Enfermería transcultural, elemento vital de seguridad del paciente

Abstract

The care that identifies us in Transcultural Nursing is a reciprocal, interactive and integral care, in which the transcendent experiences are comprehended by the interaction among people, their feelings, their thoughts and expressions.

Reciprocal interaction is a gathering of different human beings, in which they share their own wisdoms and mentalities. The patient completely offers his knowledge, observations and perceptions, conscious that he is a capable and vulnerable individual. The healthcare environment must enhance priority, modesty and the uniqueness of each patients, who is recognized as the subject of transcultural interaction.

Thanks to the authentic activities that nurses take on: knowledge, reflection, health care techniques and special moments of those duties, it is possible to reach an interaction. In this interaction the patient offers his trust. as well as his interest in that he is restructures and restored as a person worthy of support, consideration, respect and affection.