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Transcultural nursing in Australian nursing curricula

journal contribution
posted on 2003-06-01, 00:00 authored by J Pinikahana, Elizabeth ManiasElizabeth Manias, B Happell
As a result of the fact that Australia is a multicultural society with many people who come from non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB), the objective of the present study was to discuss the extent to which transcultural nursing education is incorporated into undergraduate nursing curricula. A survey was undertaken to determine the availability of nursing modules for undergraduate nursing students through Australian university websites on "transcultural nursing" or related modules. Although the inclusion of these modules into nursing education provide an opportunity for nurses to perceive and respond to different patient behaviors in multicultural societies, it is not sufficient to understand the complexity of the health care needs of a multicultural society. The survey findings suggest that many universities have not included transcultural nursing modules in their nursing curricula. To address this problem, more transcultural nursing modules need to be introduced into nursing curricula and nursing academics need to refine their attitudes about the importance of cultural aspects of patient care within nursing education.

History

Journal

Nursing and health sciences

Volume

5

Issue

2

Pagination

149 - 154

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Location

Chichester, Eng.

ISSN

1441-0745

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

[2003, Wiley-Blackwell]