The document discusses transcultural nursing, focusing on its definitions, historical perspectives, cultural factors, and the role of nurses in providing culturally sensitive care. It emphasizes the importance of understanding diverse cultural backgrounds to enhance patient care and mitigate conflicts arising from cultural ignorance. The presentation also introduces key concepts, theories, and models related to transcultural nursing practice.

1. TRANSCULTURAL
NURSING
Presented By,
Mr. Gaurav Karanjekar

2. Aim
At the end of seminar students will able to understand the
transcultural nursing.

3. OBJECTIVES:
1. To introduce about transcultural nursing
2. To define the transcultural nursing
3. To discuss the historical perspectives of transcultural nursing
4. To enlist the purpose of regulatory bodies
5. To describe the cultural factors of a patient
6. To explain importance of transcultural nursing
7. To explain the role of nurse in transcultural nursing.

4. Terminologies
Culture:-
Broadly defines set of values, beliefs and traditions that are held by a
specific group of people and handed down from generation to generation.
Religion:-
the belief in a god and the activities connected with this.
Cultural Identity
refers to identification with a particular group based on various
categories.

5. Terminologies
Material Culture
It refers to objects (dress, art, religious artefacts)
Non-Material Culture
It refers to belief’s customs, languages, social institutions
Subculture
It is composed of people who have a distinct identity but are related to a larger cultural group.

6. Terminologies
Bicultural
A person who crosses two cultures, lifestyles, and sets of values.
Diversity
It refers to the fact or state of being different Diversity can occur between culture and within a
cultural group.
Race
The classification of people according to shared biologic characteristics, genetic markers, or
features.

7. Introduction
 Transcultural Nursing is a specialty within nursing focused on the
comparative study and analysis of different cultures. Various groups
are examined with respect to their caring behaviour, nursing care,
health and illness values, beliefs and patterns of behaviour..

8. Definition
According to Madeleine Leininger, (1995)
"It is a substantive area of study and
practice that focuses on the comparative
cultural values of caring, the beliefs and
practices of individuals or groups of
similar or different cultures”.

9. Historical Perspectives
The transcultural
nursing has its roots in
the early 1900's when
public health nurse
cares for immigrants
from Europe who
came from a wide
range of cultural
background and had
diverse health care
practices.
During 19th century,
world was used
almost
interchangeably
with civilization.
This culture was
something achieved
as society is envolved
people who were
cultured or primitive
peoples of the world.
In the late 1940's Dr.
Madeleine Leininger
held the belief that care
is essence of nursing and
the central dominate of
nursing. She then began
to see nursing care that
was beginning to
understand the
importance of nursing
care based on the culture
cultures
2. 3.
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10. Cont……..
Belief's practices and
life ways passed down
from one generation to
next. The idea the
culture and care are in
extricable linked, led
her to study other
cultures and she
becomes the first nurse
to obtain a doctorate in
anthropology.
Transcultural nursing is
a body of knowledge
and practice for caring
the people from other
cultures Many nurse
leader and educators
have embraced the
need for culture
specific care,
approaches to gaining
this knowledge
have been developed.
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11. Purposes of Knowing the Patient's Culture
1. Cultural background affect a person's health in all dimensions,.
2. To heighten awareness of ways in which their own faith system.
3. To foster understanding, respect and appreciation for the individuality of
patients culture regarding illness.
4. To encourage in developing and maintaining a program of physical,
emotional and spiritual self- care introduce therapies.

12. Cultural factors can be listed as in the following:
 Socioeconomic status
 Family pattern
 Gender roles and responsibilities
 Marriage patterns
 Sexual behaviour
 Preventive patterns
 Pregnancy and birth practices
 Body
 Nutrition
 Dressing/wearing
 Personal hygiene
 Housing arrangements
 Professions
 Religion
 Habits
 Substance use

13. Health practice in different culture

21. Visible & invisible
parts of culture
VISIBLE:
What people see,
hear, touch, taste, smell
INVISIBLE
What people believe, value,
think, feel

22. Importance Of Transcultural Nursing
There is a marked increase in the migration of
people within and between countries world
wide.
Rise in multicultural identifies, with people to
be understood and respected by nurses.
The increased use of health care technology
sometimes conflicts with clients.

23. Cont….
There was an increase in legal suits resulting from
cultural ignorance, and imposition of health care
practices.
There has been a rise in feminism and gender
issues
World wide there are cultural conflicts that have an
impact health care

24. TRANSCULTURAL NURSING MODELS
1) Sunrise Model of Madeleine Leininger's Theory
Made by the Madeleine Leninger
Was borne in 13 July 1925, died in the 10 Aug 2012.
 1948- diploma in nursing
 1950- B.sc. Nursing
 1965- PhD in Anthropology
 1950- developed the theory
 1991 - published

26. 2)Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment Model

27. Role of Nurse in Transcultural Nursing
 The nurse should begin the assessment by attempting to determine the client's cultural
heritage.
 Before assessing the cultural background of a client, nurses should assess how they are
influenced by their own culture.
 Nurses should evaluate their attitudes toward nursing care.
 Nurses have a responsibility to understand the
influence of culture, race &ethnicity on towards health.

28. Cont…..
 The nursing diagnosis for clients should include potential problems in their interaction with
the health care system
 The planning and implementation of nursing interventions should be adapted as much as
possible to the client's cultural background.
 Evaluation should include the nurse's self- evaluation of attitudes and emotions toward
providing nursing care to clients from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds.

29. Cont…..
 The client's nursing process; educational level and language skills should be considered when planning
teaching activities.
 The nurse can find out what care the client considers appropriate by involving him and his family in
planning care and asking about their expectations.
 Discussing cultural questions related to care with the client and family during the planning stage.
 The nurse evaluates the results of nursing care for ethnic clients as for all clients, determining the extent
to which the goals of care have been meet.

31. Summery
 Here I summerized my topic..today we are dealed with
 Introduction
 Definition
 Purpose
 History
 Factors
 Importance
 Models
 Role of nurse