Students' perceptions of nursing academics' cultural humility: An online cross-sectional study.

Background: Understanding cultural humility is a challenge, even in academic nursing settings. Nursing academics are the driving force behind students and the next generation of nurses' awareness and practice of cultural humility.

Aim: The study investigated the predictors and differences of nursing academics' cultural humility in nursing education, as perceived by nursing students.

Design: A cross-sectional research design was used.

Participants: Two hundred eighty-one nursing students were conveniently recruited for the study.

Methods: Nursing students completed an online survey about the measured variables.

Results: Nursing students expressed a consensus regarding the importance of cultural humility among nursing academics in the context of nursing education; however, their overall agreement was relatively low (Mean = 3.86/5, SE = 0.037). Being trained in private hospitals and senior students predicted the perceived nursing academics' cultural humility in nursing education (t-test = 11.29, p-value = 0.001, R = 0.035, adjusted R = 0.028). Senior nursing students highly rated most of the items when measuring the differences in perceived nursing academics' cultural humility.

Conclusion: The preparation of nursing students by nursing academics is essential for promoting cultural humility within nursing education.

Patient Or Public Contribution: No Patient or Public Contribution. The study involved nursing students who were enrolled in academic higher education nursing programs at different universities.