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Creating intercultural communication materials for nursing education through mixed-method development of a cross-cultural nursing inventory

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K13267
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
Research InstitutionMiyazaki Prefectual Nursing University

Principal Investigator

Hensley Joel  宮崎県立看護大学, 看護学部, 講師 (40573382)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Keywordsintercultural nursing / cross-cultural nursing / transcultural nursing / intercultural competence / intercultural / communication / questionnaire / semi-structured / semi-structure interview / ENP / ESP
Outline of Research at the Start

Nurses in Japan are interacting with patients and family members from different cultures more than ever before. This research project aims to understand nurses' intercultural attitudes and experiences in order to create teaching materials to better prepare nurses for cross-cultural interaction.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study had two main parts: a national survey of nurses on intercultural nursing competency and an interview study with Japanese nurses regarding their experience with intercultural patients.
The survey was found reliable and contained 6 intercultural nursing areas: knowledge, awareness, attitude, abilities, respect, and self-awareness. Results showed that nursing professionals in Japan have respect and positive attitudes toward intercultural nursing but feel they lack the skills to work with intercultural patients. The interviews were held with 11 nurses regarding their intercultural nursing experience. Findings included the methods and tools that nurses in Japan have used in intercultural nursing.
The results of the project showed the importance of hands-on training and experience to prepare Japanese nurses for intercultural patients. These results have informed the content and materials of Nursing English course and led to a project involving English-speaking simulated patients.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

A new intercultural nursing questionnaire survey for nurses in Japan was developed and shown to be both valid and reliable. Through the research project results, it was found that giving nurses "hands-on" training with intercultural situations, such as role plays, could be of benefit.

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

All Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results)

  • [Presentation] Japanese nursing professionals’ firsthand experience with culturally and linguistically diverse patients2024

    • Author(s)
      Joel Hensley
    • Organizer
      Japan Association for Nursing English Teaching (JANET) 2024
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Developing an English-Speaking Simulated Patient program for student doctors and nurses2023

    • Author(s)
      Alan Simpson, Yu Hirai, & Joel Hensley
    • Organizer
      Japan Association for Nursing English Teaching (JANET) 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Development and findings of a cross-cultural nursing self-assessment instrument for Japanese nurses2022

    • Author(s)
      Joel Hensley
    • Organizer
      全国看護英語教育学会 第4回JANET学術集会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] A survey of intercultural nursing perspectives in Japan2022

    • Author(s)
      Joel Hensley
    • Organizer
      Communication, Medicine and Ethics (COMET) 20th International and Interdisciplinary Conference
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Exploring cross-cultural nursing in Japan to create English for specific purposes materials2022

    • Author(s)
      Joel Hensley
    • Organizer
      CLaSIC 2022: The Ninth CLS International Conference
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Cross-cultural nursing perspectives of Japanese nurses2021

    • Author(s)
      Joel Hensley
    • Organizer
      第3回全国看護英語教育学会(JANET)学術集会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 日本における看護系大学教員による異文化間看護に関する実践能力2020

    • Author(s)
      Joel Hensley
    • Organizer
      文化看護学会第12回学術集会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Transcultural nursing: Perspectives of nursing university faculty in Japan2020

    • Author(s)
      Joel Hensley
    • Organizer
      Transcultural Nursing Society Conference in Japan 2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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