Introduction to Transcultural Nursing Flashcards
encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well in all settings. Nursing includes promotion of health, prevention of illness (screening) and care of the ill (unique to profession), disabled and dying people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research (advance practice nursing), participation in shaping health policy and in patient and health systems management. And education are also key nursing roles.
NURSING (ICN, 2002)
● Nursing integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotions and optimization of human health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alleviation of suffering through compassionate presence. Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses, and advocacy (speak for the patient) in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and in recognition of the connection of all humanity.
NURSING (ANA, 2021)
Determinants of Health
Behavior Genetic Predisposition Social Circumstances Medical Environment Genetic Disease
40 28 15 10 5 2
All dimensions of life are equal because they make up the whole person
● HOLISM
An individual is made up of functional units or systems. All systems are related to and dependent upon each other.
● REDUCTIONISM
• Treating the person as a “whole”; (holos)
HOLISTIC NURSING CARE
• Addressing all the dimensions of human life
o Biological/physical
o Psychological
o Social
o Spiritual
● US Army Nursing Corps 1945 – sent to school by US army
● BSN 1951, MSN 1954
● First RN to earn a PhD in Anthropology 1965
● Nurse Theorist - “Transcultural Nursing” – the science of a culture
● Educator - Professor
● Administrator - Dean University of Washington 1969
● 1974 Introduced Transcultural Nursing in CON program
MADELEINE LEININGER: TRANSCULTURAL NURSING
● Culture is learned, shared, and transmitted values, beliefs, norms, and lifeways of a particular group that guides their thinking decisions and actions in patterned ways.
● It is passed from one generation to the next.
CULTURE
- qualities of actions or behaviors of good practice that people find to be good, beneficial, important, useful, constructive, beautiful, and desirable. (Klamer, 2017)
VALUES (pinahahalagahan)
5 Core Values
- Integrity
- Respect
- Responsibility
- Sportsmanship
- Servant Leader
UERMMMCI Core Values
Its golden color represents the core values of integrity, commitment, social accountability and compassion. The book placed beneath the staff signifies quality education towards promoting optimal health.
Core values: to inculcate among the faculty, staff and students integrity, prudence, commitment, discipline and respect for life.
is a Customary Code which indicate proper and polite way to behave in a society
● Etiquette
is a concept that governs human behavior which relates to principles of human conscience
● Ethics
● Are values that have ethical meaning
● Not simply “good to do because it makes sense; but, good to do because it is the right thing to do”
VIRTUE
5 Cardinal Virtues
● Prudence (good judgment/wisdom) ● Temperance (moderation/self control) ● Fortitude (strength/courage) ● Justice (conforming to the law) ● Courage
3 Theological Virtues
● Faith
● Hope
● Love
● Are shared values that are universally accepted in cultures, communities or groups such as societal rules
NORMS
element of right and wrong)
Mores
(forbidden)
Taboos
enforced by authority
Laws
Basic characteristics of culture
● Dynamic and ever-changing
● Shared by all members of the same cultural group
● Adapted to specific conditions such as environmental factors
● Learned through oral and written histories, as well as socialization
● A tendency to view one’s own culture as the only correct standard by which to view people of other cultures
● This could lead to biases, prejudices and stereotypes
ETHNOCENTRISM
the variabilities and/or differences in meanings, patterns, values, lifeways or symbols of care within or between collectives related to assistive, supportive, or enabling human care expressions
Diversity
the common, similar, or dominant uniform care meanings, patterns, values, lifeways, or symbols manifest among many cultures and reflect assistive, supportive, facilitative, or enabling ways to help people (Leininger, 1991)
Universality
● Nurses working together in a multicultural healthcare environment
● Co-workers from different cultures communicate with verbal and nonverbal cues
CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN HEALTH CARE WORKPLACE
CULTURAL FACTORS AFFECTING HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
● Family Roles and Relationships
○ Family roles and relationships differ from one culture to another culture
● Folk healers
○ Hilot
○ Albularyo
● Spirituality and religion
● Cross-cultural communication – clear diction and speech (accent is fine)
health assessment (listen to lungs, look at your back)
■ 0.5 m
■ Personal
1.2 m
■ Socia
3.0 m
○ Touch (Pedrozza et al)
■ Task oriented contact
■ Touch promoting physical comfort
■ Touch providing emotional containment
○ Tactile/touch massage
■ Studies in the elderly, comatose, neuro or ICU patients