Knowledge, attitudes, confidence, and comfort of nurses and nursing students caring for military veterans and their families

  • Elliott, B., Sikes, D. L., Chargualaf, K. A., Patterson, B., Song, H., & Armstrong, M. L. (2024). Knowledge, attitudes, confidence, and comfort of nurses and nursing students caring for military veterans and their families. Journal of Professional Nursing, 54, 228-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.07.008
  • To support initiatives that aim to enhance military cultural competence among healthcare providers, this study compared registered nurses’ and nursing students’ military cultural competence and comfort working with Veterans and their families. 153 participants provided information about their own background (e.g., race/ethnicity, whether they had a Veteran family member) as well as insights into 5 aspects of military cultural competence and comfort working with Veterans and their families: knowledge of military culture, comfort with military culture, confidence working with Veterans, comfort discussing Veterans’ health issues, and engagement in culturally responsive practices. Having a Veteran family member was the most salient factor related to higher levels of military cultural competence and overall comfort working with Veterans and their families.

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