transcultural nursing

[amous]

Hi

I am a second year nursing student from NIC. I am researching the topic of transcultural nursing.

I think culturally appropriate nursing is an important aspect of nursing. Focusing on the cultural care beliefs, values, and lifestyles of people to help them maintain and/or regain their health, or to face death in meaningful ways. Understanding cultures and their specific care needs is important in nursing someone back to health. Providing culturally congruent care is the goal of transcultural nursing.

Please respond with your thoughts, stories and comments, for i am doing a paper in school on transcultural nursing.

Thanks

[rpbear]

I did a paper on transcultural nursing too! We all had to do a presentation on one culture, I did mine on Muslums. It was very informative! There are several sites on transcultural nusing, I even downloaded an assesment tool.

Try this site.....

http://www.culturediversity.org/

All I did was go to google and type in trascultural nursing adn I got tons of info!

Good Luck!

[zacarias, ASN, RN]

I think culturally appropriate nursing is an important aspect of nursing. Focusing on the cultural care beliefs, values, and lifestyles of people to help them maintain and/or regain their health, or to face death in meaningful ways. Understanding cultures and their specific care needs is important in nursing someone back to health. Providing culturally congruent care is the goal of transcultural nursing.

Amous,

What a great topic you're researching! I have always been very interested in transcultural nursing. It's a huge topic with unlimited potential. There's so much to say about it but I will just say one thing.

There are several books out there that are "culture guides" for nurses and give advice on dealing with people from different cultures who speak different languages. I am not a fan of these books. They generalize way too much and simplify cultures way too much. While surely certain may have certain traditions, not all those people who identify with said culture uphold those traditions.

These books might say that Mexicans view time in a different way and they may show up "late" to meetings. What a blanket statement!! There is a world of difference between an American Citizen who's Mexican family immigrated to the US three generations ago than a Mexican who's here in the summer working as a migrant worker. People are not so simple to label this way or that way.

One of these cultural books even said that Filipinos don't like IM shots. What a statement!! I, as a White american will also say I don't like IM shots either!! :)

So, while in nursing it is imperative for us to always strive to become culturally sensitive, we must not put people and cultures and a box and realize each individual is a subculture themselves and deserve individual assessment.

[ChicagolandRN]

Whatever you do, make sure to include Madeline Leininger in your paper!

[treddrn]

Zacarias,

I applaud you!!!!!!! It is so true that these "cultural guides" are incorrect!! I get extremely offended about the things that say for every culture!! Every person has their own values and beliefs.

[ali1961]

For Nursing to know about the culture of the Patient can helpfull to understnd his needs. But every human being ist unique und has his oun individulity, Biography...

Ali

[alexisybetty]

for all nursing care is extremely important to know the culture as it is a conditioning factor in making a careful imporante since through this holistic care poddremos make a significant and clearly complement the person with values and skills and for this reason that holistically we must know that this theory is that exposes the m.leininger

[Francisca.saldivia]

Transcultural care is very important in nursing practice, the culture of different people helps deliver integrated care and better for the welfare

Madeleine Leininger Transcultural explains his theory, which gives a more integrated view of the person.

[Matias]

Hello

As you say nursing is a job that breaks down cultural fornteras world within a city may be different cultures, beliefs, values and different laws.

These aspesctos not forget, we must take into account the factors influeyen in person (I recommend the theory Rebic Leininger rising sun), we must be empathic, tolerant of other people, so that our work is the most appropriate and humane.

[katherine Segovia]

I think a very interesting topic to investigate. Transcultural Nursing should be the basis of our profession. Giving cultural-based care, we ensure the welfare of our patients. Along with this we can give confidence and understanding when interacting with them and principalment shows a gesture of respect from us. No doubt it is necessary to understand and internalize in different cultures, and become sensitive to issues related to culture, race, gender, sexual orientation, social and economic situation. Thanks to this care will become holistic (single) and biopsychosocial.

I hope your work will be of great help for those interested in the subject. Good luck. :)