Nursing Curriculum

“Caring for patients in a globalized society requires nurses who understand how to treat individuals of disparate backgrounds and religious beliefs in order to influence safe and effective care. Tanenbaum in collaboration with CUSON developed a case-based curriculum we embedded in our specialty courses  to add an additional layer of understanding and empathy. The modules […]

This module will provide participants with basic skill sets and guidelines for effectively interacting with patients around the topic of religion and offer case study discussions and role play activities to reinforce this learning. Taking a Spiritual History – Introduction Religion/Cultural Groups: Islam Medical Issues: Gastric Cancer/Chemotherapy Trigger Topics: Acceptance of Drugs & Procedures Case Studies – Hygiene […]

This module will assist health care providers in beginning to understand the complex relationship between mental health and religion, so they can more readily identify both how religion influences a patient’s understanding of mental illness and how it impacts patients’ decision-making around treatment and management of their conditions. Religion/Cultural Groups: Buddhism, Judaism, Latter-day Saint Medical Issues: Bi-polar […]

This module outlines some of the important dimensions that impact health literacy and health disparities so that students are better equipped to identify and address communication and health care access barriers experienced by their patients. Religion/Cultural Groups: Islam Medical Issues: Gastric Cancer/Chemotherapy/Language Access Trigger Topics: Acceptance of Drugs & Procedures