NR 394 (NR 394)

NR 394 Week 8 Discussion, Global Nursing Opportunities Reflect on the Transcultural Nursing Self-Assessment that you completed during Week 2. Not all of us will have the opportunity to participate in an international nursing experience for even a few weeks, let alone as a career. However, if assuming you had the opportunity to practice this type of nursing, consider how you would answer the following questions. Make sure you address all components below: 1. What contributions would you be able...

NR394 Week 7 Discussion, Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce As nurses, we often work with physicians or other healthcare team members whose native language is not English. In fact, some of you may have interviewed a non-native English speaker for your Course Project. a. Share an example of miscommunication that has occurred as a result of this disparity. b. Reflect on your new-found knowledge of transcultural nursing, and describe how this miscommunication could have been prevented. ...

NR394 Week 6 Discussion, Standards of Practice Douglas, Rosenkoetter, Pacquiao, Callister, Hattar-Pollara, Lauderdale et al. (2014) suggests that to implement this guideline, a staff nurse should “Establish a trusting relation through open and sensitive communication, active listening and respect of client’s cultural beliefs and practices.” I believe we do this already because in our organization, we have a “commit to sit” plan. We commit to establishing a personal connection with e...

NR_394 Week 4 Discussion, Common Illnesses and the Use of CAM 1 Professor and Class, Select a common (or not so common) illness or condition that affects a specific ethnic group. African Americans have the highest, in the country, rate of hypertension, hypertension related mortality, and a high rate of uncontrolled hypertension due to lower rates of medication adherence (Pettey, McSweeney, Stewart, Cleves, Price, Heo, & Souder, 2016). Along with being disproportionately affected by hypertens...

NR_394 Week 5 Discussion, Transcultural Perspectives Across Lifespan Hello Professor and Class, The chapter I selected that interest me most in the required reading was chapter 6. Children are the individuals of this group. It is essential to remember that children are under the care of either their biological or adoptive parents, which are known to be their primary care providers. Various influence shape the children population. It is important to obtain information of these influences ...

NR394 Week 3 Discussion, Healthcare Needs of a Specific Minority Group A. Name and describe the healthcare needs of a minority group in your community/city. The Hispanic population in Texas is very high, highest of all minorities, measuring at 39.6% (US Census Bureau, 2017). One unfortunate health disparity of the Hispanic population is the high prevalence of diabetes present. According to Stephen Williams (2008), Director of Houston Department of Health and Human Services, health disparity ...

NR394 Week 2 Discussion, Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment People are seldom consciously aware that culture influences their world view and interaction with others” ((Andrews & Boyle, 2016, p. 34). I answered 6 yeses and 4 nos in my self-transcultural self assessment skill. Two of my no answers are: Rarely do I reflect on how my own identify impacts how my transcultural patients perceive me: No I step out of my comfort zone to assess, understand, and deal with my own prejudi...

NR 394 Week 1 Discussion, Models of Transcultural Nursing Larry Purnell’s theory on cultural competence came about when trying to teach students to create a framework that will help them understand the cultures of patients. Purnell’s theory on cultural competence is illustrated using a circular model that includes seven different sections or rims. The rims from outer to inner are as follows, global society, community, family, person, 12 domains, a saw tooth line that represents cultural con...