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Immigrants' perspectives on healthy life and healthy lifestyle counseling : a focus group study
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Patient safety competence: a comparative study between Finnish and British pre-registration nursing students
Registered nurses' perceptions of healthy lifestyle counselling for immigrants in primary healthcare: A focus group study
Culturally sensitive lifestyle intervention to prevent type 2 diabetes among Somalis in Finland: a pilot study using JA CHRODIS Recommendations and Criteria
Enhancing family nursing practice: The effect of a supportive-educational programme on the family nursing practice, family satisfaction and family perceived support in the intensive care unit
Immigrants' perspectives on healthy life and healthy lifestyle counseling: a focus group study
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Integrated care competencies and their association with cross-cultural competence among registered nurses: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey
Integrated care competencies and their association with cross-cultural competence among registered nurses: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey
Aim: To examine the association between the integrated care competencies and cross-cultural competence of registered nurses prior to the integration of social and healthcare services in Finland. Design: A descriptive correlational cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted. Methods: A simple random sample of 10,000 registered nurses was drawn from the Finnish Central Register of Valvira (National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health); 7000 of them were sent the online questionnaire, and a total of 1232 registered nurses participated in the study. We collected data using background questions, revised versions of the Competent Workforce for the Future tool in the four domains of client orientation, responsibility for personal or relative's welfare, fluency and clarity of services and access to the services and of the Cross-Cultural Competence of Healthcare Professional tool in the four domains of motivation/curiosity, attitude, skill and emotion/empathy. Results: Participants demonstrated a high level of integrated care competencies (mean = 4.00,SD ± 0.49).Anassociation was observed between integrated care competencies and their domains of skills, motivation/curiosity, emotions/empathy, and cross-cultural competence (p< 0.001). Female sex, older age, more working experience, employment in the private sector, and higher self-rated competence for working in a multicultural environment were positively associated with higher integrated care competencies. Conclusion: It is recommended that nurse managers and nurse educators emphasize the development of registered nurses' cross-cultural competence alongside integrated care competencies to meet the needs of different individuals and communities when providing integrated care. Patient or Public Contribution: Finnish registered nurses including all types of nurses, midwives and paramedics working the public and private healthcare, were involved in this study by responding to the online survey.</p