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Providing culturally competent nursing care.

Publication: Nephrology Nursing Journal
Publication Date: 01-JUL-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Providing culturally competent nursing care.(From the Editor)

Article Excerpt
As the world becomes smaller through global migration, the need for nurses to better understand its many cultures is becoming increasingly important to delivering effective nursing care. In addition, in the United States, there are many cultural differences even within various regions across our country.

The American Academy of Nursing and the Transcultural Nursing Society have collaborated to develop standards of practice for culturally competent nursing care that are universally applicable (Douglas et al., 2009). These standards are based on a review of the literature and of relevant documents from organizations around the world.

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