What are the elements of culturally sensitive teaching guidelines?
Culturally sensitive teaching begins with an assessment of the family’s English fluency, extent of family support, access to community resources, level of education, and social status since arriving in the United States. Additionally, the nurse should access client strengths, include informal caregivers, assess the client’s present knowledge, and ascertain the client’s perception of learning needs. While delivering health education, the nurse should observe family roles and include the dominant family member in teaching, use language understood by the client (with an interpreter if necessary), avoid medical jargon, and clarify verbal and nonverbal messages with the client.
