(Culturally Diverse Nursing) The perception of nurses on working with other nurses of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds and its impact on their working relationship and patient care. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Globalization has led to the creation of a new social world‚ one which is characterized by its cultural diversity. Cultural diversity in the nursing workforce is now becoming the common face of different healthcare organizations across the globe. The nursing workforce in Saudi
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Cultural Competency in Nursing NSG-2262 March 3rd‚ 2014 As nurses‚ we not only need to understand cultural competence‚ but we also have to be sure not to generalize groups of people. Each client is an individual‚ and it is important to form a therapeutic relationship so we can care for each specific client. Each client has his/her own needs; just because two people are of the same culture‚ it doesn’t mean that he/she believes in the same thing. In turn‚ nurses need to understand their
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practises that implement cultural sensitivity. This essay will discuss that in order for a nurse to develop therapeutic benefits for the patient it is essential for the nurse to display cultural sensitivity. It will firstly discuss the meanings of culture‚ cultural diversity and cultural sensitivity‚ followed on by the multiculturalism in Australia and the differences between western culture and Muslim culture and lastly what a nurse needs to practice in order to achieve cultural sensitivity. In order
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According Anderson L‚ (2012). Cultural competence and respect for others are mainly important in the nursing practice since we are patient advocates.The advancement of cultural competence in the nursing practice primarily need nurses have the recognition of the that there are other beliefs systems that in our our society. Most often‚ the nurse practices of patients may look odd and incomprehensible but with conscious effort made to know about these diverse lifestyles ‚ beliefs‚ language‚ religion
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Using Cultural Competency in Practice Cultural competencies is a term that has long saturated the healthcare world‚ especially nursing. The United States has become a melting pot of culture and ethnicity and to practice in the hospital setting it is essential to know the backgrounds of your patients and their families. Different cultures have different perceptions on health and illness. Providing culturally competent care includes knowledge about subcultures‚ attitudes‚ and skills that’s supports
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Love The saying ’love makes the world go round’ is accurate‚ in a metaphorical sense. Some people may disagree‚ saying that greed or money makes the world go round‚ but in order to be greedy you have to love something (or at least feel passionately about it) and the most common thing greedy people crave is money‚ even if it is to buy other things. Films are made about it‚ books and songs and poems are written‚ artists draw and paint and sculpt‚ people spend their entire lives waiting for ’The
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4…………………………………………………………………………………9 Section 1: Introduction and Situational Analysis Onchocerciasis‚ known as river blindness‚ is caused by parasitic worms that live in the small black flies that breed in and about fast-moving rivers in developing countries in the Middle East‚ Africa‚ and Latin America. The disease‚ if untreated causes extreme discomfort and eventually‚ blindness. In 1978‚ the World Health Organization estimated that over 300‚000 people were blind because of the disease and another
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‘The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing.’ This is one of the infamous quotes from the renowned epic poet Homer. He was supposedly one of the greatest epic poets of all time.The inspiring poet Homer was believed to be blind. It is not definite as to whether he was only partially or wholly blind. Homer was born around 800 BCE. To date‚ seven countries have claimed to be his birthplace‚ some of which include Ios‚ Greece‚ Turkey‚ and on the coast of Asia Minor‚ and many other places along the Mediterranean
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Emotion –induced blindness Introduction Emotional visual scenes are powerful attracters of attention. Evidence suggests that emotional stimuli themselves attract attention‚ and they can disrupt perception of subsequent stimuli (Anderson and Phelps‚ 2001). In a visual attention search task‚ faster reaction time has been found when target is an emotional stimulus than neutral stimuli (Ohman‚ Lundqvist‚ & Esteves‚ 2001). From these result it seems that emotional stimuli enhance perception of such
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Louis Braille and Blindness Has anyone ever wondered how it feels to be blind? Imagine being blind‚ standing outside on a nice day without sight. No sight of the beautiful sky‚ nor the sun itself‚ only the feelings and sound. The hot sun‚ the gentle breeze‚ the grass and plants flowing in said breeze‚ all with only audio and touch. This is what it is like to be blind. To read‚ blind people used to have embossed books with embossed lettering. Embossed books and lettering are no longer used today
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