title: Cultural Congruence and Infusion Nursing Practice.
abstract: The importance of cultural competence in every nursing practice setting in today's world cannot be understated. Unconscious bias can have detrimental effects on therapeutic relationships and health outcomes. Nursing models of cultural competence by Purnell, Leininger, and Campinha-Bacote are reviewed. The Kleinman Model and LEARN Model offer questions and guidelines to facilitate assessment of patients' understanding of illness and treatment. The Infusion Nursing Standards of Practice contains elements of diversity and cultural competence throughout. Self-reflection of one's own values, beliefs, biases, and practice as an infusion nurse will promote the development of cultural competence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin. Tracey L. Abitz, MS, RN, CTN-B, NEA-BC, has been a nurse for more than 20 years. She is a clinical nursing director of surgical and psychiatric nursing in the Department of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin, an academic medical center. A certified transcultural nurse, Abitz is also president and founder of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Transcultural Nursing Society.
authors.forename: Tracey L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Abitz
mesh_terms: D054521:Cultural Competency; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral / Q000451:nursing*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States