NUR 3041/Culture in Nursing Practice: Library Resources
eBooks
- Search for eBooks on "cultural diversity and health"
- Search for eBooks on "ethnicity and health"
- Search for eBooks on "religion and medicine"
Journal Articles
Abbady, Tal. (2007, December 9). New faces in new places. Sun-Sentinel, p. 20A.
Astin, J. A. (1998, May 20). Why patients use alternative medicine. The Journal of the American Medical Association,
279(19), 1548-1553. [Unique login may be required: username is mdcmed; password is medical.]
Gostin, L. O. (1995, September 13). Informed consent, cultural sensitivity, and respect for persons. The Journal of the
American Medical Association 274(10): 844-845.
Kinnaird, L. (2007). Health care providers as cultural brokers: paying attention to the first interaction. Creative
Nursing, 13(1), 11-12.
Leininger, M. (Jun/Aug 2001). A mini journey into transcultural nursing with its founder. Nebraska Nurse, 34(2), 16-7.
Leininger, M. (Jan/Feb 1997). Future directions in transcultural nursing in the 21st century. International Nursing
Review, 44(1), 19-23.
Malernee, J., Herrera, M. & Jean-Francois, M. (2007, October 28).
their families. Sun-Sentinel, p. 1A.
Newman, J., Davidhizar, R., and Fordham, P. (Spring 2006). Multi-cultural and multi-ethnic considerations and
advanced directives: Developing cultural competency. Journal of Cultural Diversity, 13(1), 3-9.
Purnell, L. (Summer 2005). The Purnell model for cultural competence. Journal of Multicultural Nursing &
Health (JMCNH), 11(2), 7-15.
Wai, M. (Nov/Dec 2005). Complementary and alternative medicine: Ethics, theory, and practice. AAACN Viewpoint, 27
(6), 1+.
Databases
- Search for journal and magazine articles.
Recommended Websites
- Africa-Asia: Razor's Edge: The Controversy of Female Genital Mutilation: provides information and a film on female circumcision.
- American Nurses Association's NursingWorld: position statement on racism.
- Cultural Competency: The Building Blocks: provides a free 1.25 contact hours continuing education course.
- Cultural Diversity in Nursing: "introduces students and nurses to the basic concepts of transcultural nursing, to increase awareness and promote diversity in health and illness among nurses."
- Cultural Diversity in Nursing: Case Studies: provides case studies on several different cultures, ethnicities and populations, including Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Deaf Community, Asians, etc.
- CulturedMed: "contains items that discuss health beliefs or ethnographic information about various ethnic groups."
- Diversity Rx: "promotes language and cultural competence to improve the quality of health care for minority, immigrant, and ethnically diverse communities."
- Ethnomed: "contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants."
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: provides a continuing education series on complementary and alternative medicine.
- National Center for Cultural Competence: "The mission of the National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) is to increase the capacity of health and mental health programs to design, implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems."
- The Office of Minority Health: "The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities."
- Transcultural Nursing Society: "seeks to provide nurses and other healthcare professionals with the knowledge base necessary to ensure cultural competence in practice, education, research, and administration."
- Why Culturally Competent Care?: (Free Registration Required) provides a continuing medical education (CME) activity that "equips health care professionals with awareness, knowledge, and skills to better treat the increasingly diverse U.S. population they serve."