A nurse educator uses Madeleine Leininger's model and describes a formal area of study and practice focused on
comparative human-care differences and similarities of the beliefs, values, and patterned lifeways of cultures to provide culturally congruent, meaningful, and beneficial health care to people. What type of nursing is the educator practicing?
1. Transcultural nursing
2. Cultural competence
3. Cultural knowledge
4. Competent nursing
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: Transcultural nursing focuses on providing care within the differences and similarities of the beliefs, values, and patterns of cultures.
Rationale 2: Cultural competence is a life-long process in which the nurse continuously strives to achieve the ability and availability to effectively work within the cultural context of a client (individual, family, community).
Rationale 3: Cultural knowledge reflects the presences of a sound educational foundation concerning the various worldviews of different cultures.
Rationale 4: Transcultural nursing is a component of competent nursing.
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