TOPIC.The theory and process of developing bilingual assessment tools based on Gordon's 11 functional health patterns.
PURPOSE.To facilitate assessing the individual, family, and community in a student clinical practicum in a Spanish-speaking country.
SOURCES.Multiple family and community health promotion theories; translation theories, Gordon's Manual of Nursing Diagnosis (1982); translation/back-translation involving Ecuadorian faculty and students; student community assessments; faculty and staff workshops in Ecuador.
CONCLUSIONS.Bilingual, culturally sensitive health assessment tools facilitate history taking, establish nursing diagnoses and interventions, and promote mutual learning. These outcomes demonstrate potential application to other systems in the international nursing community.
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