Cultural Diversity Jennifer White ITT Technical Institute NU100 2/10/2013 Every day‚ many professional nurses make a positive change in the lives of many individuals by providing high quality health care. However‚ now‚ in the 21st century‚ professional nurses are providing health care within an ever changing multicultural and global society. Different cultures have different health beliefs and health practices. This piece will look into the European American Culture with an emphasis on
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“Healthcare without insurance is like construction without power tools. It can be done but it will take longer‚ require a lot more effort‚ and at times you will feel like you are hammering your thumb‚” (Colker). As of June 2017‚ nearly thirty million American citizens are still without health insurance. Along with that‚ over the brief course of just this year nearly two million individuals have dropped the Obamacare plan‚ and now it is more than obvious that something that something needs to be done
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Religion in the United States is represented by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. We also have immigrants coming to the United States who bring over different beliefs of their own‚ these immigrants who bring over these beliefs can spread it by sharing them with others‚ these beliefs become a legitimate religion‚ with celebrations which can even becomes holidays. For example‚ the Christian religion has Christmas. In Colonial time‚ this began with many native beliefs. Roman Catholics
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Between the years 1750 and 2000‚ healthcare in the United States evolved from a simple system of home remedies and itinerant doctors with little training to a complex‚ scientific‚ technological‚ and bureaucratic system often called the "medical industrial complex." The complex is built on medical science and technology and the authority of medical professionals. The evolution of this complex includes the acceptance of the "germ theory" as the cause of disease‚ professionalization of doctors
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The cultural identity of an individual is identified to alter owing to an intercultural encounter of an individual relating to the culture of another country. The cultural identity of the person is taken to remain latent and only becomes salient on one’s repatriation to one’s home country. Different types of identity shifts are observed related to the cultural encounter faced by individuals on repatriation like subtractive‚ additive‚ affirmative and also intercultural. Subtractive cultural identity
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individually. Creating programs for diversity health care leadership development and strengthening exercises (Betancourt‚ Green‚ &Carrillo‚ 2002). Businesses can hire and promote staff from diverse cultures (Betancourt et al.‚ 2002). Involve community representatives in health care organization’s meetings (Betancourt et al.‚ 2002). Having interpreter services available and developing health information for patients that is directed to language and cultural norms of specific cultural groups are also ways to become
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Is cultural relativism good for our society? Cultural relativism is a belief where there are no absolute moral views or beliefs can be apply to all cultures‚ which makes “right” and “wrong” different in every society; what is considered “right” in one society may be considered “wrong” in another. Since no universal standard of morality exists‚ no one has the right to judge another society’s customs. If this belief is held true‚ then every culture will have their own set of “rules” to live by
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Australia’s healthcare system has been affected by a variety of historical‚ political and socio-cultural factors. Healthcare is described as especially trained and licenced professionals who work to “maintain or restore physical‚ mental or emotional well-being” (Merriam-Webster‚ 2017). With that in mind this essay identifies a historical influence‚ specifically biomedical approach‚ and a cultural influence‚ such as cultural competency and describes how each have shaped Australia’s healthcare system.
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Feedback Form Name of learner: | Andreea Vasile | Programme: | | Equality and Diversity | Unit Number: | Unit 1 | PASS | | RESUB | XXX | Date: | 8/4/13 | Tutor | Jacqui Steele | Signature: | Jacqui Steele | Total Time: | 3 hours40 minutes | Type of Contact (please circle) | Face to Face | Telephone | E-mail | RWF/Assessment | Other | Unit 1: Exploring Equality and Diversity This is a great start to Unit 1‚ where you have provided some interesting answers. In order
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The NHS is the nationalised hence‚ publicly funded healthcare system in the United Kingdom. The NHS is largely funded by general taxation (including a proportion from National Insurance payments but the National Insurance is not enough to cover the whole system)[1]. The UK government department responsible for the NHS is the Department of Health‚ headed by the Secretary of State for Health‚ who sits in the British Cabinet. The NHS provides healthcare for residents in the UK with most services free at
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