Culturally competent interprofessional pediatric care: A concept analysis
- Author:
Fiskvik Boahemaa Antwi
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- Publication Type:Other Types
- Keywords: Pediatric practice; Interprofessional health care team
- MeSH: Culturally Competent Care;
- From: Philippine Journal of Nursing 2021;91(1):108-112
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
- Abstract: The American Academy of Pediatrics describes culturally effective care in a policy statement as the provision of care in the sense of appropriate provider awareness, understanding, and appreciation of cultural differences that contribute to optimal health outcomes. Therefore, clinicians must develop cultural competence to enhance patients' care satisfaction and outcome. Although culturally effective pediatric care has been discussed in the literature, there remains a gap in the process on how an interprofessional health care team can provide culturally congruent care in a pediatric setting. Being part of an interprofessional pediatric care team, nurses hold the responsibility of communication and coordination to ensure culturally competent care by every member of the health care team. Hence, this paper adapts Walker and Avant's (2011) concept analysis process in which the theory, culturally competent pediatric care would be derived. The concept analysis methodology from Walker and Avant (2011) would define the concept, attributes, antecedents, consequences, and cases that would describe culturally competent pediatric care. Cultural diversity and family dynamics are ever-changing. The concept analysis proposes a framework for culturally competent interprofessional care in which culturally competent care is an ongoing team approach. Ultimately, the concept concluded that to provide culturally competent care in pediatric practice, there should be a framework in which the interprofessional team follows, using the principle of cultural humility and illustrating cross-cultural communication to provide culturally appropriate care.
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