Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment profile

Chamberlain College of Nursing NR394 Transcultural Nursing

Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment Form

Please indicate (with an X) either Yes or No to the following questions related to your current transcultural nursing skills.
Transcultural Nursing Skills	Yes	No
I make a concerted effort to pronounce my patients’ first and last names even when they seem “strange” to me.
I realize that learning about different cultures is a life-long experience.
I understand the differences between interpreters and translators.
I step out of my comfort zone to assess, understand, and deal with my own prejudices
I always demonstrate a caring attitude with all my patients regardless of the color of their skin or their ethnic background.
Sometimes I take it personally when a patient from a different culture does not understand my questions.
Rarely do I reflect on how my own identity impacts how my transcultural patients perceive me.
Often I recognize that learning styles may be different, and I adapt my teaching styles.
I consistently model my acceptance of various cultures for other staff members.
I accept suggestions for being more culturally sensitive from my coworkers.
Total number of Nos and Yeses

*If you answered No to any of these questions, what do you need to do to be able to answer Yes within the next few weeks?

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Chamberlain College of Nursing

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Transcultural Nursing

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Transcultural Nursing Skills Self

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Assessment

Form

Please indicate

(

with an

X

)

either

Ye

s or

No

to the f

ollowing questions related to your

current

transcultural nursing skills.

Transcultural Nursing Skills

Yes

No

I make a concerted effort to pronounce my patients’ first and last na

mes even when

they seem “strange

” to me.

I realize that learning about different cultures is a life

–

long experience.

I understand the differences between interpreters and translators.

I step out of my comfort zone to

assess, understand

,

and deal with

my own

prejudices

I always

demonstrate a caring attitude with all my patients regardless of the color of

their ski

n or their ethnic background.

Sometimes I

take it personally when a patient from a different culture does not

understand my questions.

Rarely do

I reflect on how my own identity

impacts how my transcultural patients

perceive me.

Often I

recognize that learning styles may be different

,

and I adapt

my teaching

styles.

I

consistently

model my acceptance of various cultures for other staff members.

I accept suggestions for being more culturally sensitive fr

om my coworkers

.

Total number of

No

s

and Yes

e

s

*If you answered

No

to any of these questions, what do you need to do to be able t

o answer

Yes

within

the next few

weeks?

Chamberlain College of Nursing NR394 Transcultural Nursing

NR394 Transcultural_Nursing_Skills_Self-Assessment_Form.docx 03/21/2018 LMD 1

Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment Form

Please indicate (with an X) either Yes or No to the following questions related to your current

transcultural nursing skills.

Transcultural Nursing Skills Yes No

I make a concerted effort to pronounce my patients’ first and last names even when

they seem “strange” to me.

I realize that learning about different cultures is a life-long experience.

I understand the differences between interpreters and translators.

I step out of my comfort zone to assess, understand, and deal with my own

prejudices

I always demonstrate a caring attitude with all my patients regardless of the color of

their skin or their ethnic background.

Sometimes I take it personally when a patient from a different culture does not

understand my questions.

Rarely do I reflect on how my own identity impacts how my transcultural patients

perceive me.

Often I recognize that learning styles may be different, and I adapt my teaching

styles.

I consistently model my acceptance of various cultures for other staff members.

I accept suggestions for being more culturally sensitive from my coworkers.

Total number of Nos and Yeses

*If you answered No to any of these questions, what do you need to do to be able to answer Yes within

the next few weeks?