Multiculturalism practice is done when the nurse provides equal attention or care to the patients of different cultural background. The nurse has to reassess their traditional values or roles in order to respond to the needs of the multiculturalism, while caring for the patient. The nurse has to consider patient’ culture, native language and respect their individual needs in the patient care and treatment. It is the responsibility of the nurse to meet the cultural needs for the patient. Having knowledge of the patient culture is extremely important for the nurse. The lack of knowledge of the patient culture can cause deficit in nursing care and stereotyped attitudes towards the patient. Also the lack of knowledge can result in the nurse providing poor quality nursing care for the patient (KOKKO, 2011, p.
Multiculturalism practice is done when the nurse provides equal attention or care to the patients of different cultural background. The nurse has to reassess their traditional values or roles in order to respond to the needs of the multiculturalism, while caring for the patient. The nurse has to consider patient’ culture, native language and respect their individual needs in the patient care and treatment. It is the responsibility of the nurse to meet the cultural needs for the patient. Having knowledge of the patient culture is extremely important for the nurse. The lack of knowledge of the patient culture can cause deficit in nursing care and stereotyped attitudes towards the patient. Also the lack of knowledge can result in the nurse providing poor quality nursing care for the patient (KOKKO, 2011, p.