Nurse Practitioner Students' Perceptions on Delivering Culturally Congruent Care to Vulnerable Mexican Immigrants: A Qualitative Study.

Increasingly, nurse practitioners serve as vanguards in providing primary health care to vulnerable Mexican immigrants. The aims of this study were to explore the lived experiences of nurse practitioner students in caring for Mexican immigrant patients and to capture their meaning of cultural influe...

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Published in:Hispanic Health Care International (Sage Publications Inc.) Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 56 - 66
Main Authors: Eanes, Linda S., Huerta, Carolina, Fuentes, Lilia Azeneth, Bautista, Beatriz
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Mar2022
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          Eanes, Linda S.
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          Bautista, Beatriz
        affil: 12331The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, USA
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          Student Attitudes Evaluation
          Student Experiences Evaluation
          Students, Nursing, Graduate
          Transcultural Nursing
          Immigrants Texas
          Mexico Ethnology
          Special Populations
          Human
          Qualitative Studies
          Purposive Sample
          Male
          Female
          Exploratory Research
          Texas
          Schools, Nursing
          Semi-Structured Interview
          Interview Guides
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          Descriptive Statistics
          Cultural Diversity
          Poverty
          Communication
          Language
          Family Centered Care
          Eating Behavior
          Food Preferences
          Help Seeking Behavior
          Audiorecording
          Prospective Studies
          Focus Groups
          Thematic Analysis
          Attitude to Health
          Body Weight
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      ab: Increasingly, nurse practitioners serve as vanguards in providing primary health care to vulnerable Mexican immigrants. The aims of this study were to explore the lived experiences of nurse practitioner students in caring for Mexican immigrant patients and to capture their meaning of cultural influences deemed essential to the delivery of culturally congruent care. An exploratory descriptive design was employed. Purposive sampling was used to select 17 nurse practitioner students who volunteered to complete a semistructured face-to-face audio-taped interview and follow-up focus group discussion. Constant comparison was utilized to analyze data. From this process, four distinct themes emerged: Culturally congruent care extends beyond race and ethnicity, understands the importance of therapeutic communication, accepts complementary and alternative medical modalities, and recognizes the importance of eating patterns, food choices, and perceptions of ideal weight and health. These findings build on our understanding of key evidence–based cultural beliefs and practices that are important in delivering culturally congruent care to this subgroup.
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