Teaching about and for Family Diversity in Nursing

Because of global and national demographic changes and the increased diversity of clients and nursing students, nursing educators need to strengthen the incorporation of cultural diversity, particularly of family diversity in nursing curricula. Greater commitment to a transcultural, multicultural or...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of family nursing 1997-08, Vol.3 (3), p.280-294
Main Author: Friedman, Marilyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cultural diversity
Education
Families
Families & family life
Nursing
Teaching
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Because of global and national demographic changes and the increased diversity of clients and nursing students, nursing educators need to strengthen the incorporation of cultural diversity, particularly of family diversity in nursing curricula. Greater commitment to a transcultural, multicultural orientation in nursing education is advocated in this article. Transcultural nursing education about and for family diversity needs to promote an understanding of both similarities and differences amongfamilies and how to adapt health care and family nursing practice so that they are culturally relevant. Definition of key terms, theoretical perspectives, content areas, and teaching methods appropriate for teaching aboutfamily diversity are discussed.
ISSN:1074-8407
1552-549X
DOI:10.1177/107484079700300305