Are you a nursing student, seasoned nurse, or nurse practitioner working with culturally diverse populations? Would you like to improve the health care experiences of your transcultural patients? Jones & Bartlett Learning can help!
According to the Office of Minority Health (OMH), all health care providers must “promote and support the attitudes, behaviors, knowledge, and skills necessary for staff to work respectfully and effectively with patients and each other in a culturally diverse work environment." To accomplish this goal, the OMH recommends National Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS).
Written with these standards in mind, Cultural Competencies for Nurses: Impact on Health and Illness by Linda Dayer-Berenson helps you respond effectively to the needs of your diverse patients.
Cultural Competencies for Nurses: Impact on Health and Illness is an essential resource to help nurses at all levels navigate through the obstacles that culture can place on the patient experience. It compiles the history and theory behind cultural competency in nursing and offers key information regarding health beliefs and the impact of culture on health and illness.
Features include:
- Chapter objectives
- Chapter summaries
- References
- Key terms
- Case studies
Online Resources for Students and Instructors on our Companion Website!
“Cultural Competencies for Nurses: Impact on Health and Illness by Linda Dayer-Berenson will make it easier for students to compare and contrast cultural beliefs and practices among various groups [and] help students understand concepts such as cultural diversities, health care disparities, as well as global health issues related to cultural differences. It is a great resource for all nurses. I would definitely prescribe it for my students, as well as keep it as a resource for my own use. I believe the book has made significant contribution to the existing knowledge about culture care.” - Ditsapelo McFarland, Adelphi University
Preview a Case Study!
A new nurse begins her morning rounds where she meets the patients assigned to her. Her first patient is an older gentleman who has difficulty hearing. He was admitted to the hospital because he was having difficulty urinating.
The nurse introduces herself and tells the patient that she will be placing a urinary catheter to help him empty his bladder. The patient smiles and attempts to get up and walk to where the nurse is standing, and is very slow in doing so. The nurse looks at her watch, knowing that she has so much more work she needs to get to and this is taking too long. The man finally makes his way over to the nurse, and she explains about the catheter again. Still not hearing her, he asks her to repeat what she said for a third time. The nurse is getting impatient, so she shortens her explanation and walks the patient back over to the bed; again, he is very slow. The nurse mumbles under her breath that this process is taking way to long and she has a frown on her face.
The patient gets to the bed and looks up at the nurse. He then yanks his arm away from the nurse, gets onto the bed, and turns away. He tells her to get out of the room and refuses the catheter. The nurse leaves the room and wonders why the patient suddenly got upset.
Question: What kind of diversity was this nurse experiencing? Why do you think the patient’s attitude changed? What do you think, by having read this chapter, should the nurse do now regarding this patient?
Visit our website to preview more cases, sample chapters, and order Cultural Competencies for Nurses: Impact on Health and Illness by Linda Dayer-Berenson, MSN, CRNP, APRN, BC, Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health Professions
ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-5650-5 | Paperback | 346 Pages | © 2011
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