The Challenge of Cross-Cultural Care Encounters: Perspective of Imported Nurses in Lhasa, Tibet

Table 1

Single-factor analysis of the cross-cultural care encounter scores of imported nurses ().

Variable	Grouping
Age (years)	18-25		5.777	0.003
	26-30
	>30
Gender	Male		-2.106	0.036
	Female
Nationality	Han		0.638	0.524
	Hui
Religious belief	Buddhism		2.100	0.124
	Islam
	None
Educational level	Secondary school		9.359^①	0.009
	Junior college
	Undergraduate
Tibetan language training	Yes		-4.569	0.000
	No
Understanding Tibetan	Yes		-3.199	0.001
	No
Humanistic training	Yes		-2.263	0.024
	No
Hospital level	Grade III Class A		-0.531	0.596
	Grade III Class B
Hospital category	Comprehensive		0.921	0.358
	Special
Years working in Tibet	0-5		3.781	0.049
	6-10
	11-15
	>16
Departments	Internal medicine		2.781	0.330
	Surgery
	Obstetrics and gynecology
	Pediatrics
	Emergency
	Operating room/ICU
Job title	Nurse		-0.095	0.924
	Head nurse
Technical titles	Nurse		7.432	0.024
	Senior nurse
	Supervisor nurse

Note: <0.05 and <0.01 were of statistical significance and ① was the Kruskal-Wallis test result, .