Multicultural considerations for the advanced practice nurse anesthetist in the preoperative teaching area

This article investigates the effects of multiculturism and diversity on the ability of the preoperative certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) educator to convey effective information to the culturally diverse surgical patient. It looks at the importance of preoperative instruction across all populations in relation to hospital length of stay, need for postoperative pain medication, ambulation, and postoperative urinary retention. The article extrapolates these data to the culturally diverse population and gives a concrete plan of care for the advanced practice CRNA to modify teaching methods to facilitate the teaching-learning encounter in the culturally diverse population.