Multicultural Competence Throughout my practicum‚ I have realized the importance of being aware of the clients and their backgrounds. I didn’t realize that there was a client in one of the group sessions that was homosexual. When my comment in the group was taken to mean a husband and wife relationship‚ I didn’t know his background or situation. The other therapist commented and asked how he felt about the topic and if he was uncomfortable. He mentioned that he was ok with it‚ he felt he could apply
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Cultural Competance In Health Care Health can only be defined in relation to a person’s own values‚ which will‚ of necessity‚ reflect the cultural background of that person. White Australian health professionals in general‚ and nurses in particular‚ need to understand the meaning of health within a traditional Aboriginal culture‚ in order to respond appropriately to the health needs of Aboriginal people. This essay will discuss the definition of Aboriginal health and identify how the principles
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The United States is gradually becoming more diverse‚ racially and ethnically (Delphin-Rittmon‚ Andres-Hyman‚ Flanagan‚ & Davidson‚ 2013; Douglas‚ Rosenkoetter‚ Pacquiao‚ Callister‚ Hattar-Pollara‚ Lauderdale‚ Milstead‚ Nardi‚ & Purnell‚ 2014; Loftin‚ Hartin‚ Branson‚ & Reyes‚ 2013). However‚ multiple studies indicate there is a severe lack of health care available to care for this patient population. Inadequate access to healthcare‚ decrease quality of care‚ and poor outcomes for individuals with
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According to this article‚ core competencies involve many different people on many different levels. Core competencies are concepts that are enhanced as they are used; unlike physical assets of the company that become outdated with time and deteriorate‚ core competencies develop as they are shared and applied throughout. The concept has three key requirements for a company to view it has a central means to its way the company or employees work. One requirement for a core competency is that it is not
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1. How to improve your own Interpersonal communication competence. Although the art of communication is sometimes perceived as an innate skill‚ one can learn to develop or enhance this skill. One may ask how? The answer is simple; by adapting and adjusting to the person’s behaviour in order to convey a message that is well understood‚ that will produce the desired results without compromising the communicator’s self-respect. 2. How to improve your self-esteem (pg 29) To every effort amounts
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(Murdock pg 26). In studying counseling theories‚ counselors also gain insight on how the profession is practiced in 400 different methodologies‚ (Murdock‚ pg 3). By learning these different characteristics of counseling theories‚ that are the core ingredient in providing effective counseling services; counselors are confident that their ability to address the needs of their diverse clientele
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Week 5 Journal: The Communication Competence Scale (Lewicki et al.‚ 2009‚ p. 691) Results To begin‚ I have a caveat and that is I did not receive instructions on how to interpret my score on this questionnaire‚ but I was successful in locating the “Communication Competence Scoring Grid” at https://brainmass.com. I believe the questionnaire results accurately reflect my communication competence. Strengths My strengths were in the areas of “Presence Cognitions” and “Consequence Cognitions”. Presence
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A. Introduction The report will be focused on China’s cultural dimensions in tourism development. Religion‚ food‚ festivals‚ music and leisure activities are the 5 cultural elements that are going to be examined how to be used for itinerary planning and will be supported with real itineraries. It is then followed by evaluating how the itineraries meet the cultural expectations of different market segments. Last but not least‚ suggestions on how to communicate with the local people effectively will
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about service marketing‚ most of services we know are intangible. Even so‚ customers still try to rely their feelings on physical cues‚ which may help them to evaluate the products or services before or after they buy them. Customers’ reactions to the environmental cues are much the same as they are to the package cues when customers evaluate and form their internal expectations about goods. (Ward et al. 1992) Those tangible cues‚ which can be known as physical evidence‚ is one of the elements of services
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Cultural competence in nursing is defined as the incorporation of personal cultural diversity experience‚ awareness‚ and sensitivity into everyday practice ( Schim & Dorenbos‚2010; Schim‚ Dorenbos‚ Benkert‚ & Miller‚ 2007). A nurse that is culturally competent will be able to gain the trust‚ understanding‚ and utmost respect of a patient that has a different cultural background or holds a different set of beliefs. Cultural competence is important now more than ever as the population grows and becomes
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