An essay on the importance of cultural diversity and cultural competence Julie K Drouillard Devry institute SOC 350 July 2009 The United States is a country consisting of many cultures‚ races and religions. The United States is becoming increasingly diverse and global‚ with many minority cultures and races developing into majority cultures and races. Newer religions take their place alongside traditional faiths. Both cultural and spiritual differences in people are potential causes for misunderstanding
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health care workers to invoke the reflexive question when working with the Hmong elderly. The reflexive question asks‚ where am I in this encounter with culture? What is my point of view? How is that perspective affecting my view of these events? How is this inquiry changing my understanding of myself and my culture? How well tuned is my instrument‚ namely‚ me? Pg.315 (Omohundro) When working with the Hmong elderly‚ health care workers should be mindful of the plight of the Hmong people. Understanding
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The presence of cultural competence in the health care system and what it means for the health of our diverse population‚ is something that should be part of the schooling for healthcare providers. Cultural Competence in the health care system is described as the ability to tend to the needs of patients through understanding their linguistic and cultural differences. Our vast‚ diverse population in the United States makes cultural competence in health care imperative. Without it‚ we cannot provide
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Emerging Standards of Care: Cultural Competence Lori Blount‚ RN‚ BSN University of Phoenix Professor Jane Jacks October 13‚ 2014 Emerging Standards of Care: Cultural Competence The United States is often referred to as a melting pot. Cultural diversity is an inevitable reality in today’s society. We are faced with an increasingly diverse patient population and a diverse group of health care providers. Culture is a dynamic and complex phenomena that most understand as something
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(Campinha-Bacote‚ 2002). The United States comprises of a diverse cultural population with different cultural backgrounds: in such a societal setting‚ when the various cultures are in disagreement‚ the platform hosts mixed emotions and feelings of anger‚ mistrust‚ confusion and other sentiments. Consequently‚ with the upsurge of the diverse cultural population in Ireland‚ nurses were obliged to practice cultural competence. Cultural competence can be defined to be the ability to gain skills‚ behaviours
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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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Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly Population Name School Course number Date Abstract Urinary incontinence is the unintentional escape of urine. Both men and women can become incontinent for many different reasons‚ however‚ it occurs more in women than men. As a person ages‚ their body goes through changes that put them at a higher risk of elimination difficulties. The five different types of urinary incontinence classified are: stress‚ urge‚ overflow‚ reflex‚ and incontinence
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Cultural Assessment of Elderly Chinese Americans NUR/542 Cultural Assessment of Elderly Chinese Americans Chinese Americans make up the largest subgroup of Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs)‚ one of the fastest growing ethnic groups‚ currently representing 4% of the total U.S. population [4] (Parikh‚ Fahs‚ Shelley‚ & Yemeni‚ 2009‚ p. 7). This cultural assessment will describe elderly Chinese Americans in Flushing‚ New York‚ their ethnic and cultural health practices‚ religious belief systems
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How might developing cultural competence improve mental health services? The inequalities within the health and social care system are widely recognised (K272‚ Unit 1‚ p. 10‚ K272‚ Unit 4‚ p. 79). These inequalities relate to the boundaries within the society and especially communication (Anderson et al‚ 2003). The disproportions in the multicultural society may be even bigger due to higher number of boundaries and lack of understanding demonstrated by the majority towards minorities. Health and
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Another framework is the Sue (2001) threefold model of cultural competence that integrates five race- and culture specific constituencies who merit such competence (African Americans‚ Asian Americans‚ Latino Americans‚ Native Americans‚ and European Americans); 31 specific competencies divided into three domains (beliefs/attitudes‚ knowledge‚ and skills); and four ‘‘foci’’ or levels of analysis to which cultural competence should apply (individual‚ professional‚ organizational‚ and societal). There
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