Assignment: Community, Culture, and Nursing
Topic: Culturally Competent Care
A broad range of cultures exists in the world today. Nursing professionals often interact with people from cultural backgrounds that differ from their own.
• Share an experience where you cared for a patient in the healthcare setting who was from a culture different from your own. How did you accommodate this patient's needs? How would you apply the Purnell Model to future cultural encounters?
• Which one of the twelve domains of culture from the Purnell Model do you feel is most important? Why?
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.