Racial Diversity in Rural Nursing
Describe the problems associated with Racial Difference in rural health care nursing and what successful strategies can be made where racial and cultural differences are apparent factors. What rational to supported their behaviors? What could be done differently today?
Why? And with these difference how can one incorporate strategy for providing culturally competent care?
In rural communities that once lacked a long-standing tradition of racial diversity, but that have now become increasingly diverse, it can be difficult to broach issues of health and wellness if the nurse feels that there are strong tensions within the larger environment between his or...
But regardless of the cultural divide that exists between patient and nurse, the hospital must improve upon rather than simply reflect society.
True, quite often, a nurse may experience difficulty discussing a sensitive topic even with an individual from a similar background as her own, and this difficulty may be exacerbated when the patient and nurse lacks an apparent common point of reference. Nurses who rely upon common touchstones of experience when humanizing treatment with a patient -- for example, comforting a woman about to go through childbirth with some of her own experiences in this area -- might experience difficulty finding a…
