1. Which models of cultural competence described in this chapter work best for you? How might you use one or more of them in your clinical setting? This week’s reading is definitely an eye-opener. Before this class‚ I was somewhere between Milton Bennett(1993) model of continuum in cultural competency stage 2( defense/protection) and stage 3(minimization). Though‚ I was aware about cultural differences‚ I would always attempt to investigate the similarity between mine and other cultures. The author
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Purnell’s focus was for health care‚ it can be adopted to any sector as a framework for cultural competence. Therefore‚ we are using it to apply to the education sector; specifically‚ in high school and postsecondary settings. The primary lens of this model was for medical/healthcare model of cultural competence. Therefore‚ this model is adapted for the social services sector as a social model of cultural competence. The undergirding of this model is the interrelating of the characteristics of culture to
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Good evening ladies and gentlemen. It’s a great pleasure for me to be here today. My name is Frank Pan and I’m the Nike’s director of sports marketing in China. When I received the invitation to speak at this conference I felt honoured and exited about the opportunity to speak about the possibilities and challenges of the Chinese market. First I’ll account for our goals entering the Chinese market. Second I’ll speak about some of the difficulties and failures we have experienced. Third I’ll tell
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How can community health nurses apply the strategies of cultural competence to their practice? Provide at least one example from each of four strategies: cultural preservation‚ cultural accommodation‚ cultural repatterning‚ and cultural brokering. What is a possible barrier to applying the strategy/example chosen? Use an example that is different than the postings of other students. As an OB nurse‚ I care for many Hispanic women having babies. One of the culturally challenging barriers I have come
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4.3.2.3 .Socialization and belongingness of children’s of respondents As all respondents reply to the interview in relation to contents of family communication‚ socialization is one issue that discussed among family members for the sake belongings specially children with their respective relatives like parents family such as grandfather and grandmother. Repeatedly all the respondents view socialization helps to connect children with their respective relatives to feel as part of their parent’s family
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The Art of Communication Competence The importance of being able to communicate well is vital for everyone and even more so for health care providers. In the health care profession the ability to be a competent communicator is truly a necessity and essential for good health care. Angela Perry author of Talking to Your doctor writes‚ “The highest level of satisfaction with medical care and the best treatment outcomes occur when both doctor and patient communicate openly and honestly and work
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highly values acculturating themselves to the Ugandan culture. Their goal is to provide a better life to forty-eight Ugandan women and children‚ not to Americanize them. This research is a compilation of the essentials to awareness and cultural competence for a group planning to live in Uganda. This group should be aware of the force of interpersonal communication patterns as it primarily informs the crucial elements of cultural difference that will affect them while in Uganda. According to the
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As a globally acting company‚ the topic of cross cultural competence and communication is very important to Siemens. When it comes to successfully closing business deals such as selling products or solutions‚ as well as buying parts or services internationally in order to create most value for their customers‚ cross cultural management has an impact on or-ganizational and personal behavior and also takes diversity issues into account. Especially on emerging markets as the BRIC-states‚ integrity and
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"We didn ’t all come over on the same ship‚ but we ’re all in the same boat."- Bernard Baruch Cross-cultural communication is the process of exchanging meaningful and unambiguous information across cultural boundaries‚ in a way that preserves mutual respect and minimizes antagonism‚ that is‚ it looks at how people from differing cultural backgrounds endeavour to communicate. The study of cross-cultural communication was originally found within businesses and the government both seeking to expand
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CRITIQUE PAPER I. Background Information Author | Jack C. Richards - Regional Language Centre‚ Singapore. | Title | Competence and Performance in Language Teaching | SourceYear | Rel.sagepud.com at Victoria Univ of Wellington on January 3‚ 2011RELC Journal2010 | II. Summary and responses This article on the nature of competence and performance in language teaching is about the knowledge‚ beliefs and skills that language teachers make use of in their practice. A language teacher must master and
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