"Transcultural Nursing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A nursing specialty created to answer the need for developing a global perspective in the practice of nursing in a world of interdependent nations and people. The focus of this nursing discipline is on the integration of international and transcultural content into the training. Courses include study in the area of cultural differences, nursing in other countries, and international health issues and organizations, as an example.
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D016746
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.478.676.920
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Transcultural Nursing" by people in Profiles.
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Joseph RP, Pekmezi D, Dutton GR, Cherrington AL, Kim YI, Allison JJ, Durant NH. Results of a Culturally Adapted Internet-Enhanced Physical Activity Pilot Intervention for Overweight and Obese Young Adult African American Women. J Transcult Nurs. 2016 Mar; 27(2):136-46.
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Shellman J, Mokel M. Overcoming barriers to conducting an intervention study of depression in an older African American population. J Transcult Nurs. 2010 Oct; 21(4):361-9.
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Shellman J. The effects of a reminiscence education program on baccalaureate nursing students' cultural self-efficacy in caring for elders. Nurse Educ Today. 2007 Jan; 27(1):43-51.
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Vargas Jimenez JA, Molino Contreras JL, Shellman J, Cantero Gonzalez ML, Bernal H. The level of cultural self-efficacy among a sample of Spanish nurses in southeastern Spain. J Transcult Nurs. 2006 Apr; 17(2):164-70.
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Shellman J. "Nobody ever asked me before": understanding life experiences of African American elders. J Transcult Nurs. 2004 Oct; 15(4):308-16.
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Coffman MJ, Shellman J, Bernal H. An integrative review of American nurses' perceived cultural self-efficacy. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2004; 36(2):180-5.
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Ndiwane A, Miller KH, Bonner A, Imperio K, Matzo M, McNeal G, Amertil N, Feldman Z. Enhancing cultural competencies of advanced practice nurses: health care challenges in the twenty-first century. J Cult Divers. 2004; 11(3):118-21.