...The Role of Transcultural Nursing Nur 502-Theoretical Basis for Nursing Brigette Lander February 20, 2014 Abstract The core of nursing at its simplest application is to cause no harm and restore a person to health when possible. For years now, nurses have been working to close the health disparity gap and become culturally competent for our “melting pot” of minority cultures. Forbes magazine (2010) said only 18% of Americans speak a foreign language, compared to 53% of Europeans and growing numbers of others around the world who communicate in a foreign language. The 2007 census bureau lists 74 countries that have a large percentage of their population who speak English. Language barriers alone can have poor results for nursing care of culturally diverse populations. That being the case, nursing theory developed by nurses in the United States has obvious flaws. This paper will take a multifaceted look at the problems nursing in the United States face when caring for ethnic minorities without the use of culturally competent nursing theory based upon the patients cultural identity. By taking a look at a Pakistani patient, readers will have an understanding of how we unknowingly fail to provide adequate nursing care. The Role of Transcultural Nursing The United States has always deemed this country superior to all other countries in the world in all manners of living with medicine and nursing not being an exception. We have held close to the idea that all other countries...
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...Transcultural nursing, this independent study gave me an opportunity to learn about a culture that is completely different than mine. I interviewed my friend. So, me being from the Hindu culture and my friend being Caucasian we both have very different values, beliefs, and customs. We differ from one another culturally. On question about how she sees the world she stated that she is very concerned for the future especially for her children. She is more worried on what is currently going on in the world for e.g. terrorism, racism, gunshot, violence. She used to be an optimistic but with all the bad things going on around the world, not anymore. She belongs to the Caucasian culture. She adds that Caucasian people are not ritualistic like Hispanic....
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...Transcultural Nursing Model Transcultural Nursing Theory Transcultural Nursing Theory was developed by Madeleine Leininger. The theory first appeared in Leininger’s publication in 1991 but the theory itself was developed in the 1950s. Early in her nursing practice, Madeleine Leininger through observation, recognized that there was an important component of patient care that was missing. She noticed the lack of recognition and integration of patient’s cultural background into their plan of care. She recognized that patient’s cultural background influences their responses to health and illness and more importantly she believed that part of viewing the patient as a whole is taking into account their culture and cultural background in developing a plan of care. Her theory attempts to provide culturally competent nursing care through “cognitively based assistive, supportive, facilitative, or enabling acts or decisions that are mostly tailor-made to fit with individual, groups, or institution’s cultural values, beliefs, and lifeways.” The goal is to improve health outcome for people who are of different cultural backgrounds. Transcultural Nursing Theory has 3 components to it, the assessment, nursing care plan and evaluation. Leininger believed that a culturally friendly care for the patient begins with a culturalogical assessment which take into consideration the cultural background of an individual patient in relation to his or her health experience. This assessment also require...
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...Psihologia organizaţională din perspectivă transculturală Pieter J.D. Drenth and Ben Groenehdijk 1. INTRODUCERE Din ce în ce mai frecvent se recunoaşte că activităţile organizaţiilor nu sunt îngrădite doar unei singure ţări. Există o creştere a numărului contactelor dintre organizaţiile diferitelor ţări. Graniţele naţionale şi culturale coincid din ce în ce mai puţin cu delimitarea reală în ceea ce priveşte vânzarea de produse şi servicii, angajarea, salarizarea şi instruirea personalului. Aceasta se aplică tuturor sectoarelor economiei şi nu e limitată doar companiilor multinaţionale. Internaţionalizarea este cuvântul cheie în orientarea de piaţă, strategice, cercetare, managementul personalului, competiţie şi cooperare. Dezvoltările socio-politice recente precum unificarea continuă a Europei, deschiderea Europei Centrale şi de Est şi creşterea emigraţiei din ţările cu nivel de trai scăzut sau cu regimuri represive va duce la întărirea orientării internaţionale şi intercultrale. Aceste dezvoltări ridică un număr de întrebări în domeniul psihologiei muncii şi oranizaţionale: • Cultura unei ţări influenţează maniera în care funcţionează o organizaţie? Dacă da, este influenţată în primul rând structura organizaţională sau mai degrabă modul în care diferite procese informale apar? Sau poate influenţa culturală este limitată la atitudinile, valorile şi normele membriilor organizaţiilor fără a afecta maniera în care organizaţiile funcţionează? • La ce trebuie...
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...Running head: Transcultural Nursing Assessment Transcultural Nursing Assessment Deborah Hill St. Francis University Abstract Giger and Davidhizar’s Transcultural Assessment Model is a valuable and functional assessment tool that evaluates the different cultural variables and how those variables effect health, illness and behaviors (Giger, 2013). This philosophy considers the uniqueness of each individual, understanding that the individual is unique, a product of their culture, religion, environment socioeconomic status and diversity. Giger and Dividhizar propose that, as health care providers, we need an acute awareness of the ethnicity and culture of each individual, having the knowledge and understanding to care for them as their culture, religion, values and belief system necessitates (Giger & Davidhizar, 2002). This model of nursing assessment focuses on six factors, or phenomena, that address important areas of cultural influence which impact our ability to provide diverse clients with the most effective and efficient care. The six phenomena are communication; space; social organization; time; environmental control; and biological variations. This assignment involves the use of the Transcultural Nursing Assessment model in the care of Ms. B, an 82 year old, African American female. Introduction America has been called the melting pot of the world. The term indicates that America is a county made up of immigrant cultures, religions and various ethnic...
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...Madeleine Leininger’s Trancultural nursing theory overview and clinical application Introduction and background “ A lack of cultural and care knowledge is the missing link to nursing’s understanding of the many variations required in patient care.” (Sitzman, Eichelberger, 2011, p. 93). Madeleine Leininger first developed the transcultural nursing theory in the 1950’s. She had an epiphany during some time spent in a child guidance home. She deduced that the reoccurring behavior patterns in the children had an underlying cultural basis (Sitzman, Eichelberger, 2011). She formed a theory of Culture Care to improve the way people of multiple cultures are being cared for in hospitals and other care centers. Leininger preferred to address patient care as a holistic project and incorporated her theory to caring about the patient’s mental and emotional wellbeing as it relates to a patient’s cultural comfort level with any particular medical procedure or nursing care protocol. She addressed the need to change nursing from a merely physical and physiological care of a patient into a more encompassing role of addressing cares as they relate to culture and religious beliefs of patients (Leininger, 1992, p. 1). This paper will define the theory and discuss cliical applications of this theory. Culture, caring, diversity and values are keywords one observes in this Theory’s basic tenets. Basic assumptions one sees from reading a summarized listing of the theory’s tenets are that...
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...In the Transcultural Study, Becca made numerous assumptions based on the patient’s culture. She assumed that since the patient was an immigrant, the patient must be poor and lack insurance. Another assumption Becca made was that since the patient was Chinese, the patient was non-English speaking and overweight. Lastly, she assumed, based on her previous encounters, that the patient was diabetic and poorly controlled. Assumptions can lead to stereotypes and unfair judgments about individuals. Some of Becca’s assumptions are cultural stereotypes, such as immigrants being poor and lacking insurance and the Chinese being unable to speak English. Even though Becca was well meaning, her stereotypes did not serve her or her patient. Deductive reasoning uses general information to come to a specific conclusion. This is one ingredient of critical thinking skills used by nurses to form nursing judgments and make decisions on plans of care. Becca used deductive reasoning in this situation based on her previous encounter with Chinese diabetic patients. However, Becca’s assumptions and stereotypes were incorrect and thus lead her to a false conclusion. Stereotyping affects the nurse and the patient and results in unequal treatment. Nurses who engage in stereotyping will be unable to see their patient as a unique individual because of the distortion stereotypes create. Stereotypes become barriers to appropriate, individualized nursing care, which leads to poor patient outcomes. Patients...
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...Transcultural nursing care/Culture Care Diversity and Universality Theory. Quynh Doan SCF- RN-BSN progrgram •Born in Sutton, Nebraska on July 13, 1925 •received her diploma in nursing from St. Anthony’s School of Nursing in Denver, Colorado in 1948 In 1950 •She earned her BS from St. Scholastica (Benedictine College) in Atchison, Kansas •She earned an M.S. in psychiatric and mental health nursing from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1954. •She received her Ph.D. in Cultural and Social Anthropology from the University of Washington in 1965 Referrence •Parker, M. E. (2005). Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice. Philadelphia: F.A. Madeleine M. Leininger Loading... •Madeliene Leininger recognized that the congruent of care and culture was the missing link in nursing. What lead her to recognized this phenomenon? •References •Parker, M. E. (2005). Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice. Philadelphia: F.A. Factors that shape the theorist •The main focus of cultural care frameworks is to assist nurses to avoid ethnocentric assessments, so that they can provide care that is responsive to the recipient’s cultural perspective. (Baker 1997.) Madeliene Leininger Loading... •It is the only theory explicitly focused on the close interrelationships of culture and care on well-being, health, illness, and death. •It is most holistic and multidimensional. •The theory focused on comparative culture...
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...Gran Torino starring Clint Eastwood was about a man’s struggle in adapting to the changes in his environment when confronted by unfamiliar exposure to cultural differences. The film was chosen because it told a story about one’s struggle with traditional practice, cultural diversity, gender roles, and the acceptance of others. In terms of culture, there was an abundance of traditional practices related to the Hmong community. The screenplay was written by Nick Schenk and the movie was filmed in July 2008 (Longwell, T). Gran Torino was directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also played the role of the main character known as Walt Kowalski. Walt was an American man and a Korean War veteran who resided in a neighborhood that became inhabited by Hmong families (Gran Torino, 2008). The relationship that Walt had with his own family was disconnected and distant because his sons embraced the modern way of living but Walt was more traditional. Walt was portrayed as a grumpy old man who did not like to socialize with others. All of that changed when Walt became associated with the Hmong children next door, Thao and Sue. Walt saved Thao from being taken by the Hmong gang members and was viewed as a hero by the Hmong families despite the fact that Walt was just trying to keep other people off his lawn. Upon an unexpected invitation by Sue, Walt’s world became intertwined with the Hmong community as he was introduced to various traditional Hmong customs and foods. After a...
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...The Purnell’s Model of Transcultural Health Care will help with my ability to apply the concepts of the model in my care of culturally diverse backgrounds because it will allow me to care care for my patients wholistically. Caring in the Macro and micro aspects of care . The macro aspects of care include global society, community, family the person and health. These concepts will allow me to plan and intervene in aspects to the cultural needs of my patients. Caring for more than just their bodies; and allowing them to express their needs and feel present and involved in the care they are receiving. The micro aspects of the model include twelve domains some of which include Family roles and organizations, communication, healthcare practitioners...
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...interactive media scenario you will use for this assignment illustrates a situation that could easily arise when working in health care. To complete this assignment: 1. Go to the “Allied Health Community” media link: http://lc.gcumedia.com/hlt307v/allied-health-community/allied-health-community-v1.1.html 2. Click “Enter” to begin. 3. Click on the box that says “SCENARIOS.” 4. Click on “View Scenario” for the “Critical Decision Making for Providers.” 5. Examine how the described problem might happen in your facility and the impact it could have. Work through this situation by examining all of the choices presented in the scenario. 6. When you get to the end of the scenarios, one scenario will have the word “Transcultural” on the top right corner. Click on “Transcultural.” Read the scenario and answer the four questions that are provided. While APA format is not required for this assignment, solid...
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...TranscUlturAl, vol.1, 1(2008), 14-24 http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/TC 14 Literary Translation and (or as?) Conflict between the Arab World and the West Mustapha Ettobi McGill University Introduction In 1990, Edward Said wrote an article entitled “Embargoed Literature” which was published in The Nation. In it, he argues that Arabic literature is “embargoed” in the West even if one of its most prominent figures, the Egyptian novelist and short story writer Naguib Mahfouz, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. Said spoke of some “singular” reasons for this situation: [...] of all the major world literatures, Arabic remains relatively unknown and unread in the West for reasons that are unique, and I think remarkable at a time when tastes here [the United States] for the non-Western are more developed than before and, even more compelling, contemporary Arabic literature is at a particularly interesting juncture (Said 372). Although Said’s article was well received by Arab and non Arab critics and researchers (such as Richard Jacquemond, 1992), its main argument was also challenged by other critics and scholars such as Peter Clark (2000). The latter maintained that Arabic literature in translation has significantly progressed since 1988 and has been more reviewed and studied than before. In this article, I do not intend to either defend or question Said’s view but would like to examine an important issue which is central to his article: the...
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...multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society, which, in turn requires health care providers to acknowledge and understand variations of cultural healthcare beliefs, values and practices. Transcultural nursing is essential in the process of nursing care because of the different factors, which includes increasing diversity and multicultural identities, emergent use of health care equipment that occasionally dispute the cultural ethics and beliefs of the clients and a rise in feminism and gender issues (Andrews &ump; Boyle, 2008). Maier-Lorentz (2008) states that the fundamental aspect of healthcare is transcultural nursing since culturally competent nursing care help guarantee patient satisfactions and health beneficial outcome. According to the Royal College of Nursing (2009), providing care with respect to health and illness based on the expectations of the people’s values, beliefs and practices corresponding with culture is the focal point of transcultural care. Influenced by the principles and theories of transcultural nursing, the author defines transcultural nursing as a discipline of culturally care for individuals, families, groups and communities representing different cultural lifestyle, values, habits, life process, beliefs and practices. Furthermore, the author believes that the aims of transcultural nursing are to bestow effective and excellent care to people from diverse backgrounds and avoid cultural conflicts and negligence related to health...
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...RUNNING HEAD: LEININGER’S THEORY OF CULTURE CARE Critique Paper Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality University of Virginia Theoretical Foundation of Nursing Abstract The Cultural Care Diversity and Universality Theory provides a conceptual framework to discover and explain diversities and similarities of care practices, within a cultures context. The theory is highly complex, and has many levels of scope, in relation to human cultures and nursing worldwide. Culture care is applicable to any culture and many diverse settings. The theory is accessible as a guide to research and can lead to empirical precision. The Sunrise Enabler provides a “visual map” that depicts the multi-factoring influences of culture described in the Culture Care Theory. The United States has become a very pluralistic society and continues to grow in international and ethnic diversity daily. In 2006, Louis Kincannon, Census Bureau Director, stated that “about one in three U.S. residents is a minority.” In 2006, of the United States population, 66% were white or European, 15% Hispanic America, 13% African America, 5% Asian American, and 0.4% Native American (United States Census Bureau, 2006). By 2020 they project that only 53% of the U.S. population is going to be white of European descent. In addition, by 2020 the Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans will triple, while the number of African Americans is expected to double (U.S. Census Bureau, 2006). Considering these...
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...health needs. In the provision of care, nurses must acknowledge, respect and adapt the cultural needs of those patients and their significant others through identifying the differences between cultural groups that require health care providers to identify culture specific health and illness practices and caring behaviours that transcend cultural groups and appear to be universal care practices to enable the provision of care that is holistic, effective and culturally competent. The field of transcultural nursing which was pioneered by Madelein Leininger in 1975 represent a shift from the biophysiological and psychological models that dominated nursing in the 1950s as it advocates the recognition of each individual as a social being and must be handled as unique entity having cultural beliefs, norms, values and customs that influence his or her life in all ramifications including health, illness and treatment. Leininger, who was considered the leader and initiator in the field of transcultural nursing, postulated the theory of “diversity and universality of cultural care” and refined the specialty through the use of the “sunrise” model from 1955 to 1975 which marks a breakthrough in the field. The concept was further expanded in 1983 and that is where the journey for its establishment as a field in nursing starts. II. CULTURE: This is commonly defined as the knowledge, belief, norms, customs, arts, morals, laws and any other capabilities and...
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