Subject

Transcultural Nursing

  • code 09823
  • course 4
  • term Semester 1
  • type op
  • credits 3

Module: Module MINORS (Choose one minor)

Matter: International Nursing

Main language of instruction: English

Other languages of instruction: Spanish

Timetable
group M
 Sem.1  MO 10:00 12:00 
 Sem.1  TU 12:00 14:00 

Teaching staff

Head instructor

Dra. Maria del Pilar FUSTER - pfuster@uic.es

Office hours

Teachers of the subject via mail:

Pilar Fuster    pfuster@uic.es

Xusa Serra     Xserra@uic.es

Introduction

Within the International Nursing specialization the subject of Transcultural Nursing will provide both the theoretical content of the Transcultural nursing and its practical application. It aims to train students to meet and work with people from different cultures. Classes will be mainly English.

Pre-course requirements

  • Not required

Objectives

Transcultural nursing:

  1. Understand the concept of "Transcultural Nurse" based on Madeleine Leininger's model (to offer a treatment based on the patient's culture and beliefs about health and illness)
  2. Understand and explore the concept of "culture" and acculturation processes.
  3. Know what differentiates the perception of health and illness in different cultures.
  4. Recognize cultural values, beliefs and practices of people in their cultural context.
  5. Nursing care on the cultural diversity (transcultural care).
  6. Intercultural effective communication.

Mourning and death in different cultural environments

  1. Ensure the emotional health of people in regular contact with situations of loss.
  2. Detect own difficulties facing death and pain.
  3. Humanize the dimension of "caring" and give meaning to life time.
  4. Discover the creative support in mourning, in adults and children.
  5. Prevent or detect a complicated mourning. Thanatology knowledge and the relationship between the different ways of dying with the grieving process. 

Competences / Learning outcomes of the degree programme

  • 21. B - Oral and written communication.
  • 22. G - Use and management of information and research
  • 29. B - Know the scientific terminology in another language (English).
  • 4. B - Understand the interactive behavior of the person according to their gender, group or community, within their social and multicultural context.
  • 7. B - Understand people without prejudice, considering their physical, psychological and social aspects, as autonomous and independent individuals, ensuring respect for their opinions, beliefs and values, ensuring their right to privacy through confidentiality and professional secrecy.

Learning outcomes of the subject

  • Getting a "Cultural Competence" in nursing practice through the acquisition of anthropological knowledge and communication skills.
  • Ability to understand, accept and respect people within their social and cultural context.
  • Ability to analyse new ways to understand and employ the health practices and care.
  • Achieve effective transcultural oral and written communication with patients, families, social groups and colleagues.
  • Ability to propose solutions to intercultural conflicts that arise in the workplace. 

Syllabus

1- Transcultural Nursing (Professor: Pilar Fuster)

Madeleine Leininger's model: the concept of health and illness, nursing care in this model. (Professor: Pilar Fuster)

  • Concept of Culture. 
  • The concepts that differentiate the perception of health and illness in every culture. 
  • Decision-making within the different cultural values. 
  • Communication with different social groups, families ... (Role Playing, videos ...) 
  • Classroom activities: nursing care plans within cultural diversity
  • Classroom group activities: Practical cases resolution (case method)

2- Death and Mourning in different cultural environments (Professor: Xusa Serra- Lesson in Catalan)

  • Anthropological knowledge. Ways of living losses, death and rituals in different cultures.
  • How do we live illness, mourning and death nowadays. Stages of the person who is preparing to die. Creative support in sickness and death. Dignified death. Vital testament. Death at home or in the hospital. Ways to die and how they affect the families process of grieving. 
  • Children, death and mourning. Healthy Grieving process. Elements that facilitate or complicate the process. Complicated mourning. Risk factors and people.


Chapter 1 Transcultural Nursing

Chapter 2 Death and Beravement in different cultural settings
      2. http://vimeo.com/5317622

Teaching and learning activities

In person

  • Theoretical lessons: 35% of the hours (approximately).
  • Individual work: reading, homework and class portfolio.
  • Group work: Case method

For students enrolled in English for Nursing 1 (09826), International Cooperation and Health (09824) and Transcultural Nursing (09823) there will be a common project to develop English communication competencies and integrate and apply the content of the three subjects.  This activity consists of a 20-minute oral presentation and written work which will be tutored and evaluated through the three subjects.  International Cooperation and Health and Transcultural Nursing will focus on the content, and English for Nursing will focus on the communication skills.

Evaluation systems and criteria

In person

Examination

The three teachers of the subject will jointly evaluate the student, taking into account the following criteria:

  • Class participation + Assistance: 30%
  • Glossary 10%
  • Resolution of case studies 30%
  • Concepts and definitions Test 30%

First resit: The evaluation will consist on an exam or a project that will be specified (literature-resolution analysis of case...) using moodle, depending on the area of the first evaluation that was failed. (continuous-test)

Honors will not be awarded in the first resit.

Bibliography and resources

  • Culture Care Diversity and Universality: A Worldwide Nursing Theory. Madeleine M. Leininger,Marilyn R. McFarland
  • Transcultural Nursing. Concepts, theories, research & practice. Madeleine Leininger-M.R.McFarland

Evaluation period

E: exam date | R: revision date | 1: first session | 2: second session:

  • E1 15/11/2016 12:00h
  • R1 29/11/2016 11:00h
  • E2 27/06/2017 10:00h
  • R2 12/07/2017 10:00h

Teaching and learning material

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