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Transcultural Nursing Nur324
(http://nursingtheories.info/biography-of-madeleine-leininger/)
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Through interactions with patients and conversations with
peers Leininger identified "two major missing dimensions in
nursing, namely knowledge of diverse cultures and the
meaning and practices of care in diverse cultures" (Leininger,
2008, para 4).
Nursing
Medicine
Education
Psychology
Public Health
Epidemiology
(Murphy, S. C., 2006)
INTERRELATIONSHIP
Culturally Competent
Nursing Care
-promote human rights and
quality health care through
cultural awareness
-centered on universal aspect
of human caring as
defined within each culture
-assess cultural needs and
integrate nursing care that
is congruent with cultural
values
Transcultural Nursing
Research
-address cultural conflicts
within healthcare beliefs
-nursing care that is beneficial
and meaningful to all cultures
-increase knowledge base to
improve cultural competence
-impact global healthcare
policy and practices
(Transcultural Nursing Society, 2012 )
beliefs
values
norms
patterns/lifeways
practices
Metaparadigm Concepts
CARING (not Nursing)
essence of nursing
universal concept within all cultures
assisting, supporting, or enabling behaviors to improve a
person's condition
essential for survival, development, ability to deal with
life's events
greater level of wellness is achieved when caring is in line
with patient's cultural values and beliefs
(Andrews, M. M., Boyles, J. S., 2002)
Metaparadigm Concepts
PERSON
Some cultures do not recognize the concept of
"person". Leininger's definition includes:
individuals
families
groups
communities
(Andrews, M. M., Boyles, J. S., 2002)
Metaparadigm Concepts
ENVIRONMENT
The environmental context includes any events
physical
ecological
sociopolitical
cultural
transculturalnursing".
(Jones & Bartlett, 2012)
Evaluation of Transcultural
Nursing Theory
Clarification of Origin
Originally developed in 1950s
Leininger's 1st book, Cultural Care Diversity and
Universality - Published 1991
Transcultural Nursing (2nd ed.) - Published 1995
Transcultural Nursing (3rd ed.) - Published 2002
Though the transcultural nursing theory model is
applicable to nursing, its principals can be thought to be
important in most professional circumstances.
To achieve the highest degree of patient compliance,
healing, and wellness, the theory accounts for the
cultural aspects of the patient.
(http://nursing-theory.org)
Evaluation of Transcultural
Nursing Theory
Content
Human being- Nurses need humanistic and
scientific transcultural knowledge in order to
adequately care for patients in the 21st century.
Environment- Care values are influenced by many
things including worldview, spirituality, and
environment.
Health- Care specific to one's culture promotes
health, as valued and defined by each culture.
Nursing- Since 1989 nurses have been able to
receive global certification in transcultural nursing,
gaining knowledge and awareness of the cultural
needs of patients, making them able to provide
culturally congruent, responsible and
compassionate care.
(Leinninger, M. M., 1997)
EvaluationofTranscultural
NursingTheory
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The transcultural nursing model can be used in
all aspects of nursing care, but proper use of the
model can only be achieved
if the patient's values are
known and meaningfully
used in an appropriate way
by the nurse with the patient.
(http://nursing-theory.org)
Evaluation of Transcultural
Nursing Theory
Practice situations
Transcultural Nursing Theory should be
practiced in all professional situations.
Examples:
o Dietary restriction (kosher) for people of Jewish
faith.
o Providing vegetarian meal options for Catholics
on Fridays.
o Direct eye contact for Asian/Vietnamese means a
challenge and should be avoided.
o It is customary to address elder Americans as well as
people of Arabic and Muslim faith formally.
Weblinks
http://nursing-theory.org/nursing-theorists/Madeline-Lein
inger.php
References
Leininger,M.(1997,Winter).Transculturalnursingresearchtotranformnursingeducation
andpractice:40years.Image:JournalofNursingScholarship,29(4),341+.Retrieved
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