NR 391 Discussion Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment
NR 391 Discussion Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment
Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment
Nurses complete assessments on individuals on a daily basis. Self-assessments are in order before considering our abilities to provide culturally competent nursing care. NR 391 Discussion Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment
1. Complete the Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment Form located in Doc Sharing.
2. Note the number of “no” answers in your self-assessment.
3. Share one or two of your “no” answers with your classmates and describe how you will convert the “no” to a “yes” over the next few weeks.
4. What interventions are needed to turn each “no” into a “yes” response?
Guidelines for Course Project Milestone 1:
Interviewee Profile
Purpose
The purpose of the Course Project is to give the student the opportunity to apply concepts in transcultural nursing by conducting a transcultural nursing assessment. NR 391 Discussion Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment
The purpose of Milestone 1 is to identify an adult who is not a relative who is willing to be interviewed for a transcultural nursing assessment, and to secure the instructor’s approval for the interview. Note: the actual interview does not occur until Milestone 3. It is not a purpose for this assignment.
Course Outcomes
The completion of the Course Project enables the student to meet the following Course Outcomes. CO#1: Identify theories, concepts, and beliefs related to transcultural nursing. (PO#1)
CO#2: Communicate effectively with culturally diverse individuals, families, and organizations. (PO #3)
Healthcare Needs of a Specific Minority Group (graded)
Describe the healthcare needs of a minority group in your city or town.
Briefly describe the characteristics of the minority group. NR 391 Discussion Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment
What opportunities do you see for improving the health of this group?
How would you communicate their healthcare needs to people of authority? Use titles instead of names to identify these individuals.
What is the role of the BSN-prepared nurse in enhancing communication skills related to cultural needs of this minority population?
Description
The goal of this assignment is to critically think about your socialization and begin the process of change. This assignment should be no more than 8 pages, single-spaced typed in Times New Roman 12pt font. NR 391 Discussion Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment
Think about your family, your upbringing (primary socialization), your community, including your parents’ friends, your friends, your place of worship and your school (secondary socialization).
1. During your upbringing:
a. Which groups of people (e.g., racial/ethnic groups, generational groups, immigration status, disability status, sex/gender identification, etc.) did your family openly accept? How was this acceptance communicated (e.g., actions or statements that family members would make to signal that particular groups of people were accepted)? NR 391 Discussion Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment
b. Which groups of people did your family not accept? How was this non-acceptance communicated (e.g., actions or statements that family members would make to signal that particular groups of people were not accepted)?
2. During your secondary socialization, including your educational experiences:
a. Which groups of people experienced -isms and phobias in your friends’ circle, community and school? b. Which groups of people enjoyed privilege? What was their privilege based on?
c. Did you/your family experience – isms, phobias in your community? * NR 391 Discussion Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment
d. What privileges did you and your family enjoy? Think beyond race.
e. Which languages were present in the community/school where you grew up/attended?
f. Who spoke these languages (e.g., races, ethnicities, generation, national origin, etc.)?
g. Which languages were celebrated and positively regarded? Who spoke those languages (e.g., races, ethnicities, generation, national origin)?
h. Which languages were negatively regarded (i.e., linguistic racism)? Who spoke those languages (e.g., races, ethnicities, generation, national origin)? NR 391 Discussion Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment
“SLPs who are oriented toward social justice should be mindful of how their own understandings and perspectives on racism, ableism, classicism, linguicism, and heteronormativity can hinder or strengthen relationships with those that they interact with in professional settings.” (Horton, 2021, p. xxviii).
3. As you continue to orient yourself toward social justice,
a. Give four aspects of your socialization that you can use to potentially strengthen relationships with culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
b. Give four aspects of your socialization that can potentially hinder you from building relationships with culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
c. For 3b, how can you unlearn these aspects of your socialization to build and strengthen relationships with culturally and linguistically diverse communities and become an antiracist clinician who is oriented toward social justice?List one action for each step. NR 391 Discussion Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment
4. Give four ways in which you will demonstrate a social justice orientation as a speech-language pathologist who works with culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Please be specific and reference resources used in class and that you note elsewhere. References must be oriented toward a social justice orientation and antiracism. All references should be cited using APA 7th Edition Please view the grading rubric at the end of this syllabus. This assignment cannot be resubmitted NR 391 Discussion Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment