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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Linda Dayer-Berenson |
| ISBN: | 9780763756505 0763756504 |
| OCLC Number: | 432240555 |
| Description: | xiv, 346 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Unit One: 1. Birth of transcultural nursing to current theories and conceptual models for cultural diversity -- Population growth -- Bicultural / multicultural -- Acculturation -- Other areas of diversity -- Overview of conceptual models for cultural diversity -- Nonnursing models for cultural assessment -- Selected nursing models for cultural assessment -- 2. Culture -- The sick role and the need for cultural sensitivity -- Primary and secondary characteristics of culture -- Subcultures -- Impact of culture and ethics -- Culture and mental health -- Race and ethnicity -- Ethnocentrism -- Generalizations and stereotyping -- Cultural mismatch and cultural pain -- Culture and its impact on the patient role -- Cultural formulation and culture-bound syndromes -- cultural differences in mortality and morbidity -- Impact of gender -- Impact of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender -- Homophobia and incidence of discrimination -- The importance of acceptance -- 3. Global diversity -- Cultural diversity defined -- Cultural factors impacting the clinical relationship -- The importance of striving for understanding -- Language barriers -- Proper use of interpreters -- Cultural humility -- Impact of diversity -- Culturally discordant care -- Health disparities -- Impact of diversity on diagnosis and treatment -- Barriers to health care -- Ethnopharmacology -- Reasons for health disparities -- Global healthcare disparities -- Global diversity: the role of nursing -- Culture of poverty -- United States -- United Kingdom -- Australia -- Canada -- South Africa -- 4. Organization of health care delivery in the 21st century -- National standards: culturally and linguistically appropriate services -- Standards off care: Institute of Medicine -- Identified barriers that contribute to healthcare disparities -- Clinical uncertainty -- Biases -- Role of education -- Impact on public health -- Discrimination and equitable quality healthcare delivery -- Ethics -- Crossing the quality chasm -- Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teams -- Need to improve diversity of nursing and healthcare workforce -- Impact on provision of primary care by nurse practitioners -- Opportunities for nurses to attain Cultural Competency certification. Unit Two: 5. Black Americans -- Historical background -- Statistics -- Blacks and the US Healthcare System -- Definition of health and illness -- Traditional healing methods -- Current health problems -- Disparities -- Mistrust of the Healthcare System -- Barriers to care -- Impact of communication -- Impact of time and space -- Impact of environment -- Impact of biologic variations -- Impact of social organization -- Impact of faith and spirituality -- 6. Hispanics/Latinos -- Terminology: Latinos or Hispanics? -- Background -- History of Hispanics in the United States -- Mexican Americans -- Puerto Ricans -- Cuban Americans -- Central Americans -- Dominican Americans -- South Americans -- Consequences of immigration to the United States for Hispanics -- 7. Asians/Pacific Islanders -- Background -- Chines Americans -- Korean Americans -- Cambodian Americans -- Vietnamese Americans -- Asian Indian Americans -- Japanese Americans -- Filipino Americans -- Pacific Islander Americans -- 8. Native Americans -- Historical background -- Variables impacting degree of acculturation -- Definition of health and illness -- Specific nursing considerations -- Traditional health beliefs -- Impact of communication -- Impact of time and space -- Impact of social organizations -- Biologic variations -- Impact of faith and spirituality -- Navajos -- Alaska natives / American Eskimos -- 9. Whites (non-Hispanic) -- Historical background -- Settlers of the New World -- Mass migration of the 1820s to the 1880s -- Projections -- Irish Americans -- Italian Americans -- Appalachians -- The Amish -- Roma (Gypsies) -- Jewish Americans -- Russian Americans -- Glossary of additional cultural terms -- Appendix: Background -- Principles of Muslim faith -- Muslim health beliefs -- Important nursing implications. |
| Responsibility: | Linda Dayer-Berenson. |
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