Cultural competencies for nurses : impact on health and illness /
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| Author / Creator: | Dayer-Berenson, Linda. |
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| Imprint: | Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2011. |
| Description: | xiv, 346 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7996633 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Unit 1.
- Chapter 1. Birth of Transcultural Nursing to Current Theories and Conceptual Models for Cultural Diversity
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- 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
- Summary
- Chapter 2. Culture
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- 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
- Summary
- Chapter 3. Global Diversity
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- 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
- Recommendations
- Summary
- Chapter 4. Organization of Healthcare Delivery in the21st Century
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- National Standards: Culturally and linguistically Appropriate Services
- Standards of 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 oh Provision of Primary Care by Nurse Practitioners
- Opportunities for Nurses to Attain Cultural Competency Certification
- Future Research
- Summary
- Unit 2
- Chapter 5. Black Americans
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- 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 on Social Organization
- Impact on Faith and Spirituality
- Summary
- Chapter 6. Hispanics/Latinos
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- 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
- Summary
- Chapter 7. Asians/Pacific Islanders
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- Background
- Chinese Americans
- Korean Americans
- Cambodian Americans
- Vietnamese Americans
- Asian Indian Americans
- Japanese Americans
- Filipino Americans
- Pacific Islander Americans
- Summary
- Chapter 8. Native Americans
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- 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 Organization
- Biologic Variations
- Impact of Faith and Spirituality
- Navajos
- Alaska Natives/American Eskimos
- Summary
- Chapter 9. Whites (Non-Hispanic)
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- Historical Background
- Settlers of the New World
- Mass Migration of the1820s to the 1880s
- Projections
- Irish Americans
- Italian Americans
- Appalachians
- TheAmish
- Roma (Gypsies)
- Jewish Americans
- Russian Americans
- Summary
- Glossary of Additional Cultural Terms
- Appendix
- Background
- Principles of Muslim Faith
- Muslim Health Beliefs
- Important Nursing Implications
- Index
