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On Tuesday, September 14, NYAM kicked off its fall series of events with the Author Night Book Talk featuring NYAM Fellow Marianne R. Jeffreys, EdD, RN, author of Teaching Cultural Competence in Nursing and Health Care. More than 60 health care professionals gathered in the main reading room of the library to hear Dr. Jeffreys describe her research and analysis of cultural competence–the ability of health care professionals to understand their own world views and those of the patient, while avoiding stereotyping and misapplication of scientific knowledge.
Dr. Jeffreys said one of the biggest challenges facing health care professionals today is effective communication with their patients. She explained that cultural competence is a critical element to providing the best health care for patients. Understanding a patient's cultural values and beliefs will help health care professionals to develop customized, culturally specific care plans and to guide patients in making the most appropriate decisions about their health, she said.
"I wanted to write this book in large part to provide a resource for health care professionals to learn and teach about cultural competence–an outgrowth of my dissertation at Teachers College, Columbia University," Dr. Jeffreys said. The book and accompanying Cultural Competence Education Resource Toolkit. contain strategies for immediate application, a model, assessment tools, questionnaires, and real-life scenarios to assist readers in their journey towards developing optimal cultural competence in themselves and in others.
Dr. Marianne R. Jeffreys' grant-funded research, consultations, publications, and professional presentations encompass the topics of cultural competence, nontraditional students, student retention and achievement, self-efficacy, teaching, curriculum, and psychometrics. The first edition of her book, Teaching Cultural Competence in Nursing and Health Care: Inquiry, Action, and Innovation, received the AJN Book of the Year Award; she is also author of Nursing Student Retention: Understanding the Process and Making a Difference. Her conceptual models and questionnaires have been requested worldwide and in various disciplines. She is currently a professor of nursing at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate College and at CUNY College of Staten Island.
Dr. Jeffreys received a BS in nursing from the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh and an MA, MEd, and EdD in nursing education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has been inducted into the Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society in Nursing, Transcultural Nursing Society Scholars, and Teachers College NEAA Hall of Fame and is a Fellow of The New York Academy of Medicine. Her awards include the international Leininger Award for Excellence in Transcultural Nursing, Teachers College - Columbia University's Award for Scholarship and Research, and the Mu Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Excellence in Professional Nursing Award. She was named Consultant of the Month (December 2007) by the National Center for Cultural Competence.
To purchase a copy of her book, Teaching Cultural Competence in Nursing and Health Care, please visit the publisher's website at http://www.springerpub.com/product/9780826117878.
To contact Dr. Jeffreys, please visit her website at http://www.mariannejeffreys.com.
Posted on September 16, 2010
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