Culture, health care and nursing

• Main Author: Rachel E. Spector
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Alicante 1999-06-01
• Series: Cultura de los Cuidados
• Subjects: Cuidados culturales; Cuidados de salud; Enfermería
• Online Access: https://culturacuidados.ua.es/article/view/1999-n6-cultura-cuidados-de-salud-y-enfermeria

This presentation is a comprehensive overview of the scientific and nursing information that we must have to deliver Cultural Care. There is much to learn, and these are the foundation and salient points that must then grow with practical experience. As we enter the 21st century, we are perched on the cutting edge of enormous demographic, social and cultural changes. These changes will play dramatic and dualistic roles in the delivery of nursing care to patients, their families, and communities. Nations around the globe, struggle, often violently, with the issues of cultural, racial, ethnic, and religious diversity. Cultural Care means culturally sensitive, culturally appropriate, and culturally competent. Cultural Care is imperative to meet the complex nursing care needs of a given person and family. It is the provision of nursing care across cultural boundaries and takes into account the context in which the patient lives as well as the situations in which the patient's health problems arise.