Open AccessThe linguistic and cultural validation of a tool to evaluate the cultural competence in nurses
Author(s) -
Evelin Costi,
Stefano Finotto,
Cinzia Gradellini
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
professioni infermieristiche
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2532-1579
pISSN - 0033-0205
DOI - 10.7429/pi.2018.712089
Subject(s) - humanities , psychology , art
Cultural competence is described as a complex process of elements useful to work in an intercultural context. It could be evaluated with several different tools. In literature different English scales are available, and all of them start from the operator's perception. The Physician's Cultural Competence for Patient Satisfaction (PCCPS), by Ahmed and Bates (2012), is the only scale that consider the perception of the person.