Cultural Issues in Hlth Care

Catalog description

This is an introduction to the field of transcultural concepts in healthcare. Culture, as it relates to healthcare behaviors and practices, is viewed through interrelated perspectives of social, political, economic, and religious structures. Cultural competence in and other healthcare professions involves learning about, assessing, understanding, and respecting the values and beliefs of others while having self-knowledge to be able to provide culturally competent care within an ethical, caring-healing framework. Ways of knowing and inter-professional collaboration are essential components of this professional process. This course while generated from the Division of Nursing will take an interprofessional focus and is required of all students enrolled in an undergraduate major in the School of Nursing and Healthcare Professions.