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J N Giger

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PubMed1998

Death, dying and grief in a transcultural context: application of the Giger and Davidhizar assessment model.

One of the most challenging aspects of death education and grief counseling is providing care and education that is relevant to the cultural, racial, and ethnic needs of the client. Often appropriate responses are difficult due to the lack of a relevant model; otherwise practitioners tend to operate from facts collected in isolation. This article reports on an assessment model originally developed in nursing by Giger and Davidhizar and discusses its potential use in providing culturally relevant death education and grief counseling.

Attitude to Death↗
PubMed1998

Nursing clients of Greek ethnicity at home.

The home healthcare nurse who cares for persons with Greek ancestry should be aware of their unique cultural heritage. The nurse should also be aware that Greek people throughout the world are proud and independent, valuing their religious faith and practices, good health, education, and success. Care should be designed to include appreciation of traditions and customs that these clients may have. The nurse should make a special effort to develop trust with the Greek client and family members in order to effectively implement culturally competent healthcare.

Community Health Nursing↗
PubMed1998

When your patient uses denial.

There are may factors to consider when denial is encountered in a patient situation. Denial is a simple concept but is complicated by ego-maintaining mechanisms that denial may produce. It is important to evaluate each individual situation in order to identify suitable approaches for the situation. Denial may not be something that the nurse should take away since it can serve an important balancing function between depression and wellness.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1997

The interview that wins the job.

Obtaining a nursing position is often the first challenge for the graduate nurse. Understanding the interview process and making a plan that will ensure the graduate is placed in the best possible light is important for success in the interview process. This paper discusses getting ready for the interview, setting up the interview, dressing for the interview, the actual interview and following up the interview. Adherence to these guidelines can facilitate the graduate's success in obtaining the desired position.

Humans↗
PubMed1997

When touch is not the best approach.

Health care professionals have long believed in the value of nonverbal components of communication and the highly significant roles such factors as distance, space, and touch can play in therapeutic relationships. The value of touch is not appreciated by all health care professionals or considered appropriate or desirable by some patients. While touch has been described as the most important of all the senses, the astute professional must be cognizant of the times when touch should not be used.

Attitude to Health↗
PubMed1997

Canadian transcultural nursing: applying the Giger and Davidhizar model.

Giger and Davidhizar (1995) provide a model for assessing clients from differing cultures in order to be aware of differences and to plan appropriate strategies. This model is appropriate for use with groups of individuals regardless of culture and is particularly useful and appropriate in Canada where society is a mixture of people from different ethnic backgrounds, different political and religious persuasions, and different aspirations. This paper presents an overview of the cultural diversity among Canadians and then applies the model as an assessment tool that can be used by Canadian nurses.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1997

Reflections on the elderly African American in health care.

This article discusses the demographics of the elderly in America and how these demographics relate to the minority elderly with specific focus on the African American elderly. The special health risks of this group are discussed. The Giger and Davidhizar Model is used to assess health risks among the African American Elderly.

Black or African American↗
PubMed1997

Cultural implications for nursing care of the Amish.

The Amish are a conservative Protestant religious sect with a unique set of culture and traditions. In order to provide culturally appropriate and sensitive health care, it is imperative for nurses and other health care providers to have a basic understanding of variations of Amish lifestyle from other cultural groups. Application of Giger and Davidhizar's Transcultural Assessment Model provides information and nursing implications to assist nurses and other health care personnel when caring for Amish clients.

Attitude to Health↗
PubMed1996

Haitian Americans: implications for nursing care.

Each year a number of Haitians enter the United States and may become part of the U.S. health care system. Nurses need to be sensitive to cultural differences and should assess clients for special needs that may arise because of cultural diversity. This article provides strategies for interacting with the Haitian American client in a clinical setting to ensure success in providing nursing care.

Emigration and Immigration↗
PubMed1995

Delegating to a transcultural team.

Six cultural phenomena must be considered when delegating to staff with a culturally diverse background. Communication, space, social organization, time, environmental control and biological variations encourage an understanding of unique cultural values, beliefs and practices.

Cultural Characteristics↗
PubMed1994

When your patient is silent.

In the process of caring for patients, nurses encounter patients who are silent. A number of problems may arise when silence occurs in an interpersonal situation. Among these problems is the different meanings that silence may have from culture to culture. This paper describes the meaning that silence may have across cultures and delineates guidelines for the nurse in responding to the patient who is silent.

Communication↗