Providing psychiatric-mental health care for Native Americans: lessons learned by a non-Native American PMHNP |
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Authors: | Barnard Amy G |
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Institution: | School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003-9304, USA. barnard@nursing.umass.edu |
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Abstract: | Providing culturally sensitive psychiatric-mental health nursing care to Native Americans requires a unique set of understandings. Traditional tribal customs and beliefs, historical events of the past 500 years, and acculturation and enculturation have affected Native Americans' health and well-being. In 2004, I had the opportunity to practice as a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner with a Native American tribe in the southwestern United States. This article describes the lessons I learned while practicing on the reservation and suggests ways other non-Native American practitioners can best serve this population. |
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