Nurses intermingle with people from diverse branch of the world with a mixture of civilizing practices, so cultural alertness seems essential in creating a patient-nurse relationship during the interview phase of the health assessment, initial step of the nursing process. Every culture perceives wellbeing and sickness differently; as a result, cultural traditions have power over nurses’ decision making process which represents a baseline to begin action for healing and provides high quality of care that nurses have to give. “Cultural ability means the aptitude of nurses to value and admit the cultural backgrounds of persons and give care that best meets the persons’ requests—not the nurses’ requests” (Edelman & Mandle, 2010, p.
In many professions, nursing especially, one can find rationale for every action. Rationale can be defined as the fundamental reason to account for something (Potter & Perry, 2006). While rationale may be present in many professions the importance of rationale may only be distinctly evident in a certain few. In nursing, rationales are used in everyday practice as nurses interact with patients (Potter & Perry, 2006). The way in which a nurse practices can greatly affect the outcome of the patient (Potter & Perry, 2006).
An equal nurse-patient relationship is important in order to ensure that safe, effective and personal health care is delivered and that the patients’ needs are appropriately met (The Health Foundation, 2012). Briant and Freshwater (1998) discuss how the development of the nurse-patient relationship may be effected; they further this, stating that everyone differs in regards to their personal boundaries and how they perceive interpersonal interactions from others. In consideration of this, in order for a nurse to develop the required skills in order to form an effective nurse patient relationship, they must recognise the individual boundaries of their patients. The professional expectation of nurses is very high and this is something which is greatly acknowledged within society. The media is very influential in regards to how society perceives nurses; this is something which has altered the image of nursing within the past, (Benison and Voogd, 2008) Appropriate examples of cases which have been focused upon within media will be underlined and discussed throughout this essay.
I will remind myself every day why I became a nurse and aspire to make my patients my number one priority. Functional Differences As licensed professionals, it is our duty to protect the public’s health and welfare by assuring that we provide safe and competent nursing care. It is also our responsibility to seek opportunities to advance our professional growth. Regulatory agencies and Professional Nursing Organizations afford us the resources to do that. The functional differences between both types of organizations
This means that the agencies identify needs and improvement areas pertaining to the care of the patient to ensure standards throughout all hospitals and health care facilities. The professional nursing organizations (PNO), such as the American Nurses Association have the care of the nurses and patients for the agenda and according to Cherry & Jacob these “organizations monitor public policy and offer avenues for their members to learn about health policy, they serve as an invaluable resources for reliable information related to policy issues and policymakers.” (2011)(p. 489). These professional organizations support the efforts of the nurses in all states and reflect guidelines for all nurses to adhere to provide the best possible care for the patients. As an example, the ANA notifies members of upcoming legislation that will impact the nurses at hospitals, nursing homes and clinics. Through this interaction the nurses are better informed as to what is happening in the political arena, such as patient ratios and shift lengths, this may impact the ability to care for patients or allow the care to improve.
On the other hand, as more nursing colleagues enter the workforce from different cultures and varied language backgrounds, differences among nursing staff can create problems in communication and lead to conflicts that affect the workplace. Nurses have to work effectively together to give culturally competent care to patients. This paper will explore 1) the historical development of cultural diversity in nursing, 2) the importance of a cultural competence when caring for multicultural patient groups, 3) the ways to lessen misunderstandings and problems that result from a culturally diverse nursing staff working together and, 4) the role of nursing administrators in leading an ethnically and culturally diverse workplace. Background Cultural sensitivity has been developing in the United States over the past sixty years. Beginning in the 1950s, Madeline Leininger founded the transcultural nursing movement and the ethno nursing research method.
Abstract One of the most important aspects of nursing is non-judgmental care. In order for us to be able to give that to each of our patients we need to be aware of the beliefs and practices of other cultures. We also need to be aware of our own feelings, biases, misperceptions, and potential prejudices against those cultures. We, as nurses, need to make sure that we educate ourselves on health care practices that include transcultural care to ensure we give the highest level of care and develop the best plans of care possible for each of our patients. I believe that one of the cultures that is commonly misjudged or misunderstood is the Islamic community.
(2009) also highlights the importance of linking the philosophical perspective of nursing, the disciplinary goals, theory and practice when expanding knowledge for the discipline. Nursing's philosophical basis for disciplinary knowledge is a synthesis of the individual and the common good (McCurry et al., 2009). Knowledge for the discipline expands when philosophy, disciplinary goals, theory and practice are linked together. Further directions of the discipline are revealed when linkages between philosophy, disciplinary goals, theory and practice are strengthen (McCurry et al., 2009). My philosophy of nursing includes three important factors (1) the patient, which may include a family, a community or individuals.
Nowadays the goal of the nursing service is to provide the optimal and holistic care for all clients, to be culturally competent is an ingredient in order to accomplish quality care and health outcomes. Nurses in clinical practice have to utilize and gain the understanding of transcultural concepts to develop and implement culturally sensitive nursing cares to the multiplicity of people who now live in contemporary social communities. (Leininger, 2002). The centrality of diverse culture or religion practice and the family are closely interrelated and reflect many aspects of health care. All in all, these come to an issue to me as I have been working in a private Christian hospital.
I will be able to understand that the interests of the patient are primary in my career. I will need to include the patient in the planning of care provision and ensure that there is no conflict of interest, enhance collaboration and create professional boundaries at all times. I will be keen on bringing in key professional traits from the American Nurse Association’ code of ethics. One of the key traits is being responsible to the public and as such I should be aware of any health threats to the public (Reed, 2006). The second trait is the facilitation of a healthy work environment based on moral virtues and values.