Abstract

The purpose of this ethnonursing research study was to discover the care expressions, patterns, and practices of nursing faculty related to teaching culture care within the environmental context of urban and rural baccalaureate nursing programs in the Southeastern United States. The goal of the study was to discover faculty caring that facilitated teaching nursing students to provide culturally congruent and competent care. Four major themes with universal and diverse patterns which supported the themes were discovered. The themes were faculty care as embedded in Christian religious values, beliefs, and practices; faculty teaching culture care without an organizing conceptual framework; faculty providing generic and professional care to nursing students; and care as essential for faculty health and well being to teach culture care. Discoveries regarding nursing actions and decisions for teaching culture care conceptualized with Leininger's three modes and two newly discovered care constructs, care as mentoring and Christian care are presented. This study was a unique application of the culture care theory which further supported and substantiated Leininger's work. Qualitative research findings contributed to the practice of nursing through understanding the complex nature of teaching culture care and to the discipline of nursing through building the body of transcultural nursing education knowledge.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3322459; ProQuest document ID: 304539960. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Sandra J. Mixer, PhD, RN, CTN-A

Sigma Membership

Gamma Chi

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Other

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Cultural Competence, Nursing Education, Patient Care

Advisor

Debra Leners

Second Advisor

Marilyn R. McFarland

Third Advisor

Margaret M. Andrews

Fourth Advisor

Linda Lohr

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

University of Northern Colorado

Degree Year

2008

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2023-07-05

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