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Research article summary:
Cultural competence in nursing: foundation or fallacy?
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Propelled by a national concern with social justice and health disparities, the notion of cultural competency is being incorporated into both government regulation and professional standards. Although most of the standards that are being developed ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002 Sep-Oct
in Journal: Nurs Outlook
(Language : eng)
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2002 Sep-Oct;50(5):181-6
Cultural competence in nursing: foundation or fallacy?
Dreher M, Macnaughton N
University of Iowa, College of Nursing, Iowa City, USA.
Propelled by a national concern with social justice and health disparities, the notion of cultural competency is being incorporated into both government regulation and professional standards. Although most of the standards that are being developed nationally apply at the institutional level, it is in the clinical setting where the expectation of cultural competency is the most demanding. The recommendations for clinicians to become culturally competent generally fall into 2 major categories. The first focuses on the content and structure of the clinical encounter between provider and patient. The second category charges providers with becoming knowledgeable about the cultures of their constituent patients and learning their lifestyles,health beliefs, and behaviors. Although individuals may belong to the same cultural group, the assumption that they are, in fact, the same, is an ecological fallacy. The health care system has nested the accountability for cultural competence with the clinician who provides direct services to individuals, where the application of cultural information is likely to be least useful. We contend that cultural competence is really nursing competence.
PMID : 12386652 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Melanie | Dreher | M |
| Neil | Macnaughton | N |
Affiliation: University of Iowa, College of Nursing, Iowa City, USA.
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