Transcultural concepts in nursing care.

Core curriculum for transcultural nursing and health care.

The Journal of Transcultural Nursing, the TCNS, and SAGE have collaborated to publish a new concept in journals publishing, a Core Curriculum for Transcultural Nursing and Health Care. The Core Curriculum is the culmination of many years of research, drawing from the fields of social and behavioral science, philosophy, and nursing to establish a core of knowledge that supports transcultural nur...

The Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment Model.

The Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment Model was developed in 1988 in response to the need for nursing students in an undergraduate program to assess and provide care for patients that were culturally diverse. The model includes six cultural phenomena: communication, time, space, social organization, environmental control, and biological variations. These provide a framework for pati...

Health care ethics: cultural relativity of autonomy.

Standards of practice for culturally competent nursing care: a request for comments.

Authors’ Note: This document was developed through collaboration of members of The american academy of Nursing expert Panel on global Nursing and Health and The Transcultural Nursing Society, with participation by members of The american academy of Nursing expert Panel on Cultural Competence. Sharon M. Weinstein, MS, CRNI, RN, FaaN, Larry Purnell, PhD, RN, FaaN, Cheryl Leuning, PhD, RN, and Rut...

Culture care meanings, beliefs, and practices in Rural Dominican Republic.

PURPOSE This ethnonursing study explored the meanings, beliefs, and practices of care for rural Dominicans in the Dominican Republic. DESIGN Leininger's culture care diversity and universality theory, ethnonursing, and four-phase analysis method guided the study. Interviews were conducted with 19 general and 10 key informants. FINDINGS Analysis of interviews revealed three main themes: (a) ...