The Greek Connection: A model for a transcultural study abroad experience SDNA Annual Convention October 4th, 2015 Sioux Falls, SD Presentation Objectives 1.Leininger's Theory of Culture Care and the Sunrise Enabler 2.A Transcultural Study Abroad Experience - The Greek Connection 3.Greek Contributions to health and healing, contrasting ancient and modern health practices 4.Our personal journey as members of the "global community.” Presentation Objectives 1.Leininger's Theory of Culture Care and the Sunrise Enabler 2.A Transcultural Study Abroad Experience - The Greek Connection 3.Greek Contributions to health and healing, contrasting ancient and modern health practices 4.Our personal journey as members of the "global community.”

“By the year 2010, I predict that all nurses will need to be knowledgeable and culturally competent to work with people of diverse cultures” (Leininger, 1997) Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality

The learned, shared and transmitted values, beliefs, norms and lifeways of a designated or particular group which are generally transmitted intergenerationally and influences one’s thinking and action modes. (Leininger, 1990) Culture

To discover, document, interpret and explain the predicted and multiple factors influencing and explaining care from a cultural holistic perspective. Central Purpose of the Theory

There are differences and similarities in transcultural care knowledge and practices that can be discovered which will lead to the establishment of a body of relevant transcultural nursing knowledge as a guide to nursing practice. (Leininger, 1997) Major Premise of the Theory

I traveled through Greece and gradually I began to see with my eyes And Touch with my hands Something that abstract thought cannot touch or see: The means by which strength and grace combine. Whoever journeys in Greece And has eyes to see with And A mind to think with, Journeys in an unbroken magical unity From one spiritual victory to another. In Greece a person confirms the fact That Spirit is the continuation and flower of matter And myth the simple, composite expression Of the most positive reality. (N. Kazantzakis, Report to Greco, 1965)

A Model for Teaching and Research: Depicting Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care in Ancient and Modern Greece Muriel Larson, MA, RN Assistant Professor of Nursing, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD Muriel Larson, MA, RN Assistant Professor of Nursing, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD

The Greek Connection: Embracing Transcultural Caring in Ancient and Modern Greece  Identify specific historical contributions to health and healing through the Greek Connection  Compare and contrast modern and ancient health care practices in Greece with those of the United States.  Apply Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care and the Sunrise Enabler as seen in a cultural immersion experience  Gain an appreciation for the heritage that the ancient Greeks left to the Western World.  Reflect on one’s own personal journey as a member of the global community.  Identify specific historical contributions to health and healing through the Greek Connection  Compare and contrast modern and ancient health care practices in Greece with those of the United States.  Apply Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care and the Sunrise Enabler as seen in a cultural immersion experience  Gain an appreciation for the heritage that the ancient Greeks left to the Western World.  Reflect on one’s own personal journey as a member of the global community.

The Greek Connection  Orientation  Introductions  Expectations  Concerns  Interaction  Interviews  In route and on site  Article presentations  Groups selected by instructors  Group Sunrise presentations  Groups self selected  “Everything is Everything”

JOURNALING AND PRESENTATIONS “EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING”

“ Let the sun rise figuratively means to have nurses open their minds in order to discover many different factors influencing care ” (Leininger, 1997)

The “Global Community” Friends and Partners in Greece

“You may not believe that one person’s caring can change the world, but that is all that ever has.” - Margaret Mead “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou “There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.” - Edward Markham “You may not believe that one person’s caring can change the world, but that is all that ever has.” - Margaret Mead “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou “There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.” - Edward Markham

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