Purpose: This study investigated nursing students’ emotional intelligence, cultural empathy and cultural competency and its relationships in order to examine their effects upon cultural competency. Methods: Data were collected from nursing students in A universitiy in B City, and analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, Scheffe test, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. Results: Emotional intelligence had a positive correlation with cultural empathy (r=.396, p<.001), and emotional intelligence had a positive correlation with cultural competency (r=.301, p<.001). Cultural empathy had a positive correlation with cultural competency (r=.385, p<.001). These variables explained 27.4% of total variance on cultural competency. Conclusion: Therefore, in order to increase the cultural competency of nursing students, it is necessary to design curriculum and subject including strategies to enhance cultural empathy.
서론
연구방법
연구결과
논의
Conflict of Interest
References