competent care. The participants expressed that culturally competent care in critical care units has specific limitations because of the nature of the intensive care units (ICUs). Additional learning included opportunities to improve culturally competent care, such as raising cultural awareness, developing language skills and promoting culturally competent care. CONCLUSIONS: Providing culturally competent care in critical care units is an understudied area. Identifying barriers and cultural challenges is one strategy nurses can use to improve culturally competent ICU care. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Creating cultural awareness by training nurses in their own culture, in cultural diversity, and in overcoming prejudices and stereotypes is an essential step towards increasing cultural competence. Understanding nurses' perceptions on this topic can provide valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities for providing culturally sensitive care in a critical care setting.

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• dospělí MeSH
• jednotky intenzivní péče MeSH
• kulturně kompetentní péče * MeSH
• kulturní kompetence MeSH
• kvalitativní výzkum * MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• ošetřovatelská péče o pacienty v kritickém stavu * MeSH
• péče o pacienty v kritickém stavu MeSH
• percepce MeSH
• postoj zdravotnického personálu MeSH
• rozhovory jako téma MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

Tématem sdělení je jazyková bariéra při poskytování přednemocniční neodkladné péče. Provedli jsme kvantitativní dotazníkové šetření (n=104) s cílem zjistit, s jakými cizinci se pracovníci zdravotnické záchranné služby setkávají nejčastěji a s jakými cizími jazyky sami hovoří. Naši respondenti se nejčastěji setkávají s Ukrajinci a nejběžnějším cizím jazykem respondentů je angličtina. Dílčím cílem bylo zjistit, jakým způsobem přistupuje management zdravotnické záchranné služby k otázce komunikace s pacienty jiných národností. Výsledky průzkumného šetření poukázaly na to, že se management zdravotnické záchranné služby snaží svým zaměstnancům pomoci (tištěné materiály, komunikační karty a telefonické tlumočení). Zásadním výsledkem průzkumu bylo zjištění, že způsoby překonávání jazykové bariéry nejsou pracovníky v přednemocniční neodkladné péči plně využívány.

Language barrier in the provision of pre-hospital emergency care is the topic of the presented paper. We provided a quantitative survey (questionnaire survey; n=104) to determine which foreigners emergency medical service personnel encounter most frequently and what foreign languages they themselves speak. Our respondents most frequently encounter Ukrainians and the most common foreign language of respondents is English. The secondary goal of the study was to find out how the management of the ambulance service approaches the issue of communication with patients of other nationalities. The results of the survey indicated that the management of the ambulance service tries to help its staff (printed materials, communication cards and telephone interpretation). A crucial result of the survey was the finding that ways of overcoming the language barrier are not fully used by the staff in the pre-hospital emergency care.

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• dostupnost zdravotnických služeb MeSH
• komunikační bariéry * MeSH
• kulturní kompetence MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• pomocní zdravotničtí pracovníci MeSH
• průzkumy a dotazníky MeSH
• urgentní zdravotnické služby MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH

Aim: Increased cultural diversity due to global migration and on-going associated healthcare disparities has highlighted the importance of culturally competent care. We sought to summarize existing knowledge and identify gaps in research linked to the cultural challenges encountered by nurses when caring for patients from different cultures. Design: A scoping review. Methods: Informed by PRISMA-ScR guidelines, we searched PubMed, ScienceDirect, EBSCO Host, Web of Science, and Google Scholar using relevant MeSH keywords for articles published from 2010-2020. We then used a 3-step data screening and extraction process to manage retrieved articles. Results: Initially 80 studies were identified, six of which met inclusion criteria. Thematic analysis yielded five themes: lack of cultural knowledge, language barriers, micro-racism, lack of time to attend training and provide culturally competent care, and recommendations to improve care delivery. Conclusion: Nurses should be proactive and advocate for the necessary education and training to provide culturally competent care so critical to providing high-quality healthcare. More research, interventional and effectiveness in particular, is needed to address common challenges such as micro-racism and to facilitate the World Health Organization and National Academy of Medicine recommendations directed at providing culturally appropriate care to promote health equity.

• MeSH
• komunikační bariéry MeSH
• kulturní kompetence * MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• péče o pacienta * MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• přehledy MeSH

The aim of the study is the analysis of educational needs of European intensive care nurses (ICNs) with regard to multicultural care. A mixed-method multinational study was performed among 591 ICNs coming from 15 European countries. An online survey was utilised with three research tools: participants' sociodemographic details, Healthcare Provider Cultural Competence Instrument, and a tool to assess the educational needs of ICU nurses with respect to multicultural care. The highest mean values in self-assessment of preparation of ICU nurses to provide multicultural nursing care and their educational needs in this regard were detected in the case of nurses coming from Southern Europe (M = 4.09; SD = 0.43). With higher age, nurses recorded higher educational needs in the scope of multicultural care (r = 0.138; p = 0.001). In addition, speaking other languages significantly correlated with higher educational needs related to care of patients coming from different cultures (Z = -4.346; p < 0.001) as well as previous education on multicultural nursing care (Z = -2.530; p = 0.011). Experiences of difficult situations when caring for culturally diverse patients in ICU were classified into categories: 'treatment procedures and general nursing care', 'family visiting', 'gender issues', 'communication challenges', and 'consequences of difficult experiences'. The educational needs of intensive care nurses in caring for culturally diverse patients are closely related to experiencing difficult situations when working with such patients and their families.

• MeSH
• kulturní kompetence MeSH
• kulturní různorodost * MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• péče o pacienty v kritickém stavu * MeSH
• průzkumy a dotazníky MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Evropa MeSH

Nurses should be culturally competent to care appropriately to all patient groups. Whilst there are many opportunities to obtain clinical experiences, there are less curriculum-based opportunities to develop cultural competencies. This multiple cross-sectional study aimed to explore the development of intercultural awareness, knowledge, and competence in two different nursing students' groups (2016 and 2017 program edition) during a one-week study abroad program hosted by a European network of 14 higher education institutions. A questionnaire was designed specifically for the study and reliability established. Factor analysis confirmed three dimensions: perceived benefits, satisfaction, and acquisition of learning outcomes. Fifty-eight students (71.6%) completed the questionnaire for the April 2016 group, and 60 (88.2%) from the April 2017 group. There were minimal differences in responses between the two groups which suggested perceived benefits were retained one year later. Ratings were high for perceived satisfaction, perceived benefits; and the learning outcomes with regard to cultural competencies. Overall, the one-week program was considered a success and students would recommend it to others. This study concludes that a short, one-week study abroad program enabled nursing students to develop individually as well as develop cultural competencies in healthcare.

• MeSH
• kulturní kompetence * MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• osobní uspokojení MeSH
• průřezové studie MeSH
• reprodukovatelnost výsledků MeSH
• studenti ošetřovatelství * MeSH
• studium ošetřovatelství bakalářské * MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH

• MeSH
• deprese etiologie   terapie   MeSH
• duševní poruchy etnologie   MeSH
• etnické a rasové minority psychologie   MeSH
• etnopsychologie * MeSH
• islám psychologie   MeSH
• kulturní kompetence MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• migrace lidstva MeSH
• náboženství a psychologie MeSH
• posttraumatická stresová porucha etiologie   terapie   MeSH
• psychoterapie MeSH
• sociologické faktory MeSH
• úzkostné poruchy etiologie   terapie   MeSH
• výsledek terapie MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• kazuistiky MeSH

BACKGROUND: Half of the people living in social exclusion in the Czech Republic are of Roma origin. The worse health of Roma could be partly explained by numerous barriers to accessing health care. Therefore, our study aimed to explore the perceptions of various stakeholders and experts who may have an impact on the inclusion of Roma and/or their access to health care on how to improve health care access for Roma living in social exclusion in the Czech Republic. METHODS: We conducted a concept mapping study and obtained data from 32 participants from health and social services, policymakers and others who were involved in different study phases (brainstorming, sorting, rating, interpretation). RESULTS: Out of 64 proposed measures sorted into six distinct clusters, 20 were rated as the most urgent and the most feasible and should be implemented with a priority to improve access to health care for Roma living in social exclusion. The proposed measures covered various topics, such as education and awareness of the target group as well as education and supervision of helping professionals, strengthening capacities and streamlining the health care system, health promotion and associated services and increasing the local and financial accessibility of health care. Overall, measures concerning the education and supervision of helping professionals were rated as both the most urgent and the most feasible. Individual priority measures targeted, for example, the health needs assessment of Roma living in social exclusion to set up interventions or to include topics such as participation, empowerment, cultural competence and communication training in the curricula of health care and helping professionals in postgraduate and continuing studies. CONCLUSIONS: Stakeholders proposed a set of relevant and acceptable measures that may help improve access to health care for Roma living in social exclusion. The way they rated the proposed measures reflects both the current unfavourable mainstream and public discourse concerning Roma living in social exclusion and the most acute policy issues identified by several European and national bodies.

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• disparity zdravotní péče MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• dostupnost zdravotnických služeb * MeSH
• kulturně kompetentní péče * MeSH
• kulturní kompetence MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• poskytování zdravotní péče * MeSH
• prostorová analýza MeSH
• Romové * MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• sociální inkluze MeSH
• sociální izolace MeSH
• vytváření pojmu MeSH
• zdravotní politika MeSH
• zdravotnická zařízení MeSH
• zranitelné populace MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Čína MeSH

PURPOSE: The goals of this study were to determine and evaluate the perception of cultural competence of nurses in the Slovak healthcare system, identify factors that influence their perception, and ascertain opportunities to improve nurses' cultural competence. DESIGN: Cross-sectional nonexperimental study. METHODS: Nurses from Slovakia were surveyed in this cross-sectional study using the standardized Cultural Competency Assessment (CCA) questionnaire. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS version 22 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). RESULTS: In total, 267 nurses responded. Only 28% perceived themselves as very culturally competent to care for people from other cultures. Over 68% received no diversity training. Age (p < .011) and prior diversity training (p < .006) were significantly associated with culturally competent behavior (CCB). A significant relationship (r = 0.17; p < .015) was also confirmed between the self-reported CCA and CCB. CONCLUSIONS: Culturally competent care is a professional imperative. The ability to deliver high-quality, culturally congruent care may be enhanced by cultural diversity education and training. Further research is needed to identify other influences on cultural competency and the impact on patient care and outcomes. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: There is a need for nurses to enhance their knowledge and skills related to cultural competency, awareness, sensitivity, and behaviors. Education and training contribute to nurses' ability to provide high-quality, culturally competent nursing care to patients from different cultures, and may possibly contribute to decreased health disparities.

• MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• kulturní kompetence * MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• průřezové studie MeSH
• průzkumy a dotazníky MeSH
• zdravotní sestry psychologie   statistika a číselné údaje   MeSH
• zpráva o sobě MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Slovenská republika MeSH

OBJECTIVES: Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, over 3.5 million Syrians have fled to Turkey. Considering the massive burden of healthcare service needs of this population, the Turkish government has launched an initiative as employing Syrian doctors to provide health services to their citizens in Refugee Health Centres. In this study, we aimed to explore the social adaptation status of Syrian physicians living in Turkey using a structured questionnaire and the Social Adaptation Self Evaluation Scale (SASS). METHODS: Between November 2016 and April 2018, 799 physicians who participated in "Syrian Physicians' Adaptation Training" were enrolled in the study and underwent a structured questionnaire that questioned socio-demographic data and the SASS. The participants were divided into two groups as having poor and normal/high SASS scores. The binary SASS groups were compared with some demographic data. RESULTS: The median SASS score of the respondents was found as 43 (min. 10, max. 60, IQR 10) which can be accepted as normal. In the binary grouping, it was seen that 107 (13.39%) participants had poor social adaptation, whereas 692 (86.61%) participants had normal or high social adaptation scores. The physicians who were certain about not going back to Syria had significantly higher SASS scores. CONCLUSION: The social adaptation scores of the Syrian physicians were considerably high. The adaptation status was found to be associated with some characteristics like living in Turkey for a long time and having pre-knowledge about the Turkish healthcare system.

• MeSH
• adaptace psychologická MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• dostupnost zdravotnických služeb organizace a řízení   MeSH
• kulturní kompetence MeSH
• lékaři psychologie   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• primární zdravotní péče organizace a řízení   MeSH
• sociální přizpůsobení * MeSH
• uprchlíci psychologie   MeSH
• uprchlické tábory MeSH
• zdravotnické služby zásobování a distribuce   MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Sýrie MeSH
• Turecko MeSH