Transcultural Nursing Skills Self-Assessment
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?
| NR394 Transcultural_Nursing_Skills_Self-Assessment_Form.docx 03/21/2018 LMD | 1 |
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR
394
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
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?
