Running head: Cultural competency Cultural Competency in Nursing Practice Diana Oestreich The College of St. Scholastica Culturally Competent Care The nursing profession continues to walk towards excellence in cultural competent delivery of current healthcare needs. In the pursuit of excellence and the love of learning‚ there are always improvements to be made. Continuing education requirements are
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Understanding Hofstede’s 5 Cultural Dimensions Geert Hofstede devoted over a decade to researching cultural differences and developed an internationally recognized model of cultural dimensions. There are five main dimensions of culture that serve as a guide to understanding intercultural communications‚ business‚ and effective social exchange. The five dimensions are Power Distance‚ Individualism‚ Masculinity‚ Uncertainty Avoidance‚ and Long-Term Orientation and were developed to provide a method
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The purpose of this memo is to investigate the similarities and differences between the United States and Israel’s cultural and business aspects. Differences Between the United States and Israel Primary cultural aspects of the United States The United States still has the idea of Manifest Destiny. The U.S. individualism; Individuals believe to have a control of the future‚ resulting in a systematic way of doing things. It is very important to be on time to any kind of meeting or event
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"culture is too fundamental to be solved through tighter definition". Greater implication for the managerial tasks‚ however‚ comes from the cultural diversity. Cox (1993) defines diversity as “representation‚ in one social system‚ of people with distinctly different group affiliations of cultural significance”. Factors differentiating these people include cultural background‚ race‚ education‚ age‚ physical and cognitive ability among other. (Seymen‚ 2006) These criteria indicate that difference is significant
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What is cultural competence? What is culturally competent care? These are very important questions to consider. Nurses are exposed to diverse cultures constantly in today ’s society and need to be able to provide appropriate care while still respecting a patient ’s cultural background. Cultural competence in nurses is a combination of culturally congruent behaviors‚ practice attitudes‚ structures and policies that allow nurses to work effectively in cross-cultural situations. Cultural competence
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Reducing Cultural Shock J. Wittenburg October 3‚ 2012 Introduction “Corporate culture is the water in the fishbowl of any business. Employees are immersed in it‚ inundated with it‚ but unconscious of it- at least‚ until things change” (Featherly & Chang‚ 2006). Employees who move to new job locations usually experience cultural shock to some degree. Cultural shock is a feeling of confusion‚ insecurity‚ and anxiety which stem from the new environment (Newstrom
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Take the cultural intelligence assessment. What does that tell you about yourself? What does that tell you about the differences between your culture and others? My overall culture‚ intelligence score (CQ) is 90. This tells me that I need to develop my overall CQ to be able to work more effectively in diverse cultural settings domestic and/or international. There are definitely a lot of differences between my culture and others. This test will make me work on my CQ ability in order to do
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in the field of cross-cultural communication. His books include: Riding the Waves of Culture‚ Seven Cultures of Capitalism‚ Building Cross-Cultural Competence‚ 21 Leaders for the 21st Century and Innovating in a Global Crisis . Trompenaars studied Economics at the VU University Amsterdam and later earned a Ph.D. from Wharton School‚ University of Pennsylvania‚ with a dissertation on differences in conceptions of organizational structure in various cultures. He experienced cultural differences firsthand
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organizations at different levels of awareness and skills with the cultural competency continuum. Cultural competency have four various cognitive components according to Diversity Training University International (DTUI) (a) Awareness‚ (b) Attitude‚ (c) Knowledge‚ (d) Skills Culture is the learned of life style behavior and range of beliefs attributed to a specific group that are passed from generation to generations. The programs concerning the cultural competency in
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The Cultural Differences in Cross-cultural Communication Guijun Zhang* China Pharmaceutical University / Nanjing University Abstract: The article discusses communication‚ cross-cultural communication and culture. It analyzes the root of cross-cultural difference and lists six fundamental patterns of cultural differences in cross-cultural communication. It also gives suggestion on how to properly treat these differences to achieve successful cross-cultural communication. Key words: cross-cultural
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