c11 I\ I,l. 'l{NOI~!-{ ANI> CUH/\'1'1 VE Ol'l'ION ~i 11-x11<irll Bu/Cl1111p1t P1u·n 11111h1111 1m of Epicl,,ull r,logll' Appmill'l1 lo c;111. 1 or l'op11l11tlu11 Clro11pll ' Work<iro11p Apprno rh to H11lin11rl: E111pow1 :l'l11. \ l'lc-nllnl of Pop1il11tl(l11 Cl'C)Up il V. JCJX,11L"I(/ Compc·kll<~ I on l)j,-;t L'll Lr l'n!Vt111ion, Mltlw11l1111, l'r<·p111l:d1w11ii 1111<I lfoli<f ltc NJion N" j11dudin1-t IHsk J\!l Sl'l'ISll WIII 1111d Mullidi Nc. i Jili,,. ' M II '',.,.,. 1,11y ftllngc11wn1 SI nc h·~lt H,,, Cll Slll'C Ile very O. ~ 1111. :livt'. Uc:,p.. lll S(]. ~ tu the Nhorl, rm... fiuni., 1. 11ul 10111-t-tcrrn hcnll h uccrls 1111t1 prolil(:nis <if clisns1cr-Nlrick1~11 po1111lutions. Promoting Equity of Acct:ss to needed l'lc:nllh und Social Services Specially of Women and Marginaliz ed Group,-, who a~c pnrticularly ill­ prepared un<l have <. Hfliculty surviving an<l rccovcrmi;; from disaster due to discrimination (ICN 2006). Use of"Human Becoming'" Approach to he. Ip clients hantllc polarilie · !r~nsition s a1;1d traj;ctories based on undcrst:mding t11e meaning ir Lived Experiences· : » The Silent Voice of Marginalized Groups " Older Clients: The Journey from tl1e Feeling of Uselessness to Enhancement of a Force of Character " Adolescence: The Trajectory from Childhood to Adulthood The Culturally Diverse Nursing Clients experienc. ing tran. sitions within such cultural phenomena as communication and. langua"'e affecting nurse-client interaction and ability to understand, express or respond to health and illness realities; effect of spatial behavior. use and control of interpersonal space; ethnic and kinship background affecting hea Jth beliefs, values and norms; and use of and response to time as pattern and orientation that relate to social processes, the conceptualization and ordering of social life (social time) and clock time directing regularity-in life (Clemen-Stone and others 2002: 259). · REFERENCES 1. Clemen-Stone, $., Mc Guire, S. L. and Eigsti, D. G. (2002). Comprehensive Community Health Nursfng: Family, Aggregate and Community Practice. St. Louis: Mosby. 2. International Council of Nurses (ICN). (2006). Position Statement on Nurses and Disaster Preparednes ·s. Geneva: ICN. 3 Kim, H. S. (2000). An Integrativ e Framework for Conceptualizing Clients: A p,-oposalfor a Nursing Perspectiue in the New Cen. tury. Nursing Science Quarterly, 13 (1. ), 37-44. -