NURS 3130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Stereotype, Patient Participation, American Nurses Association
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Nurse and client often come from different cultural background and may not recognize or understand their differences. Nurses must be able to provide culturally competent care. Recent changes in immigration laws have increased migration to the u. s: 1965 amendment of the immigration and nationality act, refugee act of 1980, 1986 immigration reform and control. Come to u. s. for religious and political freedom and for economic opportunities. Immigration and the laws that pertain to it have become increasingly controversial in recent years. People in the united states are ambivalent in their attitudes and policies about immigrants. There is also some misunderstanding about what distinguishes an immigrant. Some states are passing laws to reduce the number of illegal immigrants who work in their state. Legal immigrant: not a citizen but allowed to both live and work in the u. s. also known as lawful permanent residents.
