Transcultural Nursing : Assessment and Intervention. This item is unavailable.Transcultural Nursing : Assessment and Intervention

With Transcultural Nursing: Assessment and Intervention, 5th Edition, you can easily find specific assessment and intervention strategies for clients from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Divided into two parts, part one provides a systematic model of nursing assessment and intervention which takes six cultural phenomena into account: communication, space, social organization, time, environmental control, and biological variations. Part two applies these six cultural phenomena to the assessment and care of individuals in specific cultures. This user-friendly assessment tool is an outstanding resource for improving client care. Plus, this new edition includes all-new NCLEX® examination-style review questions, updated research and census data, and an increased emphasis on genetic and biologic variations.

• Authors Giger and Davidhizar's innovative Transcultural Assessment Model, with a full chapter devoted to each of the six aspects of cultural assessment, helps you address specific assessment and intervention strategies for clients from a variety of cultural backgrounds.
• Case studies and critical thinking questions at the end of each chapter help you apply the assessment framework in practice.
• Discussions of spiritual components throughout, with an emphasis on various religions, address this important topic in transcultural care.
• Clarification of biological variations for select cultural groups provides a better understanding of differences in biology among cultures.
• A holistic overview of genetics helps you understand genetics and genetic based diseases related to culture, race, and ethnicity.
• Additional expanded cases with initial presentation, history, physical examination and lab test data, along with sample care plans for each cultural group, help you apply knowledge to clinical practice.

• NCLEX® examination-style review questions at the end of every chapter help you prepare for similar questions on the NCLEX® exam.
• Two-color design makes information more easily readable.
• New appendix includes an answer key for NCLEX-RN® Review Questions at the end of each chapter, making it easy to check your answers.