January 2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
January 2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NM 245 - Cultural Diversity in Nursing


This course focuses on the diversity in nursing practice in our society. It examines our own cultural beliefs, values, and practices and other cultures in the healthcare system. The course also is designed to understand the concept of culture and the nurse’s cultural awareness of the relationships between Westernized medicine and traditional health practices and recognition of selected cultures within the United States. Understanding of the ethical aspects associated with the professional nursing practice will be presented. The nursing process will be the guide for assessment, interventions, and evaluation of transcultural nursing care. Semester Credit Hours: 3.00 Contact Hours: 45/0/0/45 Prerequisite: None.

  Corequisite: None