Attitudes and Perceptions of Hispanic Patients and Health Care Providers in the Treatment of Hispanic Patients: A Review of the Literature

Cultural competency of nursing faculty teaching in baccalaureate nursing programs in the United States

“…Studies have found that nurse educators with higher levels of cultural competence were more likely improve student's awareness of culturally diverse skills and tasks and to feel more comfortable providing nursing care to clients from diverse cultural backgrounds. [5][6][7]20,21 A number of studies, however, have reported different findings. For example, a study by Sealey at el., measured the cultural competence level of nursing faculty in Louisiana and found that participants fell below expectations to teach and care for individuals from diverse backgrounds.…”

Hispanic Parents' Perspective on Early PACU Visitation

“…52 Before the study, the PACU nursing staff voiced their concerns that Hispanic parents might be more anxious and could be disruptive in the PACU. However, the trait anxiety of Hispanics in this sample was below the average that Speilberger found in working adults with no interfering behaviors occurring in the PACU.…”

The Case for Studying Cultural Competence from the Perspective of the Hispanic Immigrant Patient: A State of the Science

“…The studies included two case studies (Barone, 2010;Derose, 2000), ten qualitative studies using interviews or focus groups (Bergmark, Barr, & Garcia, 2010;Carbone, Rosal, Torres, Goins, & Bermudez, 2007;Clark & Redman, 2007;Collins, Villagran, & Sparks, 2008;Cristancho, Garces, Peters, & Mueller, 2008;Frazier, Garces, Scarinci, & Marsh-Tootle, 2009;Harari, Davis, & Heisler, 2008;Keller, 2008;Nailon, 2004;Warda, 2000); a descriptive correlational study (Castro & Ruiz, 2009); three reviews of the literature (Cooper & Ballard, 2011;Mayo, Sherrill, Sundareswaran, & Crew, 2007;Padilla & Villalobos, 2007); five studies using survey data (Gonzalez, Vega, & Tarraf, 2010;Johnson, Saha, Arbelaez, Beach & Cooper, 2004;Riffe, Turner, & Rojas-Guyler, 2008;Sorkin, NgoMetzger, & DeAlba, 2010;Wallace, DeVoe, Rogers, Protheroe, Rowlands, & Fryer, 2009), and a mixed methods study (Lassetter & Baldwin, 2004) While the majority of the selected studies focused on the patient's perspective, only a few studied cultural competence as a whole (Barone, 2010;Carbone, Rosal, Torres, Goins, & Bermudez, 2007;Nailon, 2004). The majority of studies focused on investigating aspects affecting cultural competence including themes such as barriers to health care (Bergmark, Barr, & Garcia, 2010;Collins, Villagran, & Sparks, 2008;Cristancho, Garces, Peters, & Mueller, 2008;Derose, 2000;Frazier, Garces, Scarinci, & MarshTootle, 2009;Harari, Davis, & Heisler, 2008;…”

“…Culturally competent health care for the Hispanic patient is often facilitated by community leaders or contacts working as cultural brokers (Barone, 2010;Harari, Davis, & Heisler, 2008;Padilla & Villalobos, 2007). It is also very important that family members be included in health care encounters as they provide a large measure of support to patients (Bergmark, Barr, & Garcia, 2010;Carbone, Rosal, Torres, Goins, & Bermudez, 2007;Lassetter & Baldwin, 2004;Mayo, Sherrill, & Sundareswaran, & Crew, 2007;Nailon, 2004;Riffe, Turner, & Rojas-Guyler, 2008;Warda, 2000). Derose (2000) found in a study to determine the barriers to access Latina patients face and what they do to overcome the obstacles, that English speaking family or community members are heavily relied upon for even gaining entry into the health care system.…”

“…Many Hispanic immigrants will use home remedies prior to accessing traditional care (Frazier, Garces, Scarinci, & MarshTootle, 2009;Harari, Davis, & Heisler, 2008;Mayo, Sherrill, Sundareswaran, & Crew, 2007). If they are able, some will even return to Mexico (if that is where they are from) to get medicines stating that medicines from Mexico work better and are cheaper (Bergmark, Barr, & Garcia, 2010).…”