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Culturally competent nursing is essential in modern healthcare. It is because people rate the quality of healthcare based on their beliefs and preferences. In childbearing, nurses should apply a transcultural perspective because cultural beliefs and preferences may interfere with the quality of both prenatal and postpartum care. Considering the case of a single woman who has conceived by sperm donation from an unknown person, the nurse must practice transcultural nursing to ensure that the woman is contented with the care. As a nurse, I would focus on the following issues when providing prenatal care. First, the woman lacks sufficient companion because her society may be against the step she took. Therefore, I would make sure that I maintain interpersonal interaction with the woman in order to develop trust and make her feel that she is not alone (Jones, Lattof, & Coast, 2017). Secondly, the woman has no one to assist her because she does not have a husband. Therefore, as a nurse, I would send her regular messages to enquire about her whereabouts and to remind her about prenatal clinical visits. When developing a birth plan, I would respect her decisions and avoid asking whether she would want her husband to be present during birth.(425words)