Practice of Culturally Sensitive Care
This week’s reflection is on the practice of culturally sensitive care. I got a chance to discuss this with my preceptor, and the discussion was very productive. This practice is one of the essential constituents of patient-centred care. It was established to enlighten and advance the health care delivery for culturally diverse patients in community care clinics. To provide holistic patient care, nurses should always strive to reflect on the patient’s culture, beliefs, and values and how this culture may affect the nursing practice. It is also imperative that the nurses have a deep understanding of the integration of the psychological needs, the ethnic background of the patient, and the healthcare needs (De Donder L. et al. 2020).
A recent study reported poor clinical function and patient satisfaction in a systemic review of home health care. In this study, it was established that culturally diverse patients have a greater risk of healthcare disparities. Culturally sensitive care, therefore, must focus on meeting the needs and preferences of the patients as defined by the patient. However, while providing care to the patient, nurses should always discriminate between good health and good care as this may be different in different cultural groups (Degrie, L. et al. 2017)
To advocate for the patient, nurses must be culturally sensitive and competent. The characteristics of a culturally competent nurse include inherent dignity, unique attributes of every person, worth, cultural skills, encounters, and desires. To provide culturally sensitive care, the nurse should always do an ethnicity-sensitive assessment, work with a medical interpreter in cases of a language barrier, and adapt patient care plans to the cultural findings review (Browne, A. J., et al. 2016).
An accommodative framework is essential in developing a patient care plan. In cases where the patient’s norms are harmful, it’s always important to negotiate with the patient on behaviour change. Finally, nationwide awareness creation of culturally sensitive practices should be advocated for by government agencies.
References
Browne, A. J., Varcoe, C., Lavoie, J., Smye, V., Wong, S. T., Krause, M., … & Fridkin, A. (2016). Enhancing health care equity with Indigenous populations: evidence-based strategies from an ethnographic study. BMC Health Services Research, 16(1), 1-17. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-016-1707-9
Claeys, A., Berdai-Chaouni, S., Tricas-Sauras, S., & De Donder, L. (2020). Culturally Sensitive Care: Definitions, Perceptions, and Practices of Health Care Professionals. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 1043659620970625. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1043659620970625
Degrie, L., Gastmans, C., Mahieu, L., de Casterlé, B. D., & Denier, Y. (2017). How do ethnic minority patients experience intercultural care encounters in hospitals? A systematic review of qualitative research. BMC medical ethics, 18(1), 1-17. https://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12910-016-0163-8
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Question 
Students must submit weekly reflective narratives throughout the course, culminating in a final, course-long reflective journal due in Topic 10. The reports help students integrate leadership and inquiry into current practice.
Practice of Culturally Sensitive Care
This reflection journal also allows students to outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses, and additional resources that could be introduced in a given situation to influence optimal outcomes. Students should also explain how they met a course competency or course objective(s) each week.
Week 5 Journal Topic…Practices of culturally sensitive care.