Cultural Competence: Do Nursing Students Need More Education? Imagine starting your first job as a new nurse in a big hospital in a huge city. You have been there for roughly two months‚ so your training with another nurse is done. You have report and have your patient load for the day‚ so you begin your day. In room 303 is Amir‚ a 75 year old Muslim man who is a post-operative patient for a fractured femur. You walk in‚ introduce yourself and begin your assessment. You move his gown to listen to
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Defining Diversity Gregory Johnson ADMIN 570 Dr. Gwendolyn Samuel Miller March 25‚ 2013 Defining Diversity Diversity to me involves the understanding of different types of individuals. Diverse characteristics can often include race‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ class‚ exceptionality‚ and orientation. Diversity is apparent in all aspects of our culture today and aspects of different types of diversity often affect our overall way of living
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Diversity is described as the state of having people who are of different races or who have different cultures in a group‚ but diversity can be more than just race or ethnic background. When we are talking about workplace diversity‚ we are referring to the variety of differences between people in an organization. Diversity encompasses race‚ gender‚ ethnic group‚ age‚ personality‚ cognitive style‚ tenure‚ organizational function‚ education and background. The effects of diversity can impact how
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Tiffin University Diversity Submitted for : SRM 537 Personnel Management in Sports Dean Dr. Bonnie Tiell‚ DSM By: Bryant Spencer Houston‚ Texas June 3‚ 2012 Diversity Recruitment‚ selection and diversity are terms that we in today’s society normally do not go together in the same sentence‚ let alone in sports organizations. Although recent gains in intercollegiate athletics have been made with regards to diversity‚ college and conference administration still have to make strides
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we are talking in relation to diversity‚ we talk about the group who possess individual qualities that are diverse from our traits. Diversity is the uniqueness which every employee brings to the workplace in an organization or establishment. Examples of differences include nationality‚ belief‚ disabilities‚ physical appearance‚ race‚ gender‚ age‚ educational background‚ sexual orientation‚ and work experience‚ social and family status. At workplace‚ valuing diversity means creating a work environment
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Generational Diversity: Generation= Generasjonsskifte‚ those who were born during a certain era. They share similar experiences growing up and their values and attitudes‚ particularly about work-related topics‚ tend to be similar‚ based on their shared experiences during their formative years. Diversity= mangfold Dealing with diversity in the workplace means understanding and relating effectively with people who are different than you. Generational Diversity: In any large organization‚ you are
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excellent nursing care (Srivastava‚ 2007). However‚ health care provider’s roles and responsibilities in meeting health care needs of the clients in consideration to cultural perspective and diversity are getting more challenging and complicated due to increased number of people from a group of multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society‚ which‚ in turn requires health care providers to acknowledge and understand variations of cultural healthcare beliefs‚ values and practices. Transcultural nursing is essential
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Diversity Principles of Management Dr. Owens Abstract In this paper I will be discussing whether diversity is or not being considered in a reading titled “Bloomberg Businessweek Apologizes for ’Racist’ Cover”. The cover of “Bloomberg BusinessWeek” is causing quite the stir‚ it is stated that the cover they have released on one of their latest magazine came off racist to some. Throughout this paper I will be sharing whether or not I feel that there a problem with
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affect our professional lives (Harvey & Allard‚ 2011). In order to accept diversity in the workplace‚ an effort must be put forth from both professionals and managers. Even if a company’s employees are open to diversity‚ it will not benefit the company if the “higher-ups” discriminate against certain populations because of their prejudice. Diversity in Business Diversity is good for business. As AT&T’s chief diversity officer Cindy Brinkley noted‚ their customer population is quite diverse
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Diversity is the quality or state of having many different forms‚ types‚ ideas‚ etc. Diversity is a phenomenon that is occurring in mankind everyday life. Whether by race‚ religions‚ color‚ gender‚ education‚ disability sexual oriental‚ age‚ geographic origin‚ skill characteristics‚ and may be more. “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and right. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhoods.”- Article 1 of the
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