Apr 15, 2026  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalog-June 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalog-June [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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NUR 3000 - Transcultural and Family Dynamics in Healthcare (PBEL)

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
In this course students examine the significance of family, as described by the client, and cultural influences on one’s perception of health and wellness, use of health-related resources, and selection of appropriate interventions. The concepts of cultural competence and cultural humility are explored. Students reflect on implicit and explicit personal biases and examine the impact of bias on establishing a therapeutic relationship and the provision of quality and effective care. A key focus of this course is recognizing the importance of partnering with the client as “expert” related to family and/or cultural care needs and preferences. Students explore means to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion among healthcare providers and within healthcare organizations.
Prereq: NUR 1000  (quarter system prereq: NU 2000)
Note: None
This course meets the following Raider Core CLO Requirement: Integrate Learning
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Identify culturally appropriate and linguistically responsive variations in history-taking, assessment, and intervention strategies that promote health and well-being (Person-Centered Care)
  • Examine cultural variations in key lifespan events including birth, child rearing and family structures, illness, end-of life care, and death (Person-Centered Care)
  • Reflect on heterogeneous health care practices within various culture groups (Person-Centered Care)
  • Compare the concepts of cultural competence and cultural humility (Clinical Judgment)
  • Incorporate cultural sensitivity and effective communication skills when interacting with clients, families, and the health care team (Communication)
  • Appraise current issues where implicit and or explicit biases can impact the nurse-client relationship and experience of care (Professional Role)
  • Advocate for practices that advance cultural sensitivity, diversity, equity, and inclusion across populations (Population Health)
  • Articulate a cultural or family related real-world problem and seek to create value through partnership with identified stakeholders (Population Health)
  • Collaborate with client to identify unique family structures and/or roles (Collaboration)
  • Integrate evidence-based practice and application of theoretical frameworks in providing culturally competent care (Evidence Based Practice)

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None

Course Topics
  • Culture humility and culture competence
  • Cultural diversity and inclusion in health care
  • Explicit and implicit bias
  • Cultural diversity of Southeast WI
  • 21st century culturally competent care
  • Theoretical frameworks in transcultural nursing and family nursing
  • Ethical decision-making considering cultural competence
  • Pain experience across cultures
  • Death and dying across cultures
  • Ethnopharmacology
  • Select populations: Hispanic, Hmong, Muslim, Judaism, immigrant, refuges, sensory impaired, or based on student request
  • Cultural competency in physical assessment
  • Culturally sensitive communication strategies
  • Cultural competence in working with families
  • Cultural competence in working with the healthcare team
  • Family structure, function, current demographics
  • Families during childbearing and child rearing periods
  • Families with middle to older adults
  • Conducting family home visit
  • Family assessment and analysis of data
  • Impact of hospitalization on families
  • Family response and family caregiving related to chronic illness
  • MSOE project-based experiential learning

Coordinator
Dr. Aruna Lal



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