A Cultural Humility Approach to Inclusive and Equitable Nursing Care

Linda Johanson; Patti P Urso; Mary A Bemker; Debra Sullivan

doi:10.1016/j.cnur.2023.11.008

A Cultural Humility Approach to Inclusive and Equitable Nursing Care

Nurs Clin North Am. 2024 Mar;59(1):97-108. doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2023.11.008. Epub 2023 Nov 20.

Authors

Linda Johanson¹, Patti P Urso², Mary A Bemker², Debra Sullivan³

Affiliations

¹ Walden University, College of Nursing, 100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 1210, Minneapolis, MN 55401, USA.
² Walden University College of Nursing, 100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 900, Minneapolis, MN 55401, USA.
³ Walden University College of Nursing, 100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 900, Minneapolis, MN 55401, USA. Electronic address: debra.sullivan@mail.waldenu.edu.

PMID: 38272586
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2023.11.008

Abstract

The nursing workforce does not represent the diversity of patients in their care. Nursing students historically have been taught cultural competence, with a core value for diversity, equity, and inclusion, but health inequities remain a problem. Cultural humility goes beyond cultural competency, offering nurses a perpetual learning role from the individual patients in their care. The concept of cultural humility also offers bedside nurses a way to overcome implicit and explicit bias through self-awareness and active listening, but it may not be well understood.

Keywords: Cultural competence; Cultural humility; Nursing care; Nursing education; Nursing health care delivery.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bias
Cultural Competency*
Humans
Students, Nursing*