Decent Work Employment and Transcultural Nursing (ASEAN/ASIAN and Global
Exposures) with Foreign Languages Integrated
TRIANGLE MODEL OF CULTURALLY
COMPETENT NURSING CARE
Jewellyn Imee O, Pediangco
BSN 4-F
2021
INTRODUCTION
Nurses are challenged to provide culturally competent care in all types. Nurses around
the world encountered different clients with different cultures, different environments
and ways of improving their health. This module proposed to promote cultural
competence in nursing care through the concepts of nursing that includes: (1) Client, (2)
Environment (3) Health (4) Health Patterns.
CONCEPTS
1. RESPECT - Is the most important value in nursing.
Respect the dignity of their patients. This means treating patients with kindness
and thoughtfulness as you provide care, and remembering to consider their
emotions about the situation as you talk with them, care for them and educate
them about their health.
As a nurse you need to respect your client. Respect by being non-judgmental
towards their health, disease or illness and health patterns. By being mindful of
the environment.
2. AWARENESS- Awareness in nursing entails identifying responses to challenging
situations and discerning actions to provide both culturally competent and ethical
care to patients. As a nurse you need to be aware of the client's health,
environment , and health patterns. With this, it will help nurses and clients to
build rapport, bridge the relational space and improve the nurse–patient
relationship.
3. SENSITIVITY- Both culturally and ethically, Nurses must strive to enhance their
ability to provide patient-centered care by reflecting on how their and the
patient's culture's, values, and beliefs impact the nurse-patient relationship. As a
nurse you need to be sensitive and allow your client to express and verbalize their
feelings. Sensitivity allows nurses to empathize with their patients and provides
them an avenue of communication through the treatment process. Ethically, it
requires nurses to recognize patients' needs by learning and interpreting their
verbal and non-verbal behaviors
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