Culturally Competent Care for Psychiatric Clients Who Have a History of Sexual Abuse
Canadian psychiatric nurses (N = 1,701) participated in a survey in which theyassessed their ability to nurse clients with a history of sexual abuse when cultural differences are present. Thirty-nine percent worked at a facility having a significant number of clients from a different culture. Only 4...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:sae:clnure:v:8:y:1999:i:1:p:5-25 2023-05-15T16:15:27+02:00 Culturally Competent Care for Psychiatric Clients Who Have a History of Sexual Abuse Wendy Austin Ruth Gallop Elizabeth McCay Cindy Peternelj-Taylor Margaret Bayer https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/105477389900800102 unknown https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/105477389900800102 article ftrepec 2020-12-04T13:43:56Z Canadian psychiatric nurses (N = 1,701) participated in a survey in which theyassessed their ability to nurse clients with a history of sexual abuse when cultural differences are present. Thirty-nine percent worked at a facility having a significant number of clients from a different culture. Only 4.6% rated themselves as “very competent.†Four themes emerged from nurses’ assessment of their ability: culture is not the problem, culture is not an issue, culture influences perspective and responses, and culturally specific competence. Only one cultural group, First Nations, was identified by sufficient numbers of nurses to generate themes concerning the challenge of working with clients from a particular culture. These themes (abuse as a cultural norm, concurrent and related health and social problems, reluctance to talk about problems, a need to learn about First Nations culture, and developing culturally competent caregivers), critical areas of concern, and possible solutions suggested by the nurses are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) |
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Canadian psychiatric nurses (N = 1,701) participated in a survey in which theyassessed their ability to nurse clients with a history of sexual abuse when cultural differences are present. Thirty-nine percent worked at a facility having a significant number of clients from a different culture. Only 4.6% rated themselves as “very competent.†Four themes emerged from nurses’ assessment of their ability: culture is not the problem, culture is not an issue, culture influences perspective and responses, and culturally specific competence. Only one cultural group, First Nations, was identified by sufficient numbers of nurses to generate themes concerning the challenge of working with clients from a particular culture. These themes (abuse as a cultural norm, concurrent and related health and social problems, reluctance to talk about problems, a need to learn about First Nations culture, and developing culturally competent caregivers), critical areas of concern, and possible solutions suggested by the nurses are discussed. |
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Wendy Austin Ruth Gallop Elizabeth McCay Cindy Peternelj-Taylor Margaret Bayer |
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Wendy Austin Ruth Gallop Elizabeth McCay Cindy Peternelj-Taylor Margaret Bayer Culturally Competent Care for Psychiatric Clients Who Have a History of Sexual Abuse |
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Wendy Austin Ruth Gallop Elizabeth McCay Cindy Peternelj-Taylor Margaret Bayer |
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Culturally Competent Care for Psychiatric Clients Who Have a History of Sexual Abuse |
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Culturally Competent Care for Psychiatric Clients Who Have a History of Sexual Abuse |
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Culturally Competent Care for Psychiatric Clients Who Have a History of Sexual Abuse |
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culturally competent care for psychiatric clients who have a history of sexual abuse |
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