CULTURALLY COMPETENT NURSING: STRATEGIES FOR PROVIDING CARE IN DIVERSE AND GLOBAL HEALTHCARE SETTINGS

Author Name: 1. Jeya Beulah D, 2. Dr. Jeba T, 3. Jyoti Sitaram Devare, 4. Dr. Amit Kumar Kumawat, 5. Rituparna Guha 6. Sanjay Soni

Volume/Issue: 05/07

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/12.2024-39562893/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. HOD of Community Health Nursing Dept, SCPM College of Nursing and Paramedical Sciences, Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, India.
2. Principal, Sri Balaji College of Nursing, Cheranmahadevi, India.
3. Lecturer, Sadhu Vaswani College of Nursing, Koregaon Road, Pune, India.
4. Associate Professor, Parul Institute of Nursing, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
5. Associate Professor, CON AFMC India.
6. Assistant Professor, Mahatma Gandhi Nursing College Sitapura, Jaipur, India.

ABSTRACT

Culturally competent nursing is essential for providing effective care in today’s increasingly diverse and globalized healthcare environment. As healthcare systems around the world serve patients from a wide variety of cultural, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds, it is crucial for nurses to be equipped with the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to deliver care that respects and responds to the cultural values, beliefs, and needs of patients. This review explores the importance of culturally competent nursing and identifies strategies that can be implemented to ensure high-quality care in diverse and global healthcare settings. Key components of cultural competence include cultural awareness, sensitivity, knowledge, skills, and encounters, each of which plays a vital role in improving patient outcomes and satisfaction. Strategies for providing culturally competent care include effective communication, patient-centered care, cultural humility, interdisciplinary collaboration, and community engagement. Despite its importance, nurses face challenges such as language barriers, time constraints, and institutional resistance to change, which can hinder the delivery of culturally competent care. This review emphasizes the need for continued education and training in cultural competence for healthcare providers, as well as the integration of culturally sensitive practices into healthcare policies and systems. By embracing these strategies and addressing the challenges, nurses can improve health equity, reduce healthcare disparities, and contribute to better outcomes for patients in diverse healthcare settings. Culturally competent nursing is an essential approach in providing high-quality care to diverse patient populations in global healthcare settings. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, nurses must be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide care that is sensitive to the cultural beliefs, values, and practices of patients from diverse backgrounds. Culturally competent nursing involves understanding the social, cultural, and linguistic factors that influence health and illness, as well as the healthcare-seeking behaviors of patients from diverse cultures.

Key words: Culturally competent nursing, Diversity, Global healthcare, Cultural sensitivity, Patient-centered care