Madeleine Leininger

Leininger's Culture Care Theory of Diversity and Universality Madeleine Leininger is the founder of transcultural nursing (Alligood, 2014; Sitzman & Eichelberger, 2015). Transcultural nursing is a learned practice focusing on the beliefs and values of patients’ culture in order to provide effective nursing care, so that patients’ can maintain and/or regain their health. Leininger discovered early in her nursing career that there was an insufficient understanding of cultural factors among her…

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…

Madeleine Leininger is the founder of transcultural nursing (Alligood, 2014; Sitzman & Eichelberger, 2015). Transcultural nursing is a learned practice focusing on the beliefs and values of patients’ culture in order to provide effective nursing care, so that patients’ can maintain and/or regain their health. She discovered that there was insufficient understanding of cultural factors among her staff. Consequently, she became concerned that nursing decisions and actions were not effectively…

Nurses are drawn to Madeleine Leininger `theory of Transcultural Nursing, where she emphasizes that caring for a patient is a universal phenomenon and that caring is key to curing the patient. Cultural awareness provides mutual respect and strengthens the nurse-patient relationship. My personal philosophy in practice is to provide holistic care to my patients and their families. Including the whole family in the care plan is the best approach to returning the patient to their optimum state of…

revision is not needed in any section of this paper. However, the approach taken in wiring this paper was to develop a fundamental understanding of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory of Diversity and Universality. Theory Summary Major Concepts Madeleine Leininger hold the belief that culture guide and shape individuals through values, beliefs, and practices that are learned, shared, and transmitted from generation to generation (Alligood, 2015; Sitzman & Eichelberger, 2015). Furthermore, culture…

to the use of past concrete experience. Nurses could gain knowledge and skills without ever learning the theory. One of the newer nursing theories is transcultural nursing by Madeleine Leininger. According to Leininger, the goal of nursing is to provide care congruent with cultural values, beliefs, and practices. Leininger also states that care is the essence of nursing and the dominant, distinctive and unifying feature. She says there can be no cure without caring, but that there may be caring…

backgrounds, culture and beliefs are living among one another. With the increasing number of people with different beliefs and cultures needing treatment, HCP’s need to be aware of the practice and beliefs of these people to provide effective treatment. Leininger recognized this in the 1950’s and began developing a theory which would address this issue. Her culture care theory of diversity and universality is the basis for many HCP’s, as many of them use her theory to provide culturally…

and practices regarding health-illness care patterns from a comparative perceptive of at least two or more designated cultures in order to determine the major features and health services of cultures” (Leininger, 2013) Transcultural Nursing is a Necessary Specialty According to Madeleine Leininger there are 8 reasons why transcultural nursing is important. 1: A marked increase in the number of people immigrating…

culturally sensitive care. Transcultural Nursing as a Necessary Specialty Madeline Leininger examined how the fields of nursing and anthropology were related. Transcultural nursing was established as a specialty within the nursing practice. The theory of transcultural nursing examines individual cultural beliefs, values, behaviors and practices related to health care (Andrews & Boyle, 2016). According to Madeleine Leininger there are eight…

With the evolution of patient care worldwide nursing education has always been at the forefront of culture and health disparities studies in preparing there student for the real world. Numerous education modules on cultural diversity, cultural sensitivity and cultural competence have emerged within the field in which accredited programs have been able to choose and select from to mold their pupils. In hindsight most of the research related to cultural competence pointed back to Dr. Josepha…