title: Acculturation process: a collaborative strategy of integration in attaining culturally congruent nursing care.
abstract: The author describes a strategic partnership effort in pursuit of culturally congruent care: the professional model of nursing practice. The organizing framework is an integrated strategy of acculturation based in cultural care theory. The professional health system's department of staff development and a vendor partnered to develop and implement the framework in acculturating Philippine nurses. The author also presents recommendations for future consideration.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. dlbn@uab.edu
authors.forename: Deborah B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D054521:Cultural Competency; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D016294:Models, Nursing; D010679:Philippines; D013192:Staff Development; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States