The nursing instructor is presenting a class on transcultural nursing to her senior community nursing class. What would be the best definition the instructor could give her class on transcultural nursing?
A) Transcultural nursing is really cross-cultural nursing.
B) Transcultural nursing refers to research-focused practice that focuses on patient-centered, culturally competent nursing.
C) Transcultural nursing refers to research-focused multicultural nursing.
D) Transcultural nursing is a term sometimes used interchangeably with intercultural nursing.
Ans: B
Feedback: Transcultural nursing, a term sometimes used interchangeably with cross-cultural, intercultural, or multicultural nursing, refers to research-focused practice that focuses on patient-centered, culturally competent nursing. Options A, C, and D are all correct, but they are not the best definition for transcultural nursing.
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