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Transcultural Nursing
PhD in anthropology -
University of Washington.
-MIDDLE RANGE
NURSING THEORY
THEORETICAL SOURCES
TRANSCULTURAL NURSING - is a
comparative study of cultures to
understand similarities (culture
universal) and difference (culture-
specific) across human groups
(Leininger, 1991).
MAJOR CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS
• The upper half of the circle depicts components of the social structure
and world view factors that influence care and health through
language and environment. These factors influence the folk,
professional, and nursing system(s), which are in the lower half of the
model.
• The two halves together form a full sun, which represents the universe
that nurses must consider to appreciate human care and health.
• The nursing subsystem can act as a bridge between the folk and
personal health systems through the three types of nursing care
actions: cultural care preservation, cultural care accommodation, and
cultural repatterning.
ACCEPTANCE BY THE
NURSING COMMUNITY
PRACTICE
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