Teaching the Meaning of Culture in a Baccalaureate Nursing Curriculum

Abstract

Because culture affects virtually every aspect of life, including health beliefs, customs, and practices, it is imperative that nursing students recognize and value its critical importance to the people whom they will care for as clients/patients. Hence, the notion of culture must be introduced early on in nursing programs and threaded throughout the entire curriculum.

Keywords

culture cultural self-assessment cultural meaning cultural uniqueness cultural manifestations

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