Transcultural Advocacy and Policy in the Workplace: Implications for Nurses in Professional Development

This article introduces the role of nursing professional development specialists in serving as a resource for both patient and staff advocacy regarding cultural and linguistic matters. The impact of changing demographics, support for civil rights, and established policy related to culture and linguistics is emphasized. An overview of policy at local, state, and national levels is suggested to promote nursing professional development in the interest of culturally and linguistically compliant nursing practice.

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Martin, Mary Brigid PhD, CTN-A, FNP-BC, RN-BC

Journal for Nurses in Professional Development:

January/February 2014 - Volume 30 - Issue 1 - p 29–33

doi: 10.1097/NND.0000000000000027

 

Concordance: a concept analysis

Adherence-based medicines interventions are known to be of limited success. Concordance appears to offer an alternative approach consistent with person-centred approaches to decision-making. However, the application of the principle of concordance appears inconsistent. This article considers the extent to which any of this confusion may be a function of the different usage of the term concordance in the disciplines of nursing, general medicine, psychiatry and pharmacy.

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1. Austyn Snowden BSc PhD RMN Reader in Mental Health^*,
2. Colin Martin BSc PhD RN Professor, Chair in Mental Health,
3. Billy Mathers EdD RMN Lecturer in Mental Health,
4. Allan Donnell MSc RMN Senior Lecturer in Mental Health

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volume 70, Issue 1, pages 46–59, January 2014