Integrative Literature Review on the Importance of Cultural Competence in Nursing

Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject Nursing Science - Miscellaneous, grade: A, Kenyatta University, language: English, abstract: The Nursing profession has been established as one of the dynamic and evolving fields that involve interactions with healthcare professionals and patients from diverse backgrounds. This target can only be achieved when nurses are trained on attending to all patients equally without prejudice and working in a multicultural society without any discrimination. This should begin from the core units where nurses are getting trained, especially in medical schools early enough so that when they finally get to work, they have the capacity to handle and work across different cultures and diverse backgrounds while maintaining respect for everyone regardless of the existing differences between them. In this regard, this paper seeks to conduct a critical literature review on the importance of cultural competence in the nursing profession.