Effectiveness of Cultural Competence Education for Nurse Mentors

NCT04280172 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CulturalCompetence
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 111
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Clinical placements are an integral part of nursing education and have significant impact on nursing students' professional development. According to standards set by the European Union, the duration of clinical placements should account for at least one half of the minimum duration of nursing programs. Also, students must complete training under the supervision of qualified nursing staff (Directive 2013/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council). Nursing staff are responsible for the mentoring of students during completion of their clinical placements. The role of the mentor can be challenging and several studies prove that providing continuing education to mentors can be effective in developing mentors' competence in mentoring. There is an urgent need to add issues related to the development of mentors' cultural competence into mentoring education. This is due to the rapid increase of cultural and linguistic diversity within the nursing workforce and the increase in the numbers of students from international backgrounds. This study is designed to assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention to develop mentors' cultural competence and their competence in mentoring nursing students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Conditions

Cultural Competency; Mentoring

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Changes in mentors' cultural competence

  Mentors' cultural competence will be measured using the newly developed Mentors' Cultural Competence Instrument. The instrument contains 21 items using a four-level Likert scale. A higher score on the likert scale indicates a higher level of competence.

  Pre intervention, immediately after intervention and 6 months after intervention

• Changes in competence in mentoring

  Mentors' competence in mentoring will be measured using the psychometrically validated self-assessment Mentors' Competence Instrument (MCI), which contains 43 items divided into 7 sections using a four-level Likert scale. A higher score on the Likert scale indicates a higher level of competence.

  Pre intervention, immediately after intervention and 6 months after intervention

Study Arms (2)

Cultural Competence Education

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the intervention group will attend cultural competence education

Other: Cultural Competence Education

Standard Mentoring Education

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants in the control group will complete standard mentoring education that does not include a cultural competence component

Other: Standard Mentoring Education

Interventions

Cultural Competence Education OTHER

Cultural competence education for participants in the intervention group comprises of completion of an online learning module and participation in an eight-hour training day. The educational content includes various topics related to cultural and linguistic diversity and cultural competence in mentoring.

Cultural Competence Education

Standard Mentoring Education OTHER

Participants in the control group will not receive the educational intervention but will participate in standard mentoring education. This education is offered in an online learning environment and participants can complete the education at their own pace. The educational content focuses on general issues related to mentoring and does not contain topics specific to cultural competence in mentoring.

Standard Mentoring Education

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• be currently employed in any professional nursing role on any unit; have the skills to read and understand the Finnish language; and consent to participate in the study

You may not qualify if:

• \- be on long-term leave of absence or maternity leave; lack of skills to read and understand the Finnish language, decline to consent to participate in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Oulu: lead
• The Finnish Association of Nursing Research: collaborator
• Finnish Nurses Association: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Healthcare organization in eastern Finland

Kuopio, Finland

Location

Healthcare organizations in Nordic Finland

Oulu, Finland

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Oikarainen A, Mikkonen K, Tuomikoski AM, Elo S, Pitkanen S, Ruotsalainen H, Kaariainen M. Mentors' competence in mentoring culturally and linguistically diverse nursing students during clinical placement. J Adv Nurs. 2018 Jan;74(1):148-159. doi: 10.1111/jan.13388. Epub 2017 Aug 1.

  PMID: 28702955 BACKGROUND

• Oikarainen A, Mikkonen K, Kenny A, Tomietto M, Tuomikoski AM, Merilainen M, Miettunen J, Kaariainen M. Educational interventions designed to develop nurses' cultural competence: A systematic review. Int J Nurs Stud. 2019 Oct;98:75-86. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.06.005. Epub 2019 Jun 21.

  PMID: 31319338 BACKGROUND

• Oikarainen A, Kaarlela V, Heiskanen M, Taam-Ukkonen M, Lehtimaja I, Karsamanoja T, Tuomikoski AM, Kaariainen M, Tomietto M, Mikkonen K. Educational intervention to support development of mentors' competence in mentoring culturally and linguistically diverse nursing students: A quasi-experimental study. Nurse Educ Today. 2022 Sep;116:105424. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105424. Epub 2022 May 29.

  PMID: 35714426 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Kristina Mikkonen, PhD

  University of Oulu

  STUDY CHAIR

• Ashlee I Oikarainen, MHSc

  University of Oulu

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Researcher

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 13, 2020
• First Posted: February 21, 2020
• Study Start: June 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2021
• Study Completion: December 1, 2021
• Last Updated: May 13, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FI (2)