Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the multicultural acceptance and multicultural experiences of nursing college student and to examine the factors that affect the cultural nursing competence. Methods: The survey was conducted from May 1 to December 16, 2022 and 200 nursing students were included in the study. Data analysis was performed using frequency and percentage, mean, standard deviation, Independent t-test, One-way ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson’s correlation coefficients and hierarchical regression. Results: The average scores for cultural nursing competence, multicultural acceptance and multicultural experiences of the subjects were found to be 3.37 out of 5, 4.52 out of 6, and 0.48 out of 1, respectively. Cultural nursing competence according to general characteristics showed significant differences according to grade, average GPA, economic level, number of multicultural friends, experience of multicultural subjects, and number of multicultural subjects. Cultural nursing competence are was found to have statistically significant correlation with multicultural acceptance (r=.27,