Nursing has changed in a variety of ways over the years‚ but one of the most important transitions has been related to the increasing cultural diversity of the American population. In the article‚ Leininger ’s Transcultural Theory and Prayer; author D.E. Allyn expresses how prayer has benefit according to the cultural care theory. The first nurse to emphasize cultural care was Madeleine Leininger. According to Leininger‚ the goal of cultural care is culturally congruent care. Thus‚ when a client
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Annotated bibliography Reference: Eckermann‚ A‚ Dowd‚ T‚ Chong‚ E‚ Nixon‚ L‚ Gray‚ R & Johnson‚ S. 2010‚ Binan Goonj: bridging cultures in Aboriginal health‚ 3rd edition‚ Elsevier‚ Sydney. Summary The reading from the above source has 2 different chapters which include cultural vitality and cultural shock. The majority of chapter 4 is interpreting the potential rules and regulations inside the Aboriginal community structure. The topic was raised from a very basic topic which is the decision
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Running head: Application of Leininger’s Transcultural Care Theory The Hashemite University Faculty of Nursing Submitted by: Mohammed Ahmad Almaani‚ RN‚ BSc 1170258 Foundations of Nursing Theories 0702713 Submitted to: Dr. Jamila Abuidhail‚ RN‚ PhD December 23‚ 2012 Application of Leininger’s Transcultural Care Theory Introduction The theory of cultural care diversity and universality gives holistic and comprehensive framework for understanding
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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 and economic changes‚ but also because of a growth in transportation‚ communication and technology. As a result of this‚ it will be more necessary to have health personnel with transcultural competence. When studying people from different cultures Leiniger
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NURS 5003 TRANSCULTURAL FAMILY HEALTH CARE IN RURAL & URBAN SETTINGS IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE PRAIRIE VIEW A & M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING BY HOUSTON‚ TX September 4‚ 2013 There are many areas of focus in nursing. This paper will focus on transcultural nursing including the review of a graduate student’s personal culture and how to incorporate cultural actions into nursing practice. The Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural model will
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the pioneers of transcultural nursing. As an area of knowledge‚ cultural diversity in nursing‚ also known as transcultural nursing‚ was aimed at equipping nurses with knowledge that will help them in delivering culturally appropriate nursing care (Lowe & Archibald‚ 2009). Madeleine Leininger believed in the diversity and universality of cultural care. For that reason‚ he established transcultural nursing from the year 1955 to 1975. Madeleine refined the concept of transcultural nursing through the
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Leininger’s Transcultural Care Model - Assumptions 1 Care is the essence of nursing in a distinct‚ dominant‚ central‚ and unifying focus. 2 Care (caring) is essential for well being‚ health‚ growth‚ survival‚ and to face handicaps or death. 3 Culturally based care is the broadest holistic means to know‚ explain‚ interpret‚ and predict nursing care phenomena and to guide nursing decisions and actions. 4 Nursing is a transcultural humanistic and scientific care discipline and profession with
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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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Concept Comparison and Analysis across Theories and paper John Thorpe NUR/513 May 12‚ 2013 Dr. Roboam Aguirre Concept Comparison and Analysis across Theories The nursing profession has made some remarkable accomplishment during the 20th and 21st centuries‚ which has led to the recognition of nursing as an academic discipline. The move toward a theory- based practice has shifted the focus from the vocational view of nursing to a more meaningful and organized profession
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beliefs‚ values and practices. Transcultural nursing is essential in the process of nursing care because of the different factors‚ which includes increasing diversity and multicultural identities‚ emergent use of health care equipment that occasionally dispute the cultural ethics and beliefs of the clients and a rise in feminism and gender issues (Andrews &ump; Boyle‚ 2008). Maier-Lorentz (2008) states that the fundamental aspect of healthcare is transcultural nursing since culturally competent
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