Cultural Competency in Nursing

Abstract

The changing demographics and economics of our growing multicultural world, and the long-standing disparities in the health status of people from culturally diverse backgrounds has challenged health care providers and organizations to consider cultural diversity as a priority. Becoming a culturally competent health professional is a demanding prerequisite in this multicultural society. Since the early 1990s, along with a phenomenal growth of nursing literature published on cultural competence, an array of cultural competence and cultural assesment models has been developed. Cultural competence includes valuing diversity, knowing about cultural mores and traditions of the populations being served and being sensitive to these while caring for the individual.

Keywords

• Cultural competency, nursing, cultural assesment models

Hemşirelikte Kültürel Yeterlik

Öz

Gelişen çok kültürlü dünyamızdaki demografik ve ekonomik değişim, farklı kültürden gelen insanların sağlık düzeylerindeki farklılıklar, sağlık bakımı verenleri ve kurumları kültürel özellikleri göz önünde bulundurmaya yöneltmiştir. Kültürel olarak yeterli bir sağlık profesyoneli olmak, çok kültürlü toplumlarda öncelikli olarak istenmektedir. Kültürel yeterlik üzerine yayınlanan hemşirelik alanındaki yazıların 1990’lı yılların başlarından itibaren hızla gelişmesiyle, kültürel yeterlik durumunu belirleme ve kültürel değerlendirme modelleri gelişmiştir. Kültürel yeterlik; farklı değerleri, kültürel adetleri bilmeyi, toplumların geleneklerine uygun olmayı ve bireylerin bakımında duyarlı olmayı içermektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Kültürel yeterlik, hemşirelik, kültürel değerlendirme modelleri

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