Perspectives on transcultural care.
Culture has been defined as the thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups. A culture of nursing refers to the learned and transmitted lifeways, values, symbols, patterns, and normative practices of members of the nursing profession of a particular society. To serve the unique and diverse needs of patients in the United States, it is imperative that nurses understand the importance of cultural differences by valuing, incorporating, and examining their own health-related values and beliefs and those of their health care organizations, for only then can they support the principle of respect for persons and the ideal of transcultural care.
Ben Taub General Hospital, Quentin Mease Community Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA. dana_bjarnason@hchd.tmc.edu
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D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D035502:Trust / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States