The Incorporation of Cultural Concepts Into Basic Nursing Texts

Abstract

Basic nursing texts used by first-year nursing students are a major socializing force, facilitating the students' integration into the nursing profession. These texts generally provide an overview of nursing, including a description of basic nursing assessment and skills. Although transcultural nursing is a relatively new field, information on the cultural aspects of nursing care has been available for more than a decade. Transcultural nursing was established as a specialty more than ten years ago, and care of the culturally variant client is now recognized as a responsibility for all nurses (Leininger, 1984).