Cultural Competence Reflection Cultural competence is continuum‚ in the sense that there is always room for self-assessment‚ improvement and reflection. The first time that I was exposed to the concept of cultural competence in a formal setting was this semester in pharmacy practice. I have always valued learning about different cultures. As a theology minor during my undergraduate years I took a reader course entitled ‘The Catholic Church and American Culture’ in which I learned about the various
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Cultural Competence and Treatment The issue of culture has become an increasingly popular topic in the realm of health care‚ delivery of services‚ and in particular the area of addiction and treatment. When considering the area of culture one must look beyond the area of race and ethnicity. Culture is inclusive of a person’s gender‚ age‚ religious affiliation‚ socioeconomic status‚ sexual orientation and even geography. Culture may include the identification of a generation of beliefs or a new identity
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These boundries are called norms. Simply put‚ they are rules that prohibit certain behaviors in specific situations. But what happens when someone breaks one of their cultural norms? I went to Walmart last week and observed three people doing just that. The first person I saw breaking a cultural norm was a younger girl around 15 years old or so. She was shopping around Walmart wearing a t-shirt and pajama bottoms. This is not a normal thing to do. In general‚ the cultual norm is pajamas are for home
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Take the cultural intelligence assessment. What does that tell you about yourself? What does that tell you about the differences between your culture and others? My overall culture‚ intelligence score (CQ) is 90. This tells me that I need to develop my overall CQ to be able to work more effectively in diverse cultural settings domestic and/or international. There are definitely a lot of differences between my culture and others. This test will make me work on my CQ ability in order to do
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DeBlois explores the way in which the necessity of belonging can cause difficult and life changing decisions that can enlighten and liberate an individual being forced to conform‚ if the individuals understanding of belonging differs from the societal norm in which they are placed The individuals search for belonging can alter our perception of values. things once important to us will often be risked or sacrificed in search of a true sense of belonging. This aspect of belonging is evident in the
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Culture is an important part of each society and it clearly has an impact on people’s behavior. This impact is a key factor for a science like advertising which targets to influence behaviors. McCarty (1994) as cited in Englis‚ and Dahl (2004) claimed that culture and values have their importance when talking about people’s reaction to advertising. Callow and Shiffman (2002) found a difference between people from high context and low context communication system in the ability to understand implicit
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Cultural competence in nursing is defined as the incorporation of personal cultural diversity experience‚ awareness‚ and sensitivity into everyday practice ( Schim & Dorenbos‚2010; Schim‚ Dorenbos‚ Benkert‚ & Miller‚ 2007). A nurse that is culturally competent will be able to gain the trust‚ understanding‚ and utmost respect of a patient that has a different cultural background or holds a different set of beliefs. Cultural competence is important now more than ever as the population grows and becomes
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Identifying a Cross-Cultural Dilemma- China’s Google dilemma Description Cultural issue at hand: Google had to decide between strict restrictions or losing all current or potential business opportunities in the world most populated country. The population of China has reached over 1.3 billion‚ representing the 20% of world population. The closing of Google in China has led to the boost of its domestic competitors Baidu and Sina. Besides‚ China’s enormous growth of internet users and
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Culturally competent is all about the value of diversity‚ respect for individuals differences regardless of one’s own race‚ beliefs‚ and cultural background. In this multicultural world‚ becoming a culturally competent in pharmacy or healthcare is an essential and challenging prerequisite. Canada is quickly developing into a multicultural country‚ making it easy for more people to be exposed to different culture. “Demographic change have been transforming Canada into microcosm of the global village
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Intercultural Communication Rini Anggun Pertiwi 2 chs Education A 0902443 Chapter Report: Chapter 1 Cross-Cultural Contact with Americans American‚ as it is explained in the beginning of chapter 1‚ is described as the people who were born‚ raised and lives in the United State. We will find that Americans are consists of many people from different races‚ religions and ethnics. A lot of culture‚ might be‚ live together in the same area. Before‚ they called it as “melting pot”
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