Course
NR 394 Transcultural Nursing
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to apply concepts in transcultural culturally competent nursing throughout the lifespan.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcome:
- CO 1: Identify theories, concepts, and beliefs related to transcultural nursing. (PO 1)
- CO 3: Describe culturally competent nursing care across the lifespan. (PO 4)
Project Overview
- There are three parts to the project.
- There will be graded Project Check-ins that correlate to each part.
- The topic selected in Part 1 will be the same one used in parts 2 and 3.
- Review the table below for overview and due dates with each topic.
- Carefully review the instructions, templates, and rubrics for each of the three parts as you begin this Course Project.
- Contact your instructor with questions.
Overview | Points | Due Date |
Part 1: Check-In | 50 | Wednesday of Week 3 |
Part 1: Selection of Topic | 150 | Sunday end of Week 3 |
Part 2: Check-In | 50 | Wednesday of Week 4 |
Part 2: Researching Your Topic | 200 | Sunday end of Week 4 |
Part 3: Check-In | 50 | Wednesday of Week 6 |
Part 3: Topic Poster | 200 | Sunday end of Week 6 |
Discussion of Topics | 100 | Two posts (answer post and reply post) on two different days by Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 7 |
Due Date
Sunday by 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 3.
Late Assignment Policy
If the assignment is not submitted by due date, a late deduction will be applied. See rubric below.
Points Possible
150 Points
Directions
- You will use the same approved population and health problem for all the Project Check-Ins and Course Project Parts 1, 2, and 3. Approval is in Week 3: Course Project Part 1 Check-In.
- Download the required Course Project Part 1 Template
- Save it to your computer with the file name: Your Last Name NR394 Course Project Part 1.docx
- View the Course Project Part 1 tutorial. (Click here to view)(Links to an external site.)
- Assignment contents include:
- Community Cultural Needs
- Describe specific culture/ethnic population selected in detail.
- Describe rationale for selecting this population.
- Describe a cultural/ethnic need within your area, clinical practice, or community.
- Describe a health issue from your chosen cultural population that is based on the Leading Health Indicator (LHI) priorities from Healthy People in detail.
- Details of the Health Issue
- Describe how the health issue is based on the Leading Health Indicator (LHI) priorities from Healthy People.
- Describe the reason why the health issue was selected.
- Why it is important to focus on this health issue?
- Clinical Impact
- How can this content be related to clinical practice in general?
- How do the cultural community needs and details of the health issue impact yourarea, clinical practice, or community?
- After you have developed your responses, type your responses directly in your saved Course Project Part 1 Template.
- Use instructor feedback from the check-in.
- Please reach out to your instructor with any questions or concerns.
- Community Cultural Needs
Template and Link
Week 3: Course Project Part 1 Template (Download here) (Links to an external site.)
HealthyPeople.gov Leading Health Indicators website (Links to an external site.)
Best Practices
- Please use your browser’s File setting to save or print this page
- Spell check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final submission.
- Use the rubric as a final check prior to submission to ensure all content is clearly addressed.
SOLUTION
Your Name:
- Choose a specific cultural/ethnic population that is in your area, clinical practice, or community but different than your own culture.
The setting where I live is mostly urban. The people that live here represent a wide range of cultural backgrounds. Specifically, Hispanics and Latinos in the United States will be analyzed here.
2. Identify a health problem or need for health promotion from your chosen cultural population, based on the Leading Health Indicators (LHI) priorities from Healthy People. (See the HealthyPeople.gov Leading………please click the icon below to purchase the solution at $10