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    This document summarizes a transcultural nursing assessment guide. It was created by Joyceen Boyle and Margaret Andrews, nurses who specialize in transcultural topics. The assessment guide provides a framework for conducting cultural assessments of individuals, families, groups, and healthcare organizations. It identifies key areas to assess, such as communication, health beliefs, social networks, religion, and more. The goal of the cultural assessment is to provide culturally competent nursing care by understanding a patient's sociocultural values and integrating them into the care plan.

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    This document summarizes a transcultural nursing assessment guide. It was created by Joyceen Boyle and Margaret Andrews, nurses who specialize in transcultural topics. The assessment guide provides a framework for conducting cultural assessments of individuals, families, groups, and healthcare organizations. It identifies key areas to assess, such as communication, health beliefs, social networks, religion, and more. The goal of the cultural assessment is to provide culturally competent nursing care by understanding a patient's sociocultural values and integrating them into the care plan.

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    This document summarizes a transcultural nursing assessment guide. It was created by Joyceen Boyle and Margaret Andrews, nurses who specialize in transcultural topics. The assessment guide provides a framework for conducting cultural assessments of individuals, families, groups, and healthcare organizations. It identifies key areas to assess, such as communication, health beliefs, social networks, religion, and more. The goal of the cultural assessment is to provide culturally competent nursing care by understanding a patient's sociocultural values and integrating them into the care plan.

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    Summary of Transcultural Nursing Assessment Guide

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    This document summarizes a transcultural nursing assessment guide. It was created by Joyceen Boyle and Margaret Andrews, nurses who specialize in transcultural topics. The assessment guide provides a framework for conducting cultural assessments of individuals, families, groups, and healthcare organizations. It identifies key areas to assess, such as communication, health beliefs, social networks, religion, and more. The goal of the cultural assessment is to provide culturally competent nursing care by understanding a patient's sociocultural values and integrating them into the care plan.

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    Summary of Transcultural Nursing Assessment Guide

    Proponents
     Joyceen Boyle – Phd, RN, FAAN – specializing in transcultural topics, women’s health,
    and cultural theories and models. She wrote Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care
    discussing the different approaches and principles utilized when integrating culture and
    nursing care
     Margaret M. Andrews – Phd, RN, CTN-A, FAAN – specializing in cultural competence,
    integrating transcultural nursing in the curricula, and religious nursing. She has wrote
    topics touching on the diasphora of immigrants and the health and human rights issues of
    migration, co-wrote the transcultural concepts in nursing care with Boyle, and discussed
    on leadership and organizational cultural change.
    Cultural Assessment
     Purpose: to provide culturally competent and congruent nursing care – this is important to
    enhance patient satisfaction. Integrating societal and cultural values enhances
    communication, which in turn allows the patient to communicate effectively their needs
    and wants in terms of their health.
     This touches on assessments ranging from individuals, to group, to an organizational
    level.
     For individuals
    o Communication
    o Cultural Affiliations
    o Cultural Sanctions and Restrictions
    o Developmental Considerations
    o Economics
    o Educational Background
    o Health-related beliefs and practices
    o Kinship and Social Networks
    o Nutrition
    o Religion and Spirituality
    o Values and Orientation
     For families, groups, and communities
    o Family and Kinship systems
    o Social Life and Networks
    o Political or Government Systems
    o Language and Traditions
    o Worldviews, Value Orientations, and Cultural Norms
    o Religious beliefs and practices
    o Health beliefs and practices
    o Health care systems
    o Economic Factors

     For healthcare organizations and facilities


    o Language Communication and ethnohistory
    o Technology
    o Religious and Philosophical Factors
    o Social Factors
    o Cultural Values
    o Political and Legal Factors
    o Economic Factors
    o Education
     Application
    o End point: provide patient-centered care by considering culture, its values, and
    principles, and integrating these considerations to construct a well-rounded and
    sensitive nursing care plan.

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