• The main emphasis of nursing is care.
• Caring is necessary for the health, wellness, healing, growth, existence and dealing sickness or demise.
• Nursing care practices are directed by the holistic concept of culture care.
• The main aim of nursing is to deliver care to individuals during sickness, wellness, and even death.
• Curing is not possible in the absence of care.
• There are variances in the culture care concepts within different cultures throughout the world.
• Each culture has various herbal remedies, knowledge base, and individual practices.
• The way people view the world, language, religion, educational background, environment, politics, and technology are the various factors that influence culture care beliefs, values, …show more content…
Metaparadigms of Leininger’s Theory
A metaparadigm is the shared communication, general set of concepts, perception of these concepts, a collective belief and the view of a discipline by a group of scholars with in the specialty (Wagner, 1986). The four metapradigm concepts that Leininger defined in her theory are the concepts of person, health, environment, and nursing.
Person
According to Leininger, person refers to families, groups and communities. The caring nature of human beings makes them concerned about the health, happiness, prosperity and existence of others.
Environment
Environment is not specifically defined by Leininger. She refers to world view, social structure and environmental context. Environmental context is referred to the entirety of an event, situation or particular incident that sheds light on human behavior, social behavior, and human interpretations in any specific ecological, physical, sociopolitical and or cultural settings. …show more content…
The integration of this theory will enable nurses to provide culturally congruent care. During assessment, nurse gathers clear succinct relevant details about the patient. Specific necessary details of individual such as language impediment, food preferences, and religious beliefs should be assessed. Nurses also monitors home remedies which are specific to the needs of patients during the admission process and determines if any of them are contraindicated with the current medications of the patient. The food preferences that will interfere the treatment of the patient is also evaluated (Nursing Theories, 2011). For example, if a patient is strictly vegetarian due to their religious beliefs, fish, meat, and egg needs to be removed from their meal tray. This is vital as it affects the healing process of the patient and so diet should be planned based on these restrictions. Another cultural issue that patients’ from different culture face during their stay in the hospital is difficulty to communicate due to the difference in language. Once this issue is identified by the nurse during initial assessment, using a certified interpreter can solve this problem. This will help patients to communicate and understand their treatment plan and prevent the consequences of providing wrong information to patients. All of these
• Caring is necessary for the health, wellness, healing, growth, existence and dealing sickness or demise.
• Nursing care practices are directed by the holistic concept of culture care.
• The main aim of nursing is to deliver care to individuals during sickness, wellness, and even death.
• Curing is not possible in the absence of care.
• There are variances in the culture care concepts within different cultures throughout the world.
• Each culture has various herbal remedies, knowledge base, and individual practices.
• The way people view the world, language, religion, educational background, environment, politics, and technology are the various factors that influence culture care beliefs, values, …show more content…
Metaparadigms of Leininger’s Theory
A metaparadigm is the shared communication, general set of concepts, perception of these concepts, a collective belief and the view of a discipline by a group of scholars with in the specialty (Wagner, 1986). The four metapradigm concepts that Leininger defined in her theory are the concepts of person, health, environment, and nursing.
Person
According to Leininger, person refers to families, groups and communities. The caring nature of human beings makes them concerned about the health, happiness, prosperity and existence of others.
Environment
Environment is not specifically defined by Leininger. She refers to world view, social structure and environmental context. Environmental context is referred to the entirety of an event, situation or particular incident that sheds light on human behavior, social behavior, and human interpretations in any specific ecological, physical, sociopolitical and or cultural settings. …show more content…
The integration of this theory will enable nurses to provide culturally congruent care. During assessment, nurse gathers clear succinct relevant details about the patient. Specific necessary details of individual such as language impediment, food preferences, and religious beliefs should be assessed. Nurses also monitors home remedies which are specific to the needs of patients during the admission process and determines if any of them are contraindicated with the current medications of the patient. The food preferences that will interfere the treatment of the patient is also evaluated (Nursing Theories, 2011). For example, if a patient is strictly vegetarian due to their religious beliefs, fish, meat, and egg needs to be removed from their meal tray. This is vital as it affects the healing process of the patient and so diet should be planned based on these restrictions. Another cultural issue that patients’ from different culture face during their stay in the hospital is difficulty to communicate due to the difference in language. Once this issue is identified by the nurse during initial assessment, using a certified interpreter can solve this problem. This will help patients to communicate and understand their treatment plan and prevent the consequences of providing wrong information to patients. All of these