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Tamatha E Arms, PhD, DNP, PMHNP-BC, NP-C Related seminars and products

University of North Carolina Wilmington

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Tamatha Arms, PhD, DNP, PMHNP-BC, NP-C, is an adult/geriatric and psych mental health nurse practitioner. She has 25 years of clinical experience and 9 years in academia where she teaches psychopharmacology. Her clinical expertise and research area of focus is on geropsychiatry.  

Tamatha has presented and published nationally and internationally to various interdisciplinary audiences on geropsychiatry. She is the author of more than 20 articles, 5 book chapters, of which 3 were invited, and she has co-authored a book. She is active in international nursing organizations (Sigma) as the North America Region 13 coordinator, and at the national level (the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association [GAPNA]), chair of the Geropsych SIG.

 

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Financial: Dr. Tamatha Arms is an Assistant Professor at The University of North Carolina Wilmington. She is a published author and receives royalties. Dr. Arms receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Tamatha Arms is a member of the Southern Nurse Research Society, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, GeroPsyche Focus group, Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association, American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the Sigma Theta Tau International Nu-Omega chapter.

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Objetivos

1. Evaluate Kleinman’s Explanatory Model for the care of culturally diverse patients. 
2. Differentiate the ways culture and ethnicity affect a patient’s response to healthcare providers. 
3. Apply the concepts of cultural humility when working with patients from diverse cultural groups. 

Esquema

• Ethnogeriatrics: Awareness of unique healthcare needs for diverse ethnic backgrounds 
• Pentad of culture 
• Acculturation: Demographics of older adults 
• Impact of culturally competent care 
• Kleinman’s Explanatory Model: Application to culturally competent care 
• Cultural humility 
• Ways culture affects healthcare: Beliefs and principles, meaning placed on values, actions and responses driven by values 
• Religious beliefs 
• Family network and support: Patriarchal vs. matriarchal structure 
• Respect for authority 
• Traditional foods and healing practices 
• Cultural taboos 
• End of life care decisions 
• Use of interpreters 

Público objetivo

• Enfermeras
• Enfermeras especializadas
• Especialistas en enfermería clínica
• Asistentes médicos
• Médicos
• Fisioterapeutas
• Fisioterapeutas auxiliares
• Terapeutas ocupacionales
• Auxiliares de terapia ocupacional
• Speech Language Pathologists
• Trabajadores sociales
• Administradores de residencias de ancianos