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Author Muñoz, Cora C.

Title Transcultural communication in nursing / Cora C. Muñoz, Joan Luckmann.

Publication Info. Clifton Park, NY : Thomson/Delmar Learning, [2005]
©2005

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  610.73 M967T    Check Shelf
Edition Second edition.
Description xix, 356 pages ; 23 cm
Note Rev. ed. of: Transcultural communication in nursing / Joan Luckmann. c1999.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents unit 1. Exploring transcultural communication -- Unit one assessment : assessing your transcultural communication goals and basic knowledge -- 1. Introduction to transcultural communication in nursing / Margaret A. McKenna -- Introduction -- Communication : a cornerstone for nursing practice -- Language and communication -- The growing demand for transcultural communication -- Vital remarks and special cautions -- 2. Transcultural communication building blocks : culture and cultural values -- Introduction -- Culture -- Cultural values -- Values of major American cultural groups -- Values of other selected American cultural groups -- 3. Enhancing transcultural communication through culturally competent and linguistically appropriate services -- Introduction -- The importance of cultural competence in the nurse-patient relationship -- National standards for CLAS in health care -- Diversity in the organization -- Linguistically appropriate services -- 4. Transcultural communication building blocks : beliefs, behavior, and communication -- Introduction -- Beliefs -- Behavior -- Communication -- 5. Transcultural communication stumbling blocks -- Introduction -- Barriers to transcultural communication -- 6. Transcultural communication within the health care subculture / Carol J. Leppa -- Introduction -- Western health care system subculture -- Hospital subculture -- Professional subculture -- Commercial, or business, subculture -- Communication problems between subcultures -- Other health care subcultures -- The professional nursing subculture -- The patient subculture -- Nurses as culture brokers between subcultures -- Unit one evaluation : evaluating your transcultural communication goals and basic knowledge --
unit 2. Developing transcultural communication skills -- Unit two assessment : assessing your transcultural communication skills -- 7. Exploring transcultural communication as a participant-observer / Lydia DeSantis -- Introduction -- Repetitive social situations -- Context -- Participant observation -- Participant-observation interviewing -- Key informants -- 8. Using basic transcultural communication techniques -- Introduction -- Developing a transcultural therapeutic relationship -- Developing transcultural communication skills -- 9. Overcoming transcultural communication barriers -- Introduction -- Overcoming a knowledge deficit -- Controlling bias, ethnocentrism, prejudice, and stereotyping -- Overcoming language barriers -- Overcoming terminology differences -- Overcoming differences in perceptions and expectations -- 10. Working with and without an interpreter -- Introduction -- Working with a medical interpreter -- Working without a medical interpreter -- Unit two evaluation : evaluating your transcultural communication skills --
unit 3. Using transcultural communication to elicit assessment data and develop nursing diagnoses -- Unit three assessment : assessing your ability to elicit assessment data and develop nursing diagnoses -- 11. Eliciting assessment data from the patient, family, and interpreters -- Introduction -- The art of eliciting information -- Eliciting basic cultural information -- Eliciting views of illness using the explanatory model -- Eliciting the patient's pattern of seeking help -- Eliciting information from the patient's family and support group -- 12. Developing culturally appropriate nursing diagnoses / Linda Sue Smith -- Introduction -- Cultural biases in nursing diagnoses that hinder communication -- Nursing diagnoses that my be culturally biased -- Writing culturally appropriate nursing diagnoses -- Promoting culturally appropriate diagnoses -- Unite three evaluation : evaluating your ability to elicit assessment data and develop nursing diagnoses --
unit 4. Using transcultural communication skills to plan and implement care -- Unit four assessment : assessing your transcultural communication skills in planning and implementing care -- 13. Using transcultural communication to plan care, explain, and instruct -- Introduction -- Using transcultural communication to plan care -- Using transcultural communication to explain and instruct -- 14. Using transcultural communication to assist people responding to pain, grief, dying, and death / Oneida M. Hughes -- Introduction -- Using transcultural communication to assist patients in pain -- Using transcultural communication to assist patients who are dying -- Use transcultural communication to assist people who are grieving -- Unit four evaluation : evaluating your transcultural communication skills in planning and implementing care --
unit 5. Transcultural communication skills between health care providers -- Unit five assessment : assessing your transcultural communication skills with other health care providers -- 15. Fostering transcultural communication with other health care providers -- Introduction -- Barriers to transcultural communication between health care providers -- Bridges to transcultural communication between health care providers -- Unit five evaluation : evaluating your transcultural communication skills with other health care providers -- Appendix I. Organizations and agencies -- Professional organizations -- Government agencies -- Ethnic and minority organizations and agencies -- International agencies -- Refugee centers and programs -- Telephone information lines -- Appendix II. Annotated list of suggested books and films with a transcultural theme -- Fiction -- Nonfiction -- Films.
Subject Communication in nursing -- Cross-cultural studies.
Transcultural nursing.
Nursing -- Social aspects.
Interpersonal communication -- Cross-cultural studies.
Transcultural Nursing.
Communication.
Added Author Luckmann, Joan.
Luckmann, Joan. Transcultural communication in nursing.
ISBN 0766848779 alkaline paper
9780766848771 alkaline paper
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