Transcultural nursing

Culture
Subculture- a group of people within a culture that differentiates itself from the
parent culture

Nurse and culturally different patient madeleine leininger founder of transcultural

nursing

Diversity awareness vs. diversity self-awareness

Culturally competent nursing care refers to a complex integration of attitudes,

knowledge and skill that enables the nurse to provide care in a culturally sensitive
matter.

Culturally mediated characteristics:

Space and distance Eye contact Time

Touch
Observance of holidays
Diet

Transcultural nursing- a humanistic and scientific area of nursing study and practice
that focuses on how patterns of behavior in health, illness and caring are influenced
by the values and beliefs of specific cultural groups.
Madeleine Lininger Sunrise Model

Theories of health behavior and behavior change