The Leininger’s Culture Care Theory
The core principle in nursing is to provide healthcare universally. Several theories have attempted to elaborate further on how to give healthcare to patients across all age brackets. One of the theories is Leininger’s theory that focuses on providing healthcare to patients with a deeper understanding of their background and culture. This paper discusses how I can apply Leininger’s culture care theory as a manager in a nursing unit.
The Leininger’s Cultural Care Theory focuses on providing healthcare to patients who require special health care because of their cultural diversity. The theory attempts to offer culturally consistent nursing care by assisting patients with cognitive ailments, terminal diseases, and in other instances, helps them cope with facing death. It requires an in-depth understanding of the patient to know how best to offer healthcare. As a manager, I would request nurses to approach patients and draw a form of co-participation wisely in accordance with the ideas stipulated in this theory. The co-participation helps the nurse to understand the cultural background of the patient.Based on this knowledge, appropriate healthcare can be devised (McFarland & Wehbe-Alamah 2014). In turn, the patient develops faith and trust in the nurse.
According to McEwen & Wills (2014), having the knowledge of this theory’s concepts will enable me as a manager of the nursing unit to understand the diverse needs that patients require based on their culture and background information. In so doing, the managers can have more insight when it comes to taking actions and decision-making in nursing. Having nurses in the unit who are culturally competent further enhances the recovery of patients with therapeutic needs (Ray, 2016). This is because important decisions for patients who require therapeutic health care are influenced by factors such as their cultural values.
To sum up, the Leininger’s theory enhances the productivity of the nurses in a nursing unit. Having a better understanding of the patients’ cultures and diversity will promote a healthynurse-patient relationship which is important in the recovery process. The theory further supports sound management of nursing units in healthcare facilities.
References
McEwen, M., & Wills, E. (2014). The theoretical basis for nursing (4th Ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
McFarland, M. R., & Wehbe-Alamah, H. B. (2014). Leininger’s culture care diversity and universality. Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Ray, M. A. (2016). Transcultural caring dynamics in nursing and healthcare. FA Davis.
