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Urinary incontinence – meeting a transcultural challenge in Sydney, Australia
Author(s) -
Ip Virginia,
Busuttil Leaver Rachel
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of urological nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1749-771X
pISSN - 1749-7701
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-771x.2007.00026.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nursing , urinary incontinence , immigration , action (physics) , health care , culturally sensitive , health professionals , cultural phenomenon , medical education , urology , sociology , psychology , social psychology , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , anthropology , economics , history , economic growth
The universal phenomenon of immigration is a continuous reality in many developed countries. As a consequence, nurses and other health professionals are expected to recognize, understand, take action and interact favourably with people from diverse cultural backgrounds . Nurses need to become culturally competent and develop their knowledge, skills, behaviours and values in transcultural nursing in order to deliver optimum care to the multiethnic cultures accessing health care. However, the combination of a paucity of systematic research and the lack of formal education programmes has resulted in poor development in this area. Many concepts relevant to cross‐culture are poorly understood, valued and studied. The first author describes how she established a urology/continence nurse‐led clinic for local non‐English speaking Chinese residents in South East Sydney. The authors give recommendations for nurses who wish to establish similar clinics to provide culture‐specific urological and continence care required for multiethnic populations.