Transcultural Nursing - Standards
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Cultural competence in health visiting practice: a baseline survey.

30 Jan 2007 The aim of this research study is to explore health visitors' beliefs, knowledge and practice in cultural competence. A baseline survey was undertaken with all health visitors working within a West Midlands primary care trust (PCT) which served a ... Read more...

Cultural competence revisited: nursing students with disabilities.

30 Jan 2007 The demographic profile of students in nursing schools is changing in relation to many different cultural backgrounds. Despite the potential for students with disabilities to enrich the nursing profession, nurse educators may be perpetuating ... Read more...

Culture 101.

29 Nov 2006 America is a kaleidoscope of cultures, ethnic groups, and races. As America's emerging and changing populations continue to grow, it is imperative that health care providers become more culturally sensitive and competent. Health care providers need ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Transcultural Nursing - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Standards of practice for culturally competent nursing care: a request for comments. 29 Jun 2009
• Cultural competence in health visiting practice: a baseline survey. 30 Jan 2007
• Cultural competence revisited: nursing students with disabilities. 30 Jan 2007
• Culturally and linguistically appropriate services: an overview of policy and safe acute care nursing practice in the United States. 30 Dec 2006
• Culture 101. 29 Nov 2006
• Measurement issues across different cultures. 29 Nov 2006
• Culturally competent care for older adults: we are making progress. 29 Sep 2006
• Culturally competent nursing care: listening to the voices of Mexican-American women. 17 Jul 2006
• Cultural self-efficacy of licensed registered nurses in New Mexico. 30 Dec 2005
• Discourses influencing nurses' perceptions of First Nations patients. 29 Nov 2005
• Clinician/patient connections in ethnoculturally nonconcordant encounters with political-asylum seekers: a comparison of physicians and nurses. 29 Sep 2005
• Addressing barriers to cultural competence. 29 Jun 2005
• Respecting tribal traditions in research and publications: voices of five Native American nurse scholars. 29 Jun 2005
• Caregiving to patients who are culturally diverse by Swedish last-year nursing students. 29 Jun 2005
• Cultural attitudes, knowledge, and skills of nursing faculty toward patients from four diverse cultures. 29 Apr 2005
• Cultural competence: a call to action. 30 Mar 2005
• Twins, breeches and roadside birth in Iran. 30 Dec 2004
• Are we providing culturally competent care? 30 Dec 2004
• Rigor in cross-cultural nursing research. 30 Oct 2004
• [A better humanization of care: real possibility or utopia?] 30 Aug 2004

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Technical information about 'Transcultural Nursing'

Definition: A nursing specialty created to answer the need for developing a global perspective in the practice of nursing in a world of interdependent nations and people. The focus of this nursing discipline is on the integration of international and transcultural content into the training. Courses include study in the area of cultural differences, nursing in other countries, and international health issues and organizations, as an example.

Descriptor UI: D016746

Alternative terms: Transcultural Nursing; Nursing, Transcultural;

Related Mesh Headings: Ethnopsychology; Cultural Competency;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.478.676.920;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: specialty; on an international or cultural level only; coordinate IM with nursing specialty (IM) if pertinent + culture or ethnic group (IM) if pertinent; specify geography; consider also CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DF: TRANSCULTURAL NURS