Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment

Chamberlain College of Nursing

 

 

NR

394

 

Transcultural Nursing

 

NR394

Transcultural_Nursing_Skills_Self

–

Assessment_Form

.docx

 

03/21/2018

 

 

LMD

 

1

 

 

Transcultural Nursing Skills Self

–

Assessment

 

Form

 

 

Please indicate

(

with an

X

)

 

either

Ye

s or

No

 

to the f

ollowing questions related to your

 

current

 

transcultural nursing skills.

 

 

Transcultural Nursing Skills

 

 

Yes

 

No

 

I make a concerted effort to pronounce my patients’ first and last na

mes even when

they seem “strange

” to me.

 

 

 

I realize that learning about different cultures is a life

–

long experience.

 

 

 

I understand the differences between interpreters and translators.

 

 

 

I step out of my comfort zone to

assess, understand

,

 

and deal with

 

my own

prejudices

 

 

 

I always

 

demonstrate a caring attitude with all my patients regardless of the color of

their ski

n or their ethnic background.

 

 

 

Sometimes I

take it personally when a patient from a different culture does not

understand my questions.

 

 

 

Rarely do

I reflect on how my own identity

 

impacts how my transcultural patients

perceive me.

 

 

 

Often I

 

recognize that learning styles may be different

,

 

and I adapt

my teaching

styles.

 

 

 

I

consistently

model my acceptance of various cultures for other staff members.

 

 

 

I accept suggestions for being more culturally sensitive fr

om my coworkers

.

 

 

 

Total number of

No

s

 

and Yes

e

s

 

 

 

 

*If you answered

No

 

to any of these questions, what do you need to do to be able t

o answer

Yes

 

within

the next few

 

weeks?

 

 

Chamberlain College of Nursing NR394 Transcultural Nursing

NR394 Transcultural_Nursing_Skills_Self-Assessment_Form.docx 03/21/2018 LMD 1

 

Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment Form

 

Please indicate (with an X) either Yes or No to the following questions related to your current

transcultural nursing skills.

Transcultural Nursing Skills Yes No

I make a concerted effort to pronounce my patients’ first and last names even when

they seem “strange” to me.

 

I realize that learning about different cultures is a life-long experience.

I understand the differences between interpreters and translators.

I step out of my comfort zone to assess, understand, and deal with my own

prejudices

 

I always demonstrate a caring attitude with all my patients regardless of the color of

their skin or their ethnic background.

 

Sometimes I take it personally when a patient from a different culture does not

understand my questions.

 

Rarely do I reflect on how my own identity impacts how my transcultural patients

perceive me.

 

Often I recognize that learning styles may be different, and I adapt my teaching

styles.

 

I consistently model my acceptance of various cultures for other staff members.

I accept suggestions for being more culturally sensitive from my coworkers.

Total number of Nos and Yeses

 

*If you answered No to any of these questions, what do you need to do to be able to answer Yes within

the next few weeks?