Question

Consider this theory: Papadopoulous and Taylor Model for Transcultural Nursing and Health and in a 2-4 page paper answer the below questions:

1. Apply this theory directly to a scenario you have experienced (or read about) with patient care (direct or indirect).
2. Is this theory applicable to your current work environment? Explain.
3. How does the theory influence transcultural nursing practice?
4. How do transcultural nurses move cultural care to the forefront of nursing practice using the components of the theory?

Answer 1

THE TRANSCULTURAL NURSING THEORY OR CULTURAL CARE THEORY UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT CULTURES WITH RESPECT TO NURSING AND HEALTH ILLNESS CARING PRACTICE,BELIEFS AND VALUES WITH THE GOAL TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL AND EFFICACIOUS NURSING CARE SERVICES TO PEOPLE AND MAINTAIN HEALTH CONDITION.

THE MODEL

IN1998,IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE INCLUSION OF CULTURE INTO THE NURSING CURRICULUM.MR.PAPADOPOULOS AND TWO COLLEAGUES -MARY TIKI AND GINA TAYLOR -PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME OUR MODEL OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE WHICH THEY HAD DEVELOPED IN 1994 FOLLOWING A SMALL RESEARCH STUDY INTO TRANSCULTURAL NURSING EDUCATION.

=FOR THE PATIENT CARE THIS THEORY IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUES AND CULTURAL IN COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMS IN NURING STUDIES, WE STUDIED ALL CULTURE ,BUT THE COMMUNITY PEOPLE DONT HAVE THE IDEA ABOUT THE CULTURAL VALUES.SO THE NURSES CAN ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE OF PEOPLE IN THE ICOMMUNITY.IF THEY ARE POOR ABOUT THE CULTURAL VALUES WE CAN DEVELOP THEIR CULTURAL BELIEFS BY THIS THEORIES.

PAPADOPOULOUS DEFINES CULTURAL COMPETENCY AS THE ABILITY TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURE AND BACKGROUNDS THAT CAN SUBSEQUENTLY ASSIST HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN THE DIVERSITY OF SERVICES THAT MEET THE CULTURAL AND COMMUNICATION NEEDS OF THE PATIENT.

SO WE CAN HELP THE PATEINT CAME FROM DIFFERENT CULTURE AND BACKGROUNDS BECAUSE OUR NUSING CULTURE AND BELIEFS ARE UNIQUE.WE CAN HELP THE PEOPLE DIRECT AND INDIRECTLY.

THEY DEFINED CULTURAL COMPETENCE AS THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION PEOPLES CULTURAL BELIEFS ,BEHAVIOUR AND NEEDS,AND ALSO ARGUED THAT CULTURAL COMPETENCE IS THE SYNTHESIS OF A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS WHICH WE ACQUIRE DURING OUR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES AND TO WHICH WE ARE CONSTANTLY ADDING.

TRANSCULTURAL HEALTH IS THE STUDY OF CULTURAL DIVERSITIES AND SIMILARITIES IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS AS WELL THEIR UNDERPINNING SOCIETAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES,IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND CURRENT HEALTH CARE PRACTICE AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE WAY.

THE MODEL CONSISTS OF 4 STAGES

THIS STAGES HELPS TO INFLUENCE NURSING PRACTICE BY THESE WAYS

1.CULTURAL AWARENESS.

*SELF AWARENESS

*CULTURAL IDENTITY

*HERITAGE ADHERENCE

*ETHNOCENTRICITY

2.CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE

*HEALTH BELIEFS AND BEHAVIOUR

*STEREOTYPING

*ETHNOHISTORY/ANTHROPOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING

*SOCILOGICAL UNDERSTANDING

*PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING

* SIMILARITIES AND VARIATIONS

3.CULTURAL SENSITIVITY

*EMPATHY

*INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS

*TRUST

*AACEPTANCE

*APPROPRIATENESS

*RESPECT

4.CULTURAL COMPETENCE

* ASSESSMENT SKILLS

*DIAGNOSTIC SKILLS

*CLINICAL SKILLS

*CHALLENGING AND ADDRESSING PREJUDICE,DISCRIMINATION AND EQUALITIES

THESE SKILLS BECOME IMPORTANT HUMANISTIC AND SCIENTIFIC AREAS OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE.THIS MODELS HELP THE NURESE THEIR CARE PRACTICES.

=FOR THE CURRENT WORK ENVIRONMENT

>THIS THEORY HELP TO NURSES TO DEVELOP UNDERSTANDING ,RESOECT AND APPRECIATION FOR THE INDIVIDUALITY AND DIVERSITY OF PATIENT BELIEFS ,VALUES,SPIRITUALITY AND CULTURE REGARDING ILLNESS,ITS MEANING CAUSE ,TREATMENT AND OUTCOME.

THE NURSING PRACTICE THE THEORY HELPS:

-DETERMIINE THE CLIENTS CULTURAL HERITAGE AND LANGUAGE SKILLS

-DETERMINE THE HEALTH BELIEFS AND ILLNESS PROBLEMS

-EVALUATE THEIR PROBLEMS AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS ETHNIC NURSING CARE

THE PRACTICE OF NURSING TODAY DEMAND THAT THE NURSE IDENTIFY AND MEET THE CULTURAL NEEDS OF DIVERSE GROUPS ,UNDERSTAND THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL REALITY OF THE CLIENT,FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.THIS THEORY HELP TO DEVELOP THIS THINGS.

-CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE IN NURSING IS IMPORTANT AND LACK OF THIS COMPETENCE MAY EFFECT NURSES ATTITUDES TOWARD PATIENTS IN ETHNOCENTRIC AND STEREOTYPED WAY PAPDOPOULOS EMPHASIZES THAT LACK OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE MIGHT HINDER RNS FROM PROVIDING QUALITY NURSING CARE.

IN NURSING PRACTICE THIS THEORY BRING A GREAT VALUE.FOR THE QUALITY NURSING CARE THE NURSES SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE CULTURAL VALUES AND BELIEFS .ALSO HELP AND UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE WHO COME FROM DIFFERENT ICULTURE AND BACKGROUNDS.