title: Transcultural nursing: its importance in nursing practice.
abstract: Transcultural nursing is an essential aspect of healthcare today. The ever-increasing multicultural population in the United States poses a significant challenge to nurses providing individualized and holistic care to their patients. This requires nurses to recognize and appreciate cultural differences in healthcare values, beliefs, and customs. Nurses must acquire the necessary knowledge and skills in cultural competency. Culturally competent nursing care helps ensure patient satisfaction and positive outcomes. This article discusses changes that are important to transcultural nursing. It identifies factors that define transcultural nursing and analyzes methods to promote culturally competent nursing care. The need for transcultural nursing will continue to be an important aspect in healthcare. Additional nursing research is needed to promote transcultural nursing.
authors.affiliation: National University in San Diego, California, USA. Madeline.lorentz@natuniv.edu
authors.forename: Madeline M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Maier-Lorentz
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007697:Kinesics; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009633:Nonverbal Communication / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000208:ethnology; D010550:Personal Space; D013609:Taboo / Q000523:psychology; D014110:Touch; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States