Cátia Alexandra Aguilar MartinsMasters in Nursing Student Catholic University of Portugal (Lisbon) Madeleine Leininger was the first nurse with a PhD in Cultural and Social Anthropology who addressed how to deal with patients from different cultural backgrounds and cultures. She created the concept of culture shock in 1950, after observing that recurring behavior patterns in … Continue reading The Importance of Transcultural Nursing in Pediatric Care: Applying Madeleine Leininger’s Sunrise Model
Leininger’s Culture Care Theory
The Importance of Transcultural Care in Migrant Children: Contributions of Leininger’s View
Guest Contributor: Carolina Ferreira MarcelinoMaster's student in Child and Pediatric Health NursingCatholic University of Portugal (Lisbon) The migratory phenomenon has reached historic levels in recent months. It is expected to continue to increase, either to search for better socioeconomic conditions or to run away from violence, conflicts, and natural disasters. According to the United Nations … Continue reading The Importance of Transcultural Care in Migrant Children: Contributions of Leininger’s View
Navigating Accent Bias: A Nurses’ Journey from Assimilation to Advocacy
Contributor: Nadine Griffiths-Brooks, MSN, RN, NEA-BC Let me begin with a little background to set the stage and hopefully you can walk in my world…I started my Nursologist career in South Africa, where I was born and raised. Back home, I was highly respected for my professionalism and clinical competence in adult acute care and … Continue reading Navigating Accent Bias: A Nurses’ Journey from Assimilation to Advocacy