Professional nursing has affirmed the need to embed diversity, cultural competency, and cultural sensitivity throughout nursing practice. Nursing education also embraces these constructs. The January 2009 Reflections Dialogue column on the National League for Nursing (NLN) Web site states: Diversity is most commonly described as recognizing individual differences in the context of ethnicity and gender.... The NLN has expanded this definition, within its mission, goals, and core values, to include the development of a culture where individuals and institutions move beyond simple tolerance, where they embrace and celebrate the richness of debate and dialogue based on difference. (para. 1).
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