The Importance of

Transcultural Nursing and

Standards for
Transcultural Nursing
Importance of Transcultural Nursing
1. There is marked increase in the migration of people within and between
countries world wide.
2. There has been a rise in multicultural identifies, with people expecting their
cultural belief, values, and lifeways to be understood and respected by nurses
and other health care providers
3. The increased use of health care technology sometimes conflicts with cultural
values of clients
4. World wide there are cultural conflicts, clashes, and violence that have an
impact health care as more cultures interact with one another.
Importance of Transcultural Nursing
5. There was an increase in legal suits resulting from cultural conflict,
negligence, ignorance, and imposition of health care practices.
6. There is an increase in the number of people travelling and working in many
different parts of the world.
7. There has been a rise in feminism and gender issues, with new demands on
health care systems to meet the needs of woman and children
8. There has been an increased demand for community and culture based health
care services in diverse environmental contexts.
Standards of Transcultural Nursing
1. Theoretical Foundations of Transcultural Nursing
2. Cultural information gathering
3. Caring and healing systems
4. Cultural health patterns and caring patterns
5. Health care planning
6. Evaluation
7. Research
8. Professional Development