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Two practice concepts specific to nursing:
Culturally-informed care for the 'person' and 'environment'
Two practice concepts specific to nursing:
Culturally-informed care for the 'person' and 'environment'
As a clinical nurse specialist (CNS), an advanced practice nurse "whose care focuses on a specific patient population," the concept of multicultural care is integral to my daily practice (CNS, 2011, career overview). "A CNS can specialize in certain types of diseases (such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease), can work in many different medical environments (such as operating room, emergency room or critical care), and can focus on a variety of procedures (such as surgical or clinical)" (CNS, 2011, career overview). Regardless of the specialty of the CNS the care he or she dispenses must be culturally appropriate and take into consideration the patient's daily environment. A CNS must often be even more conscious of the social implications of nursing care than nurses in other subspecialties because individuals within the CNS's practice may be dominated by a particular social segment and feature a predominant ethnic group. Of the four core nursing concepts, that of person, environment, health, and nursing, the ideas of the 'person' and the 'environment' are especially relevant to a CNS.
For example, for CNSs specializing in diabetes, the nurse must be aware that individuals from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds are often more apt to manifest the condition, given their lack of access to healthy food, places to exercise, and knowledge about appropriate nutrition. "More than half of women 45-64 years old with diabetes have an annual family income of less than $20,000, and 28.5% have...
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