The Significance of Cultural Intelligence in Nurse Leadership

Cultural intelligence (CQ), which is the ability to efficiently traverse multicultural environments and interactions, can have a profound impact on cultural literacy and fluency. It is foundational in the embodiment of cultural awareness, sensitivity, humility, and competence, and in decreasing biased decision-making. Evidence shows that bias, attitudes, and behaviors of health care providers negatively impact health outcomes for marginalized and stigmatized populations. The role of the nurse leader transcends multiple venues, including academia, clinical practice, and corporate and settings; therefore, CQ development and role modeling is essential in influencing health professions clinicians, faculty, and students to deliver bias-free care.
Source: Nurse Leader - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research