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A Cultural Simulation for School Nurses: Do You Provide Culturally Sensitive Nursing Care? Laurie Combe BSN, MN, RN Maria A Mafla DDS, MEd. Bafá Bafá Game Goals. This experience is intended to: 1. Explore one’s own personal cultural attitudes.
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A Cultural Simulation for School Nurses: Do You Provide Culturally Sensitive Nursing Care? Laurie Combe BSN, MN, RN Maria A Mafla DDS, MEd.
BafáBafá Game Goals This experience is intended to: 1. Explore one’s own personal cultural attitudes. 2. Discuss the impact of individual culture on interpersonal interactions. 3. Discuss the impact of individual culture on professional nursing judgment.
BafáBafá Game Goals 4. Evaluate nursing interventions based on the needs of culturally diverse student populations. 5. Interpret family cues that will enhance the effectiveness of individualized health care plan.
Dynamic • Divide in two cultures. • Learn and practice your new culture. • Select an observer. • Exchange an observer. • Report of observer. • Exchange of visitors. • Report of each exchange of visitors. • End of simulations. • Discuss and analyze the experience.
BAFA- BAFA GAME Discussion
Bafá Bafá GameLarge Group- Data gathering • Words that describe Alphans/Betans • Visiting Alphans/Betans felt…
Bafá Bafá GameSmall Group- The Rules • Betans ask questions of Alpha about their rules. • Alphans ask questions of Beta about their rules.
Bafá Bafá GameLarge Group • Which questions were the most effective? • Which questions made you feel good? • Which questions didn’t offend?
Bafá- Bafá GameLarge Group-Coping • Identify coping strategies that are likely to be effective when living or visiting another culture.
Bafá Bafá GameLarge Group- Assumptions How can a person ensure that he/she is making correct assumptions about another culture?
How to ask questions • Ask questions: Best questions are open-ended, non-judgmental questions. • Best questions: “Can you tell me more about…?” • Bad questions: Those designed to discount, humiliate or embarrass the other person. • Avoid ineffective questions: they are harmless but do not provide information.
Cultural Differences Handout with tables.
Gestures In Different Cultures • Handout
Promoting and Integrating Cultural Identity • The Four Stages of Acculturation: • Assimilation • Separation • Marginalization • Integration
How can we understand other cultures? • Do not make assumptions • No preconceptions- Open mind • Find about other cultures from reliable sources • Acknowledge your feelings when visiting other cultures (surprise, disappointment, fear) • No Stereotyping-Take the time to know people as individuals • Ask questions: Best questions are open-ended, non-judgmental questions. “Can you tell me more about…?”
Handouts Religions of the World Useful Links Books