Culture care is the synthesis of two major constructs which guides the researcher to discover, explain and account for health, wellbeing, care expressions and other
human conditions (Leininger & McFarland, 2002). The theory has become meaningful as a guide to nurses’ thinking, practice and research. This process of envisioning and reconceptualizing care is the essence of nursing. The theorist postulates that human care is what makes people human rights, gives dignity to humans, and inspires people to get well and to help others and further predicts there can be no curing without caring but caring can exist without curing (Leininger & McFarland, 2002).
Leininger (2002) claims that culture is the broadest most comprehensive holistic and universal feature of human beings and care is predicted to be embedded in culture. Both need to be understood to discover clients’ care needs. Caring is hold as the action mode to help people of diverse cultures while care is the phenomenon to be understood and to guide actions and decisions to health care providers. Culture and care together are predicted to be powerful theoretical constructs essential to human health, wellbeing, and survival. In depth knowledge of the specific cultural care values, beliefs and life ways of human beings within life’s experiences is the important way to unlock a wealth of new knowledge for nursing and health practices (Leininger & McFarland, 2002).