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CULTURE DIVERSITY OF NURSING
STUDENTS IN RELATION TO
PROGRAM EVALUATION
Presented by Kim Abraham, Annie Bandela, Debra
Mulkey-Mott, and Caroline Wesonga
Background of Topic
With expanding immigration, increasing globalization, and
minority population growth, there is a need to enrich the
diversity within the nursing profession to better meet the
needs of our changing society (Barbee & Gibson, 2011).

Relevance and Justification of Cultural Diversity
Student population in Americas
classrooms have changed
43% of students are racially and
ethnically diverse
Less than 10% of faculty identify
themselves as minority
Cultural sensitivity among faculty is
essential to successful recruitment and
retention of minority students

Cultural Relevance Require:
Instructors to display competence in teaching skills to cross cultural students
Embrace cultural difference
Acknowledge cultural assumption
They should empower students to relate course content to his or her cultural
context
Empower students to maintain cultural integrity while succeeding academically
Recruitment of more minority instructors to function as role model
Use available resources to foster learning environment
Characteristics of Culturally Relevant Teaching
Validating and affirming
Comprehensive
Multidimensional
Liberating
Empower
Transformative
Barriers to Cultural Diversity
Personal Needs-lack of finances,
time, communication etc
Academic Needs-work load
Language Needs-difficulty
reading and understanding
assignments
Cultural Needs-lack of diverse
role models
Interventions to increase success to cultural diverse students
Recruit more minority faculty to function as role models
Faculty to acknowledge cultural assumption
Open lines of communication
Participate in special support programs to increase chances of
academic success
Assess and adopt learning styles and preference

Reference
Billings, D., M. & Halstead, J., A. (2009). Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty
(3
rd
Ed.). Saunders: Elsevier
Konan NDri, P., Chatard, A., Selembegovic, L. & Mugny, G. (2010). Cultural Diversity
in the class room and its effect on Academic Performance: A Cross-National
Perspective. Social Psychology. Vol. 41(4) pgs 230-237.
Omeri, A., Malcolm, P., Ahern, M. & Wellington, B. (2003). Meeting the challenges of
Cultural Diversity in the Academic Setting. Nurse Education in Practice. Vol. 3(3)
pgs 5-22