Transcultural Nursing - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 9th Edition

by Joyce Newman Giger, EdD, RN, APRN, BC, FAAN and Yolanda M. Powell-Young, PhD, MSN, RN, BC, CPN, CNS

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ISBN: 9780443122927

Publication Date: 08-20-2024

Page Count: 752

Imprint: Elsevier

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**American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 2nd Place in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, 2025**
**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Community Health**

Teach your students how to provide quality care for clients from culturally diverse backgrounds! Transcultural Nursing, 9th Edition shows students how to apply assessment and intervention strategies to individuals from a variety of different cultures. Based on Giger and Davidhizer’s unique transcultural model, this text helps students understand culturally sensitive care with use of the six key aspects of cultural assessment: communication, time, space, social organization, environmental control, and biologic variations. Practical, real-world coverage shows how an understanding of cultural variations and individual patient needs can promote safe and effective care.

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Key Features
- UPDATED! Content throughout reflects the latest research and thinking related to transcultural nursing, as well as updated Census data.
- UPDATED! Cultural chapters reflect the shifting experiences of cultural groups in our society.
- NEW! Jamaican Americans chapter addresses the unique cultural and healthcare needs of this population.
- UNIQUE! Individual chapters on the six key aspects of cultural assessment allow students to also apply the Transcultural Assessment Model to cultures not covered in the text.
- Twenty-four chapters on specific cultural groups apply this assessment model to the clients most commonly encountered in United States healthcare settings.
- Case studies and critical decision-making questions in each chapter help students apply the assessment framework in practice.
- Client care plans in culture-specific chapters demonstrate how to apply principles to specific client needs.
- Coverage includes information on biological differences among individuals of different racial groups; differences in drug interaction and metabolism specific to various ethnic groups; and clustering of certain pathologies in specific racial groups.
- Discussions of spirituality throughout the text present a holistic approach to culture and beliefs that provides a more integrated approach to assessment.
- Review questions in each chapter (with answers found in the back of the text) help reinforce knowledge.
Contents

PART 1 Framework for Cultural Assessment
1. Introduction to Transcultural Nursing
2. Communication
3. Space
4. Social Organization
5. Time
6. Environmental Control
7. Biological Variations

PART 2 Application of Assessment and Intervention Techniques to Specific Cultural Groups
8. African-Americans
9. Mexican Americans
10. Navajos (Diné )
11. Appalachians
12. American Inuit: The Yup'ik and Inupiat
13. Japanese Americans
14. Afghans and Afghan Americans
15. Russian Americans
16. Chinese Americans
17. Filipino Americans
18. Vietnamese Americans
19. Jamaican Americans
20. Haitian Americans
21. Jewish Americans
22. Korean Americans
23. French Canadians of Québec Origin
24. Puerto Ricans
25. Nigerian Americans
26. Ugandan Americans
27. Jordanian Americans
28. Cuban Americans
29. Amish Americans
30. Irish Americans

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Authors

Joyce Newman Giger, EdD, RN, APRN, BC, FAAN, Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA and Yolanda M. Powell-Young, PhD, MSN, RN, BC, CPN, CNS
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