Abstract
Title
PERCEPTIONS OF ETHNOGRAPHY IN NURSING: COMPARISON BETWEEN UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE NURSING STUDENTS
Author
Dr. Pramilaa R
Email
pramilaravi@yahoo.com
keyword
Ethnocentrism, Nursing Cultural Competence, perception, UG, PG students
Abstract
Nursing is a profession that is based on a comprehensive approach to health care delivery which encircles
patients’ cultural needs. Cultural diversity is an affair that is faced by all health-care workers today. Health care
professionals should have an insight of the dominant cultures within their surroundings. Communication barriers between
nurses and their patients and families may emerge due to cultural differences. However, from an academic frame of mind
teaching transcultural nursing is a crucial challenge. The objectives of the study were to: i) assess the scores of perceptions
of ethnography in Under Graduate (UG) and Post Graduate (PG) students; ii) compare the perceptions of ethnography
between UG and PG students; iii) correlate between the domains of cultural competence with PG students and iv) associate
perceptions of ethnography among UG and PG students with demographic variables. Methodology: The research design
adopted for the present study was descriptive and comparative of non- experimental type. Permission was sought from
Research Advisory Committee. All nursing students who participated in the National level Intercollegiate Research Meet at
Chirayu college of Nursing, Bhopal in August 2019 were the participants of the study. Nursing students both M.Sc and
B.Sc who gave consent were the participants. There were two tools utilized for this study. Ethnocentrism scale for B.Sc
Nursing students; and Nursing cultural competence scale for M.Sc Nursing students. The reliability of the tool was obtained
by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. It was 0.78 for ethnocentrism scale and 0.94 for nursing cultural competence scale. The
investigator explained the purpose of the study and obtained consent from the participants. And the tool was distributed to
B.Sc and M.Sc nursing students and a total of 542 completed the self reports. Results: The mean perception of ethnography
was 54.27 with standard deviation 14.41. The mean score of ethnocentrism scale was 45.53 (50.9%) with standard deviation
6.953. And the mean score of Nursing cultural competence scale was 151.5 (67.4%) with standard deviation 27.34.
Comparison analysis demonstrated that the ethnography perception was significantly higher in PG students (67.37±16.67)
compared to UG students (50.89±11.59) at P<0.01. Correlation analysis indicated that a significant and positive correlation
was found among four domains of Nursing Cultural Competence Scale within PG students at P<0.01 level. Association
between perception of ethnography and UG and PG students revealed significant association with religion at P<0.01
