Nurses encounter different cultural backgrounds on a daily basis. Transcultural Nursing Theory helps guide nurses to care for patients with various cultures. However, nursing scholars are beginning to explore that cultural education in nursing is not addressing the power relations and therefore, there needs to be a shift to a critical approach to teaching culturally safe care. The purpose of this paper is to explore transcultural theory and Maureen Campesino’s perspective of that theory. As well as examine if her critique of the transcultural theory is valid and how I would apply the ideas presented in her article into my practice.
Transcultural Nursing Theory
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However, the transcultural nursing theory appears to be the approach that most educational institutions are choosing to highlight cultural education. In Beyond Transculturalism: Critiques of Cultural Education in Nursing by Maureen Campesino, explores the implications of having varying approaches to teaching culture has hindered how nurses and students view and interact with cultures. She also argues that because there is a lack of dialogue between the differing perspectives, there has been a missed opportunity for advancement in cultural studies. Campesino points out that using critical theories will help cultural education enhance students understanding of not only different cultures but how the dominant society affects power dynamics between the two entities. This is important for Campesino (2008), as she views social justice and achieve equality to be significant for nursing …show more content…
In other words, nursing educational institutions are not sure how to go about teaching culture to students because the literature is split on what cultural education means. According to Campesino (2008), nursing education tends to focus on transcultural nursing because “of the professional value for inclusivity in education, practice and research that accounts for the health care needs of highly diverse populations” (p 298). As well as the multiculturalism found in the Western World, there is a need to be able to understand the different cultures that a nurse may encounter. However, it is the dialogue between transcultural nursing theory, and critical approaches will help enhance “understanding of foundational concepts and facilitate the development and further improvement of nursing education and practice within increasingly complex and global societies” (Campesino, 2008, p 299). DOES CAMPESINO ACCOMPLISH HER
Transcultural Nursing Theory
The term transcultural nursing emerged in the mid-1950s by a nurse named Madeline …show more content…
However, the transcultural nursing theory appears to be the approach that most educational institutions are choosing to highlight cultural education. In Beyond Transculturalism: Critiques of Cultural Education in Nursing by Maureen Campesino, explores the implications of having varying approaches to teaching culture has hindered how nurses and students view and interact with cultures. She also argues that because there is a lack of dialogue between the differing perspectives, there has been a missed opportunity for advancement in cultural studies. Campesino points out that using critical theories will help cultural education enhance students understanding of not only different cultures but how the dominant society affects power dynamics between the two entities. This is important for Campesino (2008), as she views social justice and achieve equality to be significant for nursing …show more content…
In other words, nursing educational institutions are not sure how to go about teaching culture to students because the literature is split on what cultural education means. According to Campesino (2008), nursing education tends to focus on transcultural nursing because “of the professional value for inclusivity in education, practice and research that accounts for the health care needs of highly diverse populations” (p 298). As well as the multiculturalism found in the Western World, there is a need to be able to understand the different cultures that a nurse may encounter. However, it is the dialogue between transcultural nursing theory, and critical approaches will help enhance “understanding of foundational concepts and facilitate the development and further improvement of nursing education and practice within increasingly complex and global societies” (Campesino, 2008, p 299). DOES CAMPESINO ACCOMPLISH HER