and Critique of a nursing theory/Madeline Leiningers Culture Care Theory of Diversity and Universality

Running Head : MADELINE LEININGER

Understanding Leininger 's Culture Care Theory of Diversity and Universality Understanding Leininger 's Culture Care Theory of Diversity and Universality / JULY 2002Madeleine Leininger 's Culture Care Diversity and Universality theory continues to be one of the oldest and broadest concepts to create understanding of varied and related cultures around the globe (Andrews and Boyle , 2002 . The theory has been a dominant way to discern basically unfamiliar information in the field of nursing and various areas in the medical field . It offered a modern approach to guarantee

ethnically capable , secure , and appropriate transcultural nursing practice . This has played a major role in the organization and progress of studies in transcultural nursing . In launching this new domain different qualities of an individual , personal opinions and customs were vital . It required innovative ideas , dedication , persistence , and management to confront various customary nursing beliefs and practices Undeniably , new information and structure were important for nurses to work in a rapidly changing number of cultures in the world . Awareness of the specific care for different cultures was notably deficient in nursing then and still is for some developing countries . Culturally congruent care was the essential objective of the theory (Leininger 2007 . The nurses must have full understanding of the cultures and a comprehensive , culturally-founded nursing care practice . The founder of the theory believed that care was the fundamental nature of nursing and has significance in cultural standpoint (Leininger , 2007 . Care was unfamiliar and insignificant in nursing then , and this reason became a trial to convince the nurses to take notice in the Culture Care theory as the therapeutic mind-body therapy (Leininger , 2007 . Furthermore , a lot of nurses held the belief that care was too soft , feminine , and nonscientific ' and culture was irrelevant and unnecessary (Andrews 2005 . Leininger 's determination and interest for the theory brought several nurses to uphold the idea

Culture Care theory openly concentrated on the intimate connections of culture and care on comfort , physical condition , sickness , and death (Leininger , 2007 . It was the only concept directed on the comparison of care in different societies and was foremost focused on determining the similarities and differences in care for certain cultures worldwide This was also the primary concept which centered on emic and etic culture care , information associated to universal view , social structure aspects , and history in different environmental areas (Leininger , 2007 .Purpose of the theory

The main purpose of the theory is to determine and expound on the diversity and universality of culture-base care aspects which have an impact on the wellbeing , health , sickness , or demise of a person . Its objective is to utilize results in studies to offer culturally congruent , secure , and significant care to patients of different or the same backgrounds . The three forms for congruent care , decision , and measures suggested in the theory were foreseen to lead to welfare and security , or to deal with sickness and death (Leininger , 2007

The theory was the ingenious product of autonomous philosophy , an intense understanding of a fast...