Clinical learning environment: Improving cultural competence in nursing students.

Background: Nursing students undertake clinical learning during their studies. Cultural competence is a basic principle in nursing practice. The aims of this study were to determine the correlation between the clinical learning environment and cultural competence in nursing students.

Materials and methods: This study was cross-sectional with a sample of 396 students. Consecutive sampling was utilized in the sampling method. The instruments used were the Cultural Competence Scale for Nursing Student and the Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision and Nurse Teacher (CLES+T). The statistical analysis used is the multiple logistic regression backward method.

Results: The results of the multiple logistic regression backward method obtained the best model, namely pedagogic and nursing care in ward (P value <0.05). The clinical learning environment has a substantial impact on the cultural competence development of nursing students.

Conclusions: In the clinic, nursing students' cultural competence increases proportionally to the efficacy of pedagogical learning implementation, supervision interaction, head of ward leadership style, and the application of nursing care.