Week 2 discussion

Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment

The Course Outcomes covered this week are CO2 and CO4.

CO2: Describe cultural differences related to drugs.

CO4: Perform a culturally competent nursing assessment. (PO7)

Nurses complete assessments on individuals on a daily basis. Self-assessments are in order before considering our abilities to provide culturally competent nursing care.

Complete Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment Form (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Note the number of No answers in your self-assessment. Share one or two of your No answers with your classmates, and describe how you will convert the No to a Yes over the next few weeks.

What interventions are needed to turn each No into a Yes response?

Question 2

Week 1 discussion

Models of Transcultural Nursing

The Course Outcome covered this week is CO1.

CO1: Identify theories, concepts, and beliefs related to transcultural nursing. (PO1)

Chapter 1 of Andrews and Boyle (2016) discusses Leininger’s Sunrise Model of transcultural nursing. However, other models are described and are important to acknowledge, as well. An outstanding resource may be found at the Transcultural Nursing Society’s (TCNS) website.

Locate the website for TCNS (http://www.tcns.org (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.). Click on the Theories tab.

Besides the Leininger and Purnell models, describe one model.

Explain how you may use the model in your practice setting.

Week 1 discussion

Models of Transcultural Nursing

The Course Outcome covered this week is CO1.

CO1: Identify theories, concepts, and beliefs related to transcultural nursing. (PO1)

Chapter 1 of Andrews and Boyle (2016) discusses Leininger’s Sunrise Model of transcultural nursing. However, other models are described and are important to acknowledge, as well. An outstanding resource may be found at the Transcultural Nursing Society’s (TCNS) website.

Locate the website for TCNS (http://www.tcns.org (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.). Click on the Theories tab.

Besides the Leininger and Purnell models, describe one model.

Explain how you may use the model in your practice setting.