Encountering the other in a significant way requires more than a generalized knowledge of cultural characteristics—or cultural competency. In this column, the author describes encountering the other from the humanbecoming theory perspective and proposes a teaching-learning process of ongoing cultural learning that pushes the boundaries of the familiar and expands horizons of understanding. The model encourages healthcare providers to shift their epistemological location and view the world from the perspective of the other, thereby increasing their capacity to care for and be with the other in meaningful ways.
Canales, M. (2000). Othering: Towards an understanding of difference . Advanced Nursing Science, 22(4), 16-31.
8.
Chrétien, J. (2002). The unforgettable and the unhoped for. New York: Fordham University Press.
9.
Cody, W.K. (2003). Diversity and becoming: Implications of existence as coexistence. Nursing Science Quarterly, 16, 195-200.
10.
Cowling, W., & Shatell, M. (2007). Research as the researcher's story. Nursing Science Quarterly, 20, 315-318.
11.
Duffy, M. (2001). A critique of cultural education in nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 36, 487-495.
12.
Evanson, T., & Zust, B. (2006). "Bittersweet knowledge": The long-term effects of an international experience. Journal of Nursing Education , 45, 412-419.
13.
Kincaid, J. (1988). A small place. New York: Penguin Books.
14.
Kleiman, S., Frederickson, K., & Lundy, T. (2004). Using an eclectic model to educate students about cultural influences on the nurse-patient relationship. Nursing Education Perspectives, 25, 249-254.
15.
Leininger, M., & McFarland, M. (2006). Culture care diversity and universality a worldwide nursing theory (2nd ed.). Sudbury , MA: Jones and Bartlett.
16.
Mitchell, G., & Bunkers, S.S. (2003). Engaging the abyss: A mistake of opportunity? Nursing Science Quarterly, 16, 121-125.
17.
Mohanty, S. (1995). Colonial Legacies, multicultural futures: Relativism, objectivity, and the challenge of otherness. Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 110, 108-118.
18.
Parse, R.R. (1998). The human becoming school of thought: A perspective for nurses and other health professionals. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
19.
Parse, R.R. (2002). Transforming healthcare with a unitary view of the human. Nursing Science Quarterly, 15, 46-50.
20.
Parse, R.R. (2003). Community: A human becoming perspective. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
21.
Parse, R.R. (2004). A human becoming teaching-learning model. Nursing Science Quarterly, 17, 33-35.
22.
Parse, R.R. (2007a). Building a research culture. Nursing Science Quarterly, 20, 197.
23.
Parse, R.R. (2007b). The humanbecoming school of thought in 2050. Nursing Science Quarterly, 20, 308-311.
24.
Parse, R.R. (2008). Truth for the moment: Personal testimony as evidence . Nursing Science Quarterly, 21, 45-48.
25.
Wallace, L. (2007). When West meets East: A short-term immersion experience in South Korea. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 4(1), 1-14.
26.
Walsh, L., & DeJoseph, J. (2003). "I saw it in a different light:" International learning experiences in baccalaureate nursing education. Journal of Nursing Education, 42, 266-272.
27.
Welch, A. (2007). The phenomenon of taking life day-by-day using Parse's research method. Nursing Science Quarterly, 20, 265-272.
28.
Wood, M. (2006). Immersion in another culture: One strategy for increasing cultural competency. Journal of Cultural Diversity , 13(1), 50-54.
