learned rather than genetically inherited. Culture affects people’s perception of health and illness. In this post‚ I will define cultural diversity. As well as identify some benefits of a diverse workforce and barriers to diversity in the nursing profession. Furthermore‚ I will describe how my own diverse cultural background affects the nursing care I provide. Cultural diversity is when differences in race‚ ethnicity‚ language‚ nationality‚ and religion are represented within a community (Andrews & Boyle
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Managing a wide range of cultural diversity in the Australian workplace impossible. We are now in the 21st century and immigrants are entering Australia in greater numbers than they did a decade ago. Nearly double‚ 70‚200 in 1999–00 to 168‚685 in 2010–11 (Australian Bureau of Statistics.)[4] The workforce demographics have indeed changed and a reflection of these changes are occurring in the workforce. Cultural misunderstandings and language barriers are enormous obstacles to overcome for effective
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Intergenerational Diversity Challenges and Conflicts in the Workplace Today’s American workforce is unique. Never before has there been a workplace so diverse in so many ways: Race‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ and generational differences exist to a greater extent than ever before. As the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (2004) study reported‚ large corporations could lose between two and four percent bottom line productivity due to generational differences and miscommunication in
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which groups and individuals combine to get things done. It is manifested in the folkways‚ mores‚ and the ideology to which members differ‚ as well as the strategic choices made by the organisation as a whole” (Eldridge and Crombie‚ 1974 p. 89). The cultural aspect within most mergers and acquisitions has been an area that has been overlooked. There has been estimations and evidence that the failure rate for Mergers and Acquisitions is greater that 50%‚ and this evidence also suggests that a lack of
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In this time period America faced a lot with the wars. Some of our states were being targeted by British Soldiers in the war. In 1780 the patriots from America tried to push the British soldiers out of our country. The American soldiers were to tired and hungry to fight anymore. Most of the soldiers tried to escape‚ but couldn’t. According to General Nathanael Greene‚ he had never witnessed such scenes before in his life. General Greene was very discouraged when he arrived to the scene. America finally
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There are several problems that Blue Nile needs to deal with if they wish to remain on top such as: ❖ One of the major problem with web based marketing is maintaining and driving consumer toward the website which will pose blue Nile’s major challenge going into the 21st century so how to attract new consumers. ❖ How should Blue Nile Inc increase consumer awareness and confidence purchasing high value luxury jewelry online? ❖ Blue Nile has very little presence outside of the United
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CULTURAL DIVERSITY In the nursing field there are many cultural diversity issues. The issues with culture in nursing is that there will be patients that have different cultural beliefs and practices from one another. For this reason the nurse must keep this in mind and is taught how to behave‚ react‚ and respond to different cultures before entering and during his or her nursing career. The nurse must honor and respect all cultural differences as well as maintain equal and professional care for
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As with any other industry‚ the Pharmaceutical companies too face a multitude of challenges. While not all of these challenges are factors for each and every company certainly each organization face a few of these. These challenges include: * an acute shortage of domain expert skills * challenges in recruiting‚ training * retaining and managing knowledgeable associates in a context of contractors vs permanent staff.. * pressure from external market factors and internal pressure
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communication‚ and technological aspects‚ leads one to address the concept of cultural diversity or multiculturalism. Cultural diversity in the health-care system touches lives of many Americans in one way or another. No matter what our own cultural background is‚ when we go receive medical care‚ we may encounter a care giver who comes from a different cultural background than ours(Naylor 1997‚291).. In the concept of cultural diversity‚ it can be recognized that two terms are equally important. The first
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competent for the reason that one will encounter clients with diverse backgrounds from his or her own. A client may be different due to their race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ or any other factor. However‚ the social worker’s purpose is to enhance the client’s well-being while attending to his or her needs‚ as well as being sensitive to their cultural and ethnic diversity (National Association of Social Workers‚ 1999). While working with a client‚ it is necessary to examine the social system
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