Aspects of Care

Purnell's Model states that there are many factors that contribute to being culturally competent in caring for others. Many aspects of nursing care describe a nurse providing culturally competent care including avoiding judgment, providing respect, and adapting care to fit the patient (Purnell, 2015). Nurses must always accept the responsibility to learn about cultural characteristics and apply these considerations to their practice. In order to develop cultural competence as a way of practice, nurses must be open to a continual process of learning and adapting (Purnell, 2015).