Nurses meet people from different cultures. Conventionally, people from different cultures have different healthcare demands and needs. Coupled with the fact that people have a right to freely express their cultures, it is essentially that a nursing setting takes into consideration these elements. This is the basis of transcultural nursing. Transcultural nursing models act as a guide to helping nurses get acquainted by the society’s culture and evaluate it with the aim offering the best care. According to Leininger (1997) transcultural nurses view care as a universal concept surpassing cultural boundaries with an aim of integrating cultural considerations into nursing practice.
What research supports these theories and concepts?
Nightingale proposed a basic environmental theory which emphasizes the role of the environment in an individual’s health/well-being (Cribbin, 2011). According to Nightingale, the major of elements constituting a nursing care environment include fresh air, clean water, sufficient ventilation, excellent hygienic conditions, and adequate light (Cribbin, 2011). Nightingale held the belief that people hold control of their health based on how they manipulate the environmental factors. A nurses’ role, from Nightingale’s point of view is to avail a conducive and healthy environment to the patient. This includes provision of fresh air, clean water, well-lit room, excellent hygiene, warmth, and an environment free from noise. As a matter of fact, his position holds that a nurse should promote a healthy environment by manipulating environmental factors (Creasia & Friberg, 2011).
It is my belief that the intention a nurse develops acts as a guide to nursing practice. Intention further forms the basis for formulating knowledge-based practical approaching to management of nursing care scenarios. As a matter of fact Draper, LaDou, & Dan (2011) points out that intention forms basis for formulation of unique and un-folding nursing scenarios relevant to unique and non-unique cases. Nursing care produces a unique need to respond to nature’s call on the need to maintain good health
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