Madeline Leininger’s Culture Care Theory Presented by: Jessica DeJonge, Ashlee Knoll, Kasha Martin, Katie Morell, & Jamie Paiva

An Introduction to Leininger’s Cultural Care Theory Madeline Leininger Who is she? Cultural Care Theory Transcultural Nursing Evidence Based Practice Four Metaparadigm Concepts Improvement of Contemporary Health Care Environment

Leininger’s Transcultural Care Theory and Evidence Based Practice Accurate assessments of cultural needs (Humle, 2010) Promotion of more positive patient outcomes Development 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 populations Promotes individualized, meaningful care to each patient

Leininger’s Metaparadigm Concepts Continued Environment: All aspects of the patient’s experience including portions of: Physical Emotional Cultural 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 Theory Person: 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 Literacy

Leininger’s Transcultural Nursing Theory and the Health Care Environment Multiculturalism (Leininger, 1996, p.71) Local Regional Global Consider each patient’s culture in clinical decision making Transculturally oriented care to serve a multicultural world

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