practice. While I may use the approach of one particular theorist throughout my practice‚ it should be clearly stated that different theories are applicable based on the presenting case. The theory of “Culture Care Diversity and Universality” by Madeline Leininger mirrors my philosophical goal by appropriately addressing patient needs and nursing values during every patient encounter. Caring is the foundation of nursing practice‚ hence many theories are built on this concept (McFarland & Eipperle‚ 2008)
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Running head: CULTURE AND HEALTH TRADITIONS Culture and Health Traditions Robyn Prather Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS 429v Kathryn Kollowa February 04‚ 2012 Culture and Health Traditions Madeline Leininger is the nurse and anthropologist who first developed the theory of addressing the needs of the whole person within their culture‚ heritage and traditions. Her book‚ Transcultural Nursing: Concepts‚ Theories‚ and Practice (1978)‚ gave rise to an area
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Culturally Competent Nursing Care 1. Culturally Competent Nursing Care Culturally Competent Nursing Care 2. Often‚ I have heard the United States referred to as the “melting pot” due to its wide variation of ethnicity. In July of 2007 the United States Census Bureau estimated the Caucasian / non Hispanic population at
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Madeleine Leininger ’s Cultural Theory Madeleine Leininger founded transcultural-nursing care. She is one of the very first nurse anthropologists that recognized care and culture as two major significant phenomena in nursing (Leininger.2002). Care according to Leininger’s concepts has different meaning in different cultures but in general‚ care refers to assistive or supportive behaviors that improve an individual’s condition (Leininger.2002). According to Madeleine Leininger‚ care is essential
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care for patients (Leininger‚ 1998). The aim of the paper is to represent my understanding to the cultural care theory application by using concepts and assumptions are mentioned‚ and then it applied to a case study. Leininger’s Transcultural Theory: The central concept of Leininger’s theory is human care in diverse or similar context. Leininger states that care is a universal phenomenon but the expression of care differs from culture to culture‚ Leininger also stresses understanding
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of their theories‚ Madeleine Leininger and Jean Watson. Madeleine Leininger Theory of Culture Care Definition and Explanation Madeleine Leininger stated that the‚ “ theory of culture care provides a comprehensive theoretical perspective that is essential for understanding individuals‚ families‚ groups‚ communities‚ and institutions of diverse an different cultures” ( p. 76). According to McCance‚ Mckenna‚ & Boore‚ (1999)‚ the purpose of culture
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Nursing theory combines four common elements: the client‚ health‚ environment and nursing. Nursing theory guides nursing decisions and actions to explain a phenomenon and to give the appropriate care to a client. Madeleine Leininger incorporates all of these elements in her cultural care diversity and universality theory. She theorized and researched the importance of recognizing the client’s cultural differences and incorporating this knowledge along with caring in the client’s care. The goal
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differences and gain an understanding of transcultural concepts has been repeatedly stressed by Leininger (1988) and is the aim of this piece of writing. Our group hails from diverse locations and is working in different parts of not only the Philippines‚ but also of the world. With different upbringings and different customs that we grew up with and encounter on a daily basis as nurses‚ we chose Madeleine Leininger‚ who was a pioneer in her time‚ as our nursing theorist. When Madeleine Leininger’s
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Leininger’s Theory of Cultural Care Predicted in the late 1950’s‚ Madeleine Leininger saw that not only nursing‚ but health care in general would be global‚ not just local (Perry & Potter‚ 2017). Leininger quickly recognized the importance of caring in the profession of nursing. Throughout her observations while working as a nurse‚ Leininger identified an absence of cultural and care knowledge. She saw this as the lacking element to a nurse’s understanding of many aspects related to patient care
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because they want to‚ but because of war and poverty‚ to find a safer environment for themselves and their children. This increases the importance of understanding different cultures‚ not only in the society‚ but also in the health care sector. Leininger (1993) speaks of this in her article “Towards conceptualization of transcultural health care systems: Concepts and model”. She states that the relevancy of transcultural health as a field of study and practice will increase as a consequence of sociocultural
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