Select a person from a culture or ethnic group different than your primary cultural group and arrange the time for a dialogic encounter convenient to nurse and client.
Transcultural Theory/ Dialogic
Assignment:
Select a person from a culture or ethnic group different than your primary cultural group and arrange the time for a dialogic encounter convenient to nurse and client.
You will ground your dialogue and paper in Leininger’s Theory of Diversity and Universality or Ray’s Transcultural Dynamics in Nursing and Health Care Theoretical Model. ( See attachment)
Develop a 2 page paper of the dialogic encounter utilizing the following format.
A) Introduce yourself
B) Describe the assignment and ask: How do you care for yourself day-to-day? How do you care for your family/community day-to-day? What special caring activities does your family
engage in?
Use the following as your headings in the paper:
Purpose of this paper is to…… (2 points)
Background: Brief description of person’s ethnic or cultural identity/heritage. (2 point)
Dialogic engagement:
1. How do you care for yourself day to-day?
2. How do you care for your family/community day-to-day?
3. What special caring activities does your family engage in?
(3 points)
Theoretical Perspective. Use Leininger’s or Ray’s Theory of Transcultural Nursing and describe its usefulness in understanding culture in nursing.
(7.9 points)
Relevance: What is the meaning of this transcultural experience to your (as nurse) and your understanding of caring as foundational to advanced practice nursing. Integrate literature on culture caring from the vast cultural literature. Minimum 5 references
(4 points)
The textbooks we are using for class are listed below if needed:
(Also please see attached document)
Title: Nursing case studies in caring: Across the practice spectrum. Author: Barry, C. D., Gordon, S. C. & King, B. M. Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 1 edition (June 4, 2015) ISBN-10: 0826171788 ISBN-13: 978-0826171788
Title: On Caring Author: Mayeroff, M. Paperback: 123 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Reissue edition (September 28, 1990) ISBN-10: 0060920246 ISBN-13: 978-0060920241
Title: Caring: The human mode of being Author: Roach, S. Publisher: Ottawa, CA: Canadian Hospital Association Press.
Title: Nursing theories and nursing practice Author: Smith, M. & Parker, M Paperback: 576 pages Publisher: F.A. Davis Company; 4 edition (January 27, 2015) ISBN-10: 0803633122 ISBN-13: 978-0803633124
Title: Caring in nursing classics: An essential resource Author: Smith, M., Turkel, M. & Wolf, Z Paperback: 552 pages Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 1 edition (December 12, 2012) ISBN-10: 0826171117 ISBN-13: 978-0826171115