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Madeline Leiningers Culture Care TheoryPresented by:Jessica
DeJonge, Ashlee Knoll, Kasha Martin, Katie Morell, & Jamie
Paiva
An Introduction to Leiningers Cultural Care TheoryMadeline
LeiningerWho is she?Cultural Care Theory
Transcultural NursingEvidence Based PracticeFour Metaparadigm
ConceptsImprovement of Contemporary Health Care Environment
2Leiningers Transcultural Care Theory and Evidence Based
PracticeAccurate assessments of cultural needs (Humle,
2010)Promotion of more positive patient outcomesDevelopment of
cultural proficiency (Engebretson, Mahoney, & Carlson,
2007)
Flexibility of health care policies to provide appropriate
culture-sensitive care (Schim, Doorenbos, Benkert & Miller,
2007)Accommodation for multicultural populationsPromotes
individualized, meaningful care to each patient
Leiningers Metaparadigm Concepts ContinuedEnvironment: All
aspects of the patients experience including portions of:
PhysicalEmotionalCultural Social (Leininger, 1988, p.156)
Nursing: Provide culturally congruent nursing care in order to
improve or offer a different kind of nursing care service to people
of diverse or similar cultures (Leininger, 1996, p.72).
Metapardigm Concepts of Leininger s Transcultural Nursing
TheoryPerson: What makes a person who they are:Culture Beliefs
Values Life Practices(Leininger, 1988, p.155)
Health: Patients will find that nursing care reasonably fits
with or is similar to: Cultural beliefs ValuesLiteracy
Leiningers Transcultural Nursing Theory and the Health Care
EnvironmentMulticulturalism (Leininger, 1996, p.71)LocalRegional
Global
Consider each patients culture in clinical decision making
Transculturally oriented care to serve a multicultural world
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