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What is transcultural nursing

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a formal area of study and practice (need schooling)

focused on DIFERENCES and SIMILARITITES of the beliefs, values, and customs of cultures

provides culturally congruent, meaningful, and beneficial health care to people (includes aspects of nursing and anthropology)

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The purpose of know thyself assignment

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aims to investigate own cultural (self assessment)

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Culture congruent care

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NOT one size fits all (varies based on individual)

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How to improve trust

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prioritize ones own belief to improve ones trust
EX: a Jehovah witness who doesn’t want blood will feel not heard if forced upon them.

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when their is a language barrier in a life or death situation can we use ANY translator?

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YES we can in a life or death situation

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Although individual assessment can be time consuming what is ONE question we can always ask?

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what do I need to know about you today to provide the best possible care?

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individual assessment

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try to accommodate needs for the individual patient

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transcultural health care

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diverse cultural backgrounds, belief, language, and values of patient and their families

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cross cultural

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nurses and other health care professionals using medical anthropological concepts

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international

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involves TRAVELING to or practice or service-learning experiences in other nations or countries

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transcultural

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formal preparation in transcultural health care; integration of the values, beliefs, and patterns of cultural groups into professional practices

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who is culturally competent health care provider?

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one who has formally studied transcultural health care

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transcultural nursing certification

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demonstrates to nurse and other professional colleagues, patients, employers, and others, the knowledge, experience, and commitment to transcultural nursing and health care

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Nurse Theorist Madeleine Leininger

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first professional nurse with graduate preparation in nurse to hold a PhD in cultural and social anthropology

GOAL: promote and maintain the culture care needs of human beings and learn how to provide culturally meaningful and beneficial care

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Leininger’s contributions of transcultural nursing (TCN)

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published journal in 1989 and published over 30 books and hundreds of articles

POWERFUL FIGURE

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Leininger’s contributions to TCN

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cultural needs of people worldwide will be met by people prepared in transcultural nursing

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contributions by theorist, researchers, and scholars

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aims to not just increase the body of knowledge and research but also the application of that knowledge and research to practice education

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Leininger inspired students

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who became educators-theorists/model authors

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Dr. Jeffreys

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approach toward cultural competence education for nurses

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Dr. Purnell

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published culturally competent approach and its companion

guide for culturally competent healthcare

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Dr. Compinha-Bacote

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model on cultural competence in healthcare delivery

model name: the process of cultural competence in the delivery of healthcare services

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Dr. Giger (NOT transcultural nursing scholar)

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presented the Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural competence in healthcare

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What did the American association of colleges of nursing choose for development of toolkits for cultural competence in nursing education

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chose Purnell model and Leininger’s culture care theory

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Evolutionary Phases of transcultural nursing/health care
Phase 1:

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developing awareness and sensitivity of cultural care differences and similarities (ex: know thyself and response assignment)

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Evolutionary Phases of transcultural nursing/health care Phase 2:
holding knowledge: gaining in-depth knowledge of transcultural theory and research-based knowledge with cultural care competences (googling) Ask questions DONT assume
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Evolutionary Phases of transcultural nursing/health care Phase 3:
using creative and practical research-based findings with documented evidence for culturally congruent care practices
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Evolutionary Phases of transcultural nursing/health care Phase 4:
implementing evidence-based transcultural translational projects into community and clinical settings for culturally congruent care with documented improved health outcomes for diverse populations (on a larger scale)
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In which evolutionary phase do the following fit?
Know thyself assignment (phase 1) -learning about the culture care theory and ethnonursing research method (phase 2) - application of skills learned in cultural assessment and sensitive communication in cultural interview assignment (3,phase 4) - taking this entire course (phase 1,2,3,4)
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what is culture
a common set of beliefs and values of a SPECIFIC group of people learned and shared from one generation to another (NOT always) influence the way we think and behave how many cultures are presented in the class (as many in the room along with more due to some identifying as multiple)
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Example of cultures
-race -gender -age -disability (with a disability vs disabled person) -sexual orientation - religion -financial status -place of residency -employment -education culture NOT just ethnic
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subcultures
subgroups that are different in certain ways from a dominant culture (ex: Judaism: 3 types) -have some distinctive features that characterize their unique way of living -different from main culture but have some features of dominant cultures
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what makes up a culture
beliefs, values, customs, family, art, music, language, food, clothes
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who influence the development of our cultural beliefs, values, and customs
family/elders, parents, friends, teachers, media (tik tok) , other
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do cultures remain the same or change over time
they are DYNAMIC (always interact with the world around us) they can change in different ways over time and under different conditions
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why learn about other cultures
changing worldwide demographics (migration) increasingly diverse health care systems (reflect society around us) different culturally related needs and prohibitions globalization of health care system (our contact has increase in the outside world)
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why learn about transcultural health care
-to provide care that is considerate to client's culture =increase clients trust, satisfaction, compliance (assess why), and speed up recovery process A major step beyond the medical disease model and traditional nursing
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benefits of transcultural health care: decreasing/avoidance of
racism, cultural clashes, cultural conflicts, stress, distrust, dissatisfaction, noncompliance
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scope of transcultural nursing
starts at -individual cultures -groups/family cultures -institutional cultures -regional/community cultures -societal/national cultures -global human cultures
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transcultural nursing
medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, social work
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transcultural health care
a human right for the client moral and ethical responsibility for health care providers
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ANA CODE OF ETHICS
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global factors influencing demand for THC
travel nurses, language barrier Rise in: -cultural and human rights expectations/awareness -cultural conflicts, violence, legal suits -alternative generic health care practices
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future directions in transcultural nursing and health care
growing body of transcultural knowledge to guide health care providers to respond to challenging future needs -research -holding knowledge FOCUS ON: comparative lifeways, spiritual healing, promoting well-being, moral/legal decisions, partnership/collaborative care
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the discipline of TCN has continued to evolve for nearly SEVEN decades
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"the cultural care needs of people in the world will be met by nurses prepared in TCN (leininger)
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TCN are seeking and integrating evidence-based culture care practices for individuals, families, groups, communities, organization, and institutions around the globe
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Global scope of TCN
the culture care needs of people (worldwide) will be met by people prepared in TCN (leininger)

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