Powell - Young Yolanda M. Phd Msn Rn Bc Cpn Cns - Transcultural Nursing - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Provide quality care for clients from culturally diverse backgrounds! Transcultural Nursing 9th Edition shows you how to apply assessment and intervention strategies to individuals from a variety of different cultures. Based on Giger and Davidhizer's unique transcultural model this text helps you deliver culturally sensitive care with use of the six key aspects of cultural assessment: communication time space social organization environmental control and biologic variations. Practical real - world coverage shows how an understanding of cultural variations and individual patient needs will help you promote safe and effective care. Updated! Content throughout reflects the latest research and thinking related to transcultural nursing as well as updated Census data. Updated! Cultural chapters reflect the shifting experiences of cultural groups in our society. NEW! Jamaican Americans chapter addresses the unique cultural and healthcare needs of this population. Unique! Individual chapters on the six key aspects of cultural assessment allow you to also apply the Transcultural Assessment Model to cultures not covered in the text. Twenty - four chapters on specific cultural groups apply this assessment model to the clients most commonly encountered in United States healthcare settings. Case studies and critical decision - making questions in each chapter help you apply the assessment framework in practice. Client care plans in culture - specific chapters demonstrate how to apply principles to specific client needs. Coverage includes information on biological differences among individuals of different racial groups; differences in drug interaction and metabolism specific to various ethnic groups; and clustering of certain pathologies in specific racial groups. Discussions of spirituality throughout the text present a holistic approach to culture and beliefs that provides a more integrated approach to assessment. Review questions in each chapter (with answers found in the back of the text) help reinforce knowledge.
Title: Transcultural Nursing
Author(s): Powell - Young Yolanda M. Phd Msn Rn Bc Cpn Cns
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Barcode: 9780443121302
Pages: 752 Pages
Publication Date: 9/4/2024
Category: Nursing Sociology