NURS 3605 - Diversity and Equity in Healthcare

3 unit(s)

(Formerly Transcultural Nursing Care) Course provides the theoretical and experiential foundation for nurses to effectively meet the healthcare needs of culturally diverse clients in various practice settings. The emphasis is on cultivating humility to cultural differences in patients’ care, needs, and preferences. The course cultivates skills in self-reflection and self-critique, whereby the individual learns about another’s culture while simultaneously examining their own beliefs and cultural identities. Course examines the impact of power, privilege, and oppression on healthcare and discovers methods to reduce bias and adjust procedures to foster equality. Students will be equipped to provide culturally sensitive and global nursing care practices by fostering a scientific and humanistic understanding across the lifespan. Open to Junior and Senior Nursing majors only.

Satisfies the Sociocultural Inquiry Requirement.

Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing major. Pre-licensure students must follow curricular roadmap for pre-licensure nursing or consent of instructor.

Hours: 3

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