tract:TheincreasinglydiversepopulationoftheUnitedStatesposesmany
challengestotheprovisionofhealthcareservices.Academichealthcarecenters,
communityhealthclinics,andprivateprovidersallstruggletomakeservicesaccessibleandacceptabletopeopleofmanycultures,andwhospeakmanylanguages.A
levelofculturalcompetenceisrequiredandorganizationsarehavingadifficulttime
incorporatingknowledge,attitudeandvaluecrianges.Studiescontinuetodocument
differencesinthequalityofcarethatracialandethnicgroupsarereceiving.Nursing
leadersareinacriticalpositiontoinfiuenceenvironmentstooptimizeculturaland
linguisticservices.Thisdocumentdiscussestheeffectivenessofaculturalcompetencefocusinanewmasterprograminnurseadministration.Hopefully,other
educationalprogramswillutilizelessonslearnedfornurseadministrators.