Delivering Culturally Competent Nursing Care (eBook)

Working with Diverse and Vulnerable Populations

Gloria Kersey-Matusiak (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024 | 3., Third Edition, New Edition
359 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
9780826183026 (ISBN)

Infos

Recipient of the 2019 AJN Book of the Year Award: Nursing Management and Leadership!Focusing on what it really means to be culturally competent in nursing practice, this text uses a unique framework to help nurses develop and apply these critical skills and provides numerous techniques for cultural self-assessment and cultural patient assessment. The third edition---imbued with lessons learned from the devastation wrought by COVID-19 and the death of George Floyd and their impact on nurses as frontline workers---is updated to reflect present-day dynamics. It includes three new chapters along with new case studies addressing the changing environment of diversity and inclusion. The third edition also expands on the development of critical thinking skills, aligning with the new format for the Next Generation NCLEX-RN exam.Focusing primarily on developing nurses' skills in providing care for diverse patients and populations, the text also identifies the inequities and disparities in healthcare access and clinical outcomes experienced by some groups along with strategies for their mitigation. A key element culturally competent practice is enlightened, personal insight of the nurse. The book addresses the application of a self-assessment model (the Staircase Model), enabling nurses to explore their personal biases and limitations and to develop skills in overcoming them. The book explores the use of culturally competent practice in a variety of health care scenarios, considering both nurse-patient encounters and the relationships between health care professionals that can be challenged by differences in race, gender, ethnicity, or language barriers.New to the Third Edition:New chapter: Cultural Considerations When Caring for the ElderlyNew chapter: Cultural Considerations for Advanced Practice NursesNew chapter: Caring for Victims of Human TraffickingNew case studies addressing ways to achieve culturally competent practiceExpands on the development of critical thinking skills aligning with the new format for Next Generation NCLEX-RNKey Features:Emphasizes self-reflection as a first step in developing cultural competenceGuides readers in using the Staircase Model to promote cultural competence when working with diverse patientsConsiders the wide variety of populations at risk in contemporary society with strategies for changeHighlights critical aspects of case scenarios at the end of each chapterIncludes Next Generation NCLEX-RN type questionsExamines nurses' roles in addressing health care disparities

Inhalt

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

PART I: BUILDING CULTURAL COMPETENCY SKILLS

Chapter 1: Defining Cultural Competency

Chapter 2: Cultural Competency Models and Guidelines

Chapter 3: Embracing the Diversity Among Our Ranks

PART II: STEPPING UP TO CULTURAL COMPETENCY

Chapter 4: Cultural Considerations When the Patient's Religious or Spiritual Needs Differ from One's Own

Chapter 5: Cultural Considerations When Caring for Patients with Physical, Psychological, or Intellectual Disabilities

Chapter 6: Cultural Considerations When the Patient Speaks a Different Language

Chapter 7: Cultural Considerations When Caring for the Patient Who is Terminally Ill

Chapter 8: Culturally Competent Care to the Older Adult

Chapter 9: Cultural Considerations When Working with LGBTQ+ Patients

Chapter 10: Cultural Considerations When Caring for Migrant, Immigrant or Refugee

Chapter 11: Cultural Considerations When Caring for the Poor and Uninsured

Chapter 12: Cultural Considerations When Caring for the Patient With Class III Obesity

Chapter 13: Cultural Considerations When Caring for Veterans

Chapter 14: Cultural Considerations When Caring for Children of Diverse Backgrounds

Chapter 15: Cultural Considerations for Advanced Practice Nurses

Chapter 16: Delivering Culturally Competent Care to Victims of Human Trafficking

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.5.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• ISBN-13: 9780826183026 / 9780826183026