Culture and Diversity assignment This assignment is going to focus and explore an incident that happened whilst the writer was on placement. My last placement was in the acute dementia ward with elderly mainly over sixty-fives. The majority of the patients were white British whilst females were more than males. The writer will concentrate more on issues around cultural diversity and competences during the placement. The ACCESS model of cultural competence which was invented by Narayanasamy (1998)
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increase the morphine and add more medications to the regimen were established based on the nurse’s assessments. Cultural Involvement As we shape our understanding of different cultural backgrounds‚ we must also understand their rationales behind those cultural
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Many people are affected by cultural differences‚ but if one tries to break the barriers‚ the attempt is usually received with open arms and graciously. I remember when preparing for my trip to Germany friends asked why I chose Germany. I responded with “why not?” Then I was confronted with reasoning like “look what happened in World War II‚ you do not know their language‚” and my favorite‚ “all there are is Nazi people over there.” I looked at them for a second then replied with something to the
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The past decades have seen a world becoming more and more interrelated. Globalization has accelerated in all aspects of our life and resulted in the increase of cultural interactions and spread of the cultural evolution and diffusion on a global scale. People from different countries and with different cultural backgrounds started working together‚ leading to an increase of communication across cultures. As a result‚ the necessity of a deeper understanding of other cultures‚ what Harris‚ Moran
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Cultural Diversity in the Healthcare field The Many Faces of Healthcare Cultural Diversity in the Healthcare Field Carl Hooks Rasmussen College Author Note This research is being submitted on September 16‚ 2010‚ for Vicky Philips English class at Rasmussen College by Carl Hooks Cultural diversity in the medical field is‚ at times‚ greatly hindered because of religious beliefs‚ language barriers‚ and the hierarchies of diverse
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America is comprised of a growing number of cultures‚ resulting in widespread diversity. Such diversity is a problem in healthcare. Mental health is a specific and complicated aspect of healthcare and when you must specialize care to specific culture‚ in magnifies the difficulty of treatment. Knowledge regarding different cultures can uncomplicate care. I work with a 72-year-old Hispanic patient from Puerto Rico. She is catholic‚ widowed‚ she has ten children and numerous grandchildren and
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Cultural Assessment The population of the United States is continually rising. The birth rate continues to rise‚ but more importantly‚ the number of foreign-born immigrants that relocated to the United States in 2003 was a staggering 33.5 million‚ and that number rises every year (Jarvis‚ 2008). With such a large immigrant population comes the need for medical professionals that are culturally competent. Being culturally competent means that the caregivers‚ “understand and attend to the
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There are many varieties of different racial‚ social and cultural groups around the world. I believe that many of these groups are discriminated because many people aren’t used to seeing so much variety. Often times many different cultures and racial groups have bad stereotypes that are given to them which makes it hard for others to accept them. People who weren’t taught of other social groups are usually the ones that are ignorant towards others. Ignorant people are usually those that are not knowledgeable
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Culture and cultural diversity Concept of culturally competent care. Factors Inhibiting Sensitivity to Diversity. How to provide culturally competent care. Culture: It is shared pattern of beliefs‚ values‚ and behavioral expectations in a social groups and it sets roles and influences relationship with others. Cultural Diversity: Verity of cultures‚ belief‚ language‚ gender‚ race‚ disability‚ and socioeconomic status and so on. (Taylor‚ Lillis‚ Lynn & LeMone‚ 2011) Stereotyping Cultural imposition
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Cultural relativism is a process involving the examining and understanding of a culture‚ /different from your own‚ without discrediting their beliefs. Understanding differing cultural beliefs can be acquired by considering functions of practices‚ behaviors‚ symbols‚ traditions‚ and morals within a society. The initial concept of cultural relativism was created to turn people away from ethnocentrism‚ which is the belief that your cultures beliefs are authentic and all other cultures beliefs are
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