The Importance of Culturally Competent Nursing Care

INTRODUCTION Watson (2005) suggests that nurse-patient relationships can be therapeutic, as it is believed to enhance the patient's health and the possibility of rapid autonomy. Interactions help to develop the physical and psychological needs of patients for rehabilitation. When a group of nursing students was engaged in the immersion of professional culture in Toronto, Canada, they discovered that different cultures of nurse and patient differences may cause disabilities for nurses.

Cultural ability is an important factor in nursing. In addition to providing culturally compatible care to individuals of different ethnic or ethnic ethnic groups, we also offer different groups based on age, religion, socio-economic status or sexual orientation. Cultural abilities are defined as a combination of policies for consistent behavioral culture, practical attitudes, and policies that allow nurses to work effectively in intercultural situations. (Leininger & McFarland, 2002, p. 78) Religious and cultural knowledge is important in the medical industry. For nurses it is also important to determine the belief system and evaluate how these personal beliefs will affect patient care. Self assessment is essential when providing non-judgmental and unbalanced patient care. Understanding your beliefs is called cultural awareness and is defined as self recognition of your cultural background, prejudice and discrepancy. The process of learning new culture is cultural adaptation.

The core belief in care is the application of the culturally competent care principle in the patient care environment. As a student, a nurse needs to learn the concept and process of culturally superior care at the first nursing course and monitor and evaluate the execution of these concepts during clinical practice. In order to develop and implement these strategies best in clinical experience, CCNS seeks to distribute culturally diverse communities and patients in a possible and appropriate case. They may also wish to participate in cultural breeding activities and projects in their own geographic region as well as at home and abroad.

Today, nurses take care of people with diverse cultures, so care requires culturally competent practitioners. Scholars and nurses educators in charge of preparation of nurses need effective methods to provide culturally appropriate care and to teach intercultural care. Experience learning is an important aspect of cultural ability and is recognized as a way to change attitudes. The study abroad program can provide this kind of learning to nurses. Many nurse educators believe that discussing different cultures with nurses often emphasizes important differences, but unfortunately, in many cases, this has led to the strengthening of stereotypes. In other words, individuals of a particular culture are considered to be homogeneous. So far, the importance and method of continuous improvement of cultural ability education