Cultural competence has been defined as:
*Developing an awareness of one’s own beliefs, sensations, and thoughts without letting it have an undue influence on those from other backgrounds.
*Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the client’s culture.
*Accepting and respecting cultural differences
*Adapting care to be congruent with the client’s culture (Mattson, 2000).
For nurses to practice transcultural nursing competently, their caring practices must be grounded in the knowledge base and science of transcultural nursing (Poss, 1999; Leuning et al., 2002). Transcultural nurses can make a tremendous contribution in this area in understanding the context of care (Boyle, 2000).