The Peyote Way: Implications for Culture Care Theory

Abstract

The development and provision of culturally sensitive and meaningful nursing care is a challenging yet essential element in our rapidly changing health care environment. This article describes the use of the theory of Culture Care to assess, understand, and plan care for an aphasic Navajo man who followed very traditional ways. It is an example of how nursing praxis can be applied to a clinical setting. A description of a Navajo peyote ceremony serves to illustrate the importance of incorporating traditional healing practices into nursing and collaborative care for individuals from diverse culture backgrounds. It also describes how the participation in the Native American Church benefitted the client and his family. By using the Culture Care theory, the authors were able to make predictions about the influences of a culture specific expression, the peyote ceremony, had on the client's care.

Communication disorders after stroke in Aboriginal Australians

“…Another article discussing rehabilitation services across Australia briefly describes an Aboriginal man with global aphasia and associated difficulties particularly related to the fact that he did not speak English and there was no available interpreter who could communicate with him in his Aboriginal language [7]. A similar situation exists internationally, with two studies focused on ACD in the Maori population in New Zealand [8,9], and a US case study describing a Native American's experience of aphasia [10]. The recent studies from New Zealand report a similar lack of information available on Maori with aphasia after stroke as in the Aboriginal Australian context [8].…”

A Comparison of Traditional Folk Healing Concepts With Contemporary Healing Concepts

“…Natural illness is attributed to either not following the laws of nature or not maintaining harmony in one's life (Giger & Davidhizar, 1991). Native Americans perceive nature as having great power and believe that by touching certain animals, eating certain game, or Wing being insensitive to environmental changes they invoke illness (Carmody & Carmody, 1993;Huttlinger & Tanner, 1994;. Southeast Asians attribute natural illness to an imbalance or obstruction of Chi, which is energy (Lin, Inui, Kleinman & Womack, 1982), whereas Afro-Caribbean people believe that natural illness results from defying laws of nature (Campinha-Bacote, 1992;Schwartz, 1985).…”

Concept Analysis of Diné Hózhó

“…Leininger 6,7 introduced the culture care theory to advance transcultural nursing knowledge and practice. 4,[15][16][17] Within the discipline of nursing, the concept of Hózhó has neither been elucidated nor been developed as a model or theory for nursing practice. 6,7 Nurses providing care to the Diné will develop proficiency, insight, and a richer understanding of the expansive Diné wellness concept of Hózhó.…”