Cultural Diversity Questionnaire for Nurse Educators

The following statements are about your clinical and teaching practices, and your beliefs and attitudes regarding caring for culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse clients. Statements about teaching relate only to your activities with undergraduate nursing students. Please. click on the term that most accurately reflects your level of agreement with each statement. Client could be an individual, family, group, or community.

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1. What I believe about health, illness and preventive health is strictly based on science.
    Strongly Agree      Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
2. Some cultural groups believe that supernatural forces can cause illness.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
 3. I feel confident in using a variety of cultural assessment tools in the healthcare setting.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
4. It is more important for my students to conduct cultural assessments on ethnically diverse clients than on other clients.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
5. I do not have time to include cultural competence in my course content.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
6. I am involved socially with cultural/racial/ethnic groups, different from my own, outside of my teaching role and healthcare setting.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
7. Caring for clients who are culturally, racially, or ethnically diverse is a challenge that I welcome.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
8. Individuals of different cultural/racial/ethnic groups have perceptions of health, illness, and preventive health that are no different      from my own.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
9. The same approach should be followed when caring for all patients, regardless of culture, race, ethnic, or religious background, or worldview.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
10. I am knowledgeable about variations in drug metabolism among specific cultural groups.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
11. Determining the degree of acculturation of culturally diverse clients is a desirable but not essential part of conducting a cultural assessment.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
12. I avail myself of professional development and training opportunities to enhance my knowledge and skills in the provision of healthcare services to culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse groups.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
13. I am aware that biological variations exist in different cultural, racial, and ethnic groups.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
14. I use the appropriate communication style and protocol to communicate with clients who are of different cultural, racial, and ethnic backgrounds.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
15.There is no difference in food digestion among ethnic, racial, and cultural groups.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
16. My students are required to seek information on acceptable behaviors, courtesies, customs, and expectations that are unique to culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse groups served by our program.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
17. When I care for a client, I consider how the difference between our perceptions of health, illness and preventive health could affect the outcome of my care.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
18. I am knowledgeable about biological variations that exist among specific cultural, racial, and ethnic groups.
    Strongly Agree Agree   Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
19. I am knowledgeable of keywords and phrases needed to communicate effectively with the major groups with limited English language proficiency that are served by our program.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
20. I seek out clinical opportunities for my students to care for clients who are culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
21. I am knowledgeable about diseases that have a high incidence among cultural, racial, and ethnic groups in our service area.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
22. I am in contact with individuals, who provide health services to groups that are culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
23. I require that students be knowledgeable about diseases that have a high incidence among clients in our service area, from diverse cultural, racial, and ethnic groups.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
24. I am aware of some of the stereotyping attitudes and preconceived notions and feelings that I have towards members of other cultural, racial, and ethnic groups.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided  Disagree Strongly Disagree
25. I have a clear understanding of the difference in meaning of the following terms: acculturation, assimilation, and socialization.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
26. I am confident that I possess the necessary skills and experience to select and work with appropriate translators as needed to care for clients with limited English language proficiency.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
27. I keep abreast of the major health concerns and issues of culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse client populations residing in my program's service area.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
28. I attend holiday celebrations within culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse communities.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
29. My students are expected to demonstrate knowledge of their clients' worldviews, beliefs, and practices by incorporating this knowledge in their plans of care.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
30. I am knowledgeable about diseases that are common in the countries of origin of recent immigrants to our service area.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
31. When working with clients of limited English language proficiency, family members are most preferable for providing interpretation services.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
32. I have spent extended periods of time (i.e., at least seven consecutive days) living among people from cultural/ethnic/racial groups different from my own.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
33. I screen books, movies, and other media sources for negative cultural, racial, or ethnic stereotypes before using them in my courses or sharing them with clients cared for by me, or by my students.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
34. I am interested in becoming culturally competent because it is the politically correct thing to do.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
35. I am personally and professionally committed to providing nursing care that is culturally competent.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
36. I am personally and professionally committed to teaching how to provide nursing care that is culturally competent.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
37. I advocate for the review of my program's mission statement, goals, policies, and procedures to insure that they incorporate principles and practices that promote cultural and linguistic competence.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
38. The administrators of my program should be the ones responsible for seeking out clinical experiences with culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse groups in our service area.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
39. I teach my students that the client's culture is a determining factor in the client's perception of health and illness and in his or her adherence to the prescribed treatment regimen.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
40. I am knowledgeable about the socio-economic and environmental risk factors that contribute to the major health problems of culturally, ethnically, and racially diverse populations served by my nursing program.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
41. I patronize business in my service area that are owned by people who are culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
42. I encourage my students to examine their attitudes, preconceived notions and feelings towards members of other cultural, racial, and ethnic groups.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
43. I know the prevailing beliefs, customs, norms, and values of the cultural, racial, and ethnic groups, other than my own, residing in our service area.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
44. I teach my students to recognize presenting signs and symptoms as they are manifested in individuals who are culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
45. Additional content on cultural competence is not necessary in my program's curriculum.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
46. The cultural assessment tool that I use elicits information about client's dietary practices, health beliefs, and social organization.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
47. There are more differences within cultural groups than across cultural groups.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
48. I am knowledgeable about the population percentages of the major ethnic groups living in my service area.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
49. I do not feel comfortable asking questions that relate to the client's cultural/racial/ethnic background.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
50. I teach my students that when working with clients who are culturally, racially, or ethnically different, they should become familiar with (each client's) indigenous beliefs and practices.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
51. I believe that failure to explore my own culture's influence on the way I think and behave may lead me to impose my own values and beliefs on my clients.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
52. What I believe about health, illness and preventive health is influenced by my culture.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
53. I have a clear understanding of the difference in meaning of the following terms: immigrant, alien resident, and citizen.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
54. I accept that male-female roles may vary significantly among different cultures and ethnic groups.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
55. I am confident that I can effectively assess conditions such as pallor, jaundice, and cyanosis in clients of a race or ethnicity different from my own.
    Strongly Agree Agree  Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
 Please, provide the following information about yourself:
56. How long have you been teaching nursing? If less than a (one) year, please give the number of months.  Please use numeric characters only (e.g. 5 or 9). Do not type in the word 'years" or "months." Round numbers down or up to the nearest whole number.

1. Months
          2. Years
57. What is your age group?
          1.   20 to 30 years
          2.   31 to 40 years
          3.   41 to 50 years
          4.   51 to 60 years
          5.   61 and above
58.  At what level in your nursing school do you teach? (Please, circle all that apply).
          1.   Associate
          2.   Baccalaureate
          3.   Master's
          4.   Doctorate
59. Have you resided in a country (of different culture from your own) for more than six months?
          1.   Yes
          2.   No
60. If yes, name of country:  
61. What is your racial/ethnic background classification?
          1.   American Indian/Alaskan Native
          2.   African American/African
          3.   Caucasian
          4.   Hispanic
          5.   Asian
          6.   Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
          7.   Other (Please specify) 
62. What is the highest degree you have earned?
          1.   Bachelor's
          2.   Master's
          3.   Doctorate
63.  With which school are you affiliated? 
64. What is your nursing specialty area? (Please check all that apply).
          1.   Adult health
          2.   Community Health
          3.   Child Health and illness
          4.   Childbearing
          5.   Psychiatric Nursing
          6.   Women's Health
          7.   Nursing Administration
          8.   Trans-cultural Nursing
          9.   Gerontology
        10.   Other (Please list, if necessary) 
65. Have you attended/completed any continuing education program on trans-cultural nursing/cultural competence in the past five years?
          1.   Yes
          2.   No
66. If (item 65, above,) is yes, how many have you attended?
67. Estimate the percentage of each of the following groups in your nursing program:           
          1.    American Indian/Alaskan Native         
          2.    African American/African
          3.    Caucasian  
          4.    Hispanic
          5.    Asian
          6.    Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
          7.    Other (Please specify) 
68. Do you assess how your students' cultural beliefs and values influence their attitudes towards education and learning?
           1.   Yes
           2.   No           
 69. Do you evaluate how your students' cultural beliefs and values influence their learning styles?
           1. Yes
           2. No
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