NUR1201 - Introduce to Transcultural Communication - Assignment
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Running head: RESEARCH LITERACY FOR HEALTH PRACTICEResearch literacy for health practiceName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
1RESEARCH LITERACY FOR HEALTH PRACTICEIntroductionTranscultural communication is difficult to be implemented in health care as the patient’sexpect the health care professions to understand their preferences. On the other hand, the careproviders face difficulty due to linguistic barriers, and missing of non-verbal messages, evenwhen the translators are present. It is the common issue where the health care professionals failto acknowledge the similarities and differences in people from culturally diverse background(Holland 2017). Australia being the multicultural society demands Transcultural nursing in thehealth care organisation. The crux of Transcultural nursing is good communication between thehealth care providers and the patients. Communication in Transcultural nursing refers toacknowledging the individual’s culture, beliefs and practices. It is the best practice necessary tobridge the cultural gap. It will ensure the acceptable Transcultural care. Various strategies havebeen developed to address this issue but there lies an uncertainty about communication change.This issue has been prominently highlighted in the recent and old peer review journals (Giger2016). In regards to the issue, the essay discusses the relevant literature pertaining to the issueand the evidence based information regarding the best practice as solution. Part 1As a research manager, I have identified from my research that in Melbourne hospital, aclient of refugee background was admitted to emergency department. He was suspected with TBand was isolated. There was no hospital staff that spoke Kirundi, Swahili or Congoleselanguages. Since, the patient’s children spoke English no interpreter was recruited. Later a socialworker who visited the client arranged for an interpreter. It was discovered later that the client
2RESEARCH LITERACY FOR HEALTH PRACTICEwas afraid of dying of AIDS, which was then highly prevalent in Africa(Professionalsaustralia.org.au 2017). In the health care industry, I have observed that the professionals have to interact withpeers and patients from different cultural background. Thus, nurses require communication indifferent forms to advocate their patients. When nurses fail to communicate with people fromculturally and linguistically diverse communities, the patients interpret it as bias, prejudice,consequently influencing the quality of care. The best practice solution to the barriers in Transcultural nursing is the cultivation of thecross-cultural communication skills. According to Taylor et al. (2013), there must beefficient and skilful use of the interpreter’s cultural competency. Interpreters, nursesand physicians must learn the culturally competent communication skills both verbal and noverbal. These skills are required to identify the patient’s values, practices, beliefs, unique healthcare needs and perceptions. These skills are required in all types of health settings may it bepalliative, geriatric care, mental health, paediatric and any other setting. It includes use of basicgrammar, simple and common words, knowing the multilingual signs, bilingual words andphrases, pictograms, and asking politely for paraphrasing important points. Cultural competencywhile communication includes starting a statement with “Is it clear or can you understand”. Theliterature also suggests that there is a need of culturally fluent approach for nurses to cultivategood communication skills in nursing. Other factors necessary to implement this solution areawareness, sensitivity, good listening, and patience. It will help improve thecommunication across cultures. It will also ensure the personal and professionalrelationships (Silverman et al. 2016).
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