Summary of Transcultural Nursing Assessment Guide

Proponents
 Joyceen Boyle – Phd, RN, FAAN – specializing in transcultural topics, women’s health,
and cultural theories and models. She wrote Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care
discussing the different approaches and principles utilized when integrating culture and
nursing care
 Margaret M. Andrews – Phd, RN, CTN-A, FAAN – specializing in cultural competence,
integrating transcultural nursing in the curricula, and religious nursing. She has wrote
topics touching on the diasphora of immigrants and the health and human rights issues of
migration, co-wrote the transcultural concepts in nursing care with Boyle, and discussed
on leadership and organizational cultural change.
Cultural Assessment
 Purpose: to provide culturally competent and congruent nursing care – this is important to
enhance patient satisfaction. Integrating societal and cultural values enhances
communication, which in turn allows the patient to communicate effectively their needs
and wants in terms of their health.
 This touches on assessments ranging from individuals, to group, to an organizational
level.
 For individuals
o Communication
o Cultural Affiliations
o Cultural Sanctions and Restrictions
o Developmental Considerations
o Economics
o Educational Background
o Health-related beliefs and practices
o Kinship and Social Networks
o Nutrition
o Religion and Spirituality
o Values and Orientation
 For families, groups, and communities
o Family and Kinship systems
o Social Life and Networks
o Political or Government Systems
o Language and Traditions
o Worldviews, Value Orientations, and Cultural Norms
o Religious beliefs and practices
o Health beliefs and practices
o Health care systems
 o Economic Factors

 For healthcare organizations and facilities

o Language Communication and ethnohistory
o Technology
o Religious and Philosophical Factors
o Social Factors
o Cultural Values
o Political and Legal Factors
o Economic Factors
o Education
 Application
o End point: provide patient-centered care by considering culture, its values, and
principles, and integrating these considerations to construct a well-rounded and
sensitive nursing care plan.