Cultural Competency, Personal Reflection
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to enhance engagement, coping and self-reflection by attuning nurses to creative and observational skills drawn from a visual arts pedagogical framework. To fulfill this goal, the investigators will cultivate an existing relationship between NYU Langone Health (NYULH) Nursing, the NYU Health Sciences Library, and museum educators at The Met to design and deliver an intervention of museum educator-led workshops that introduce nurses to arts appreciation skills to improve their practice and overall wellbeing. Participants will be asked to complete two surveys, pre- and post-intervention, Cultural Awareness Scale (CAS), which measures cultural awareness, sensitivity, knowledge and skills, and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), which measures four separate aspects of empathy and its relationships with measures of social functioning, self-esteem, emotionality, and sensitivity to others. We will also solicit qualitative feedback via REDCap survey at the end of the intervention to gain insight into nurse's experiences of the art immersion program.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALVisual Arts Immersion
Museum educators from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) will provide a curriculum including an art immersion program that will select specific works/art in the museum as well as virtually that will help to stimulate self-reflection and prompt connection to their nursing practice. Participants will be asked to sign up for 2 art immersion classes. The first class will be an in-person class at The MET and the second class will be virtual via WebEx. Each class will last 60 minutes.
Sponsors
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
NYU Langone Health
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. A Registered Nurse at NYULH 2. Willing to provide an email address or cell phone number of choice 3. Willing to attend one workshop in person at The MET and one virtually via WebEx 4. Willing and able to provide consent 5. Age 18 years of age or older
Exclusion criteria
1. Not a Registered Nurse at NYULH 2. Not willing to provide an email address or cell phone number of choice 3. Not willing to attend one workshop in person at The MET and one virtually via WebEx
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Cultural Awareness Scale (CAS) Score From Baseline to Month 6 | Baseline, Month 6 | 36-item questionnaire assessing cultural awareness, sensitivity, knowledge and skills. Each item is rated on a 7-point scale (ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree). The total score ranges from 0-252. Lower scores indicate less cultural awareness, and higher scores indicate greater awareness. |
| Change in Clinical Interpersonal Reactivity Index (CIRI) Score From Baseline to Month 6 | Baseline, Month 6 | 27-item questionnaire evaluating empathy as a reaction in interpersonal relationships at the bedside. Items are ranked on a scale from 0-4, where 0 = does not describe me well; and 4 = describes me very well. The total score ranges from 0 to 108; higher scores indicate greater empathy. |
Countries
United States
Participant flow
Participants by arm
| Arm | Count |
|---|---|
| Registered Nurses Participants will receive an intervention of museum educator-led workshops that introduce nurses to arts appreciation skills to improve their practice and overall wellbeing.
Visual Arts Immersion: Museum educators from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) will provide a curriculum including an art immersion program that will select specific works/art in the museum as well as virtually that will help to stimulate self-reflection and prompt connection to their nursing practice. Participants will be asked to sign up for 2 art immersion classes. The first class will be an in-person class at The MET and the second class will be virtual via WebEx. Each class will last 60 minutes. | 10 |
| Total | 10 |
Withdrawals & dropouts
| Period | Reason | FG000 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Study | Lost to Follow-up | 31 |
Baseline characteristics
| Characteristic | Registered Nurses |
|---|---|
| Age, Continuous | 49.2 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.75 |
| Ethnicity (NIH/OMB) Hispanic or Latino | 0 Participants |
| Ethnicity (NIH/OMB) Not Hispanic or Latino | 10 Participants |
| Ethnicity (NIH/OMB) Unknown or Not Reported | 0 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) Asian | 2 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) Black or African American | 1 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) More than one race | 0 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) Unknown or Not Reported | 0 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) White | 7 Participants |
| Region of Enrollment United States | 10 participants |
| Sex: Female, Male Female | 10 Participants |
| Sex: Female, Male Male | 0 Participants |
Adverse events
| Event type | EG000 affected / at risk |
|---|---|
| deaths Total, all-cause mortality | 0 / 41 |
| other Total, other adverse events | 0 / 41 |
| serious Total, serious adverse events | 0 / 41 |
Outcome results
Primary
Change in Clinical Interpersonal Reactivity Index (CIRI) Score From Baseline to Month 6
27-item questionnaire evaluating empathy as a reaction in interpersonal relationships at the bedside. Items are ranked on a scale from 0-4, where 0 = does not describe me well; and 4 = describes me very well. The total score ranges from 0 to 108; higher scores indicate greater empathy.
Time frame: Baseline, Month 6
| Arm | Measure | Value (MEAN) |
|---|---|---|
| Registered Nurses | Change in Clinical Interpersonal Reactivity Index (CIRI) Score From Baseline to Month 6 | 4.7 score on a scale |
Primary
Change in Cultural Awareness Scale (CAS) Score From Baseline to Month 6
36-item questionnaire assessing cultural awareness, sensitivity, knowledge and skills. Each item is rated on a 7-point scale (ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree). The total score ranges from 0-252. Lower scores indicate less cultural awareness, and higher scores indicate greater awareness.
Time frame: Baseline, Month 6
| Arm | Measure | Value (MEAN) |
|---|---|---|
| Registered Nurses | Change in Cultural Awareness Scale (CAS) Score From Baseline to Month 6 | 11.90 score on a scale |