Cultural competency and understanding of different cultures' perspectives on healthcare are increasingly non-negotiable for nurses, particularly in diverse areas of the country, according to a report ...

Cultural competence has become a major issue in nursing practice, given the current and projected US demographics as well as the long-standing health disparities in people of diverse racial, ethnic, ...

Metro Atlanta is becoming an increasingly diverse area, so nurses often find themselves caring for patients who represent many different cultures. This can affect everything from a patient's comfort ...

Nurses care for an increasingly diverse patient population, so it’s important that they are sensitive to their patients' cultures. A new three-part blog series from American Sentinel University (ASU) ...

This question has become more frequent as we have become a more global society. Today, a nurse must not only know how to care for patients within his or her own culture; the nurse also must be able to ...

Nurses who understand the Muslim worldview and religious or cultural practices are better placed to provide person-centred care to Muslim patients without stereotyping Abstract Delivering high-quality ...

When we talk about diversity in the field of nursing, we're really talking about the diversity of our population as a whole. Nursing staff needs to reflect the demographic of its patients if the ...

When working with patients from different ethnic backgrounds, it's important that nurses be culturally competent. Part two of a two-part series. Read part one here. HealthLeaders continues our ...