The United States is gradually becoming more diverse‚ racially and ethnically (Delphin-Rittmon‚ Andres-Hyman‚ Flanagan‚ & Davidson‚ 2013; Douglas‚ Rosenkoetter‚ Pacquiao‚ Callister‚ Hattar-Pollara‚ Lauderdale‚ Milstead‚ Nardi‚ & Purnell‚ 2014; Loftin‚ Hartin‚ Branson‚ & Reyes‚ 2013). However‚ multiple studies indicate there is a severe lack of health care available to care for this patient population. Inadequate access to healthcare‚ decrease quality of care‚ and poor outcomes for individuals with
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University of Phoenix Material Intercultural Competence Worksheet Part 1: Short Paragraph Instructions: Respond to each question below with at least 150 words‚ using complete sentences. Additionally‚ include an example from the reading materials that supports your position. 1. What does “intercultural” communication mean to you? Intercultural communication to me means many things. It mainly means the way that people communicate throughout the different cultures that they derive from
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Introduction Cultural competence in nursing refers to our ability to relate to patients within the context of their own cultural values (DeNisco & Barker‚ 2013). According to Purnell (2005)‚ one aspect of cultural competence is “demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the client’s culture‚ health-related needs and meaning of health and illness‚” (p. 8). Furthermore‚ cultural sensitivity means the nurse will avoid imposing one’s own beliefs or cultural norms of health or illness onto the patient
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Disney’s Core Competency Walt Disney once noted: “I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing – that it was all started by a mouse”. (Disney Dreamer‚ 1998). Walt Disney’s original core competence was cartoons and animated movies. By combining Imagineering with engineering Disney’s company reached unparalleled success with the creation of the first full length animated movie. This success led to new ideas and one of them was to open a park‚ a different kind of park. In Disneyland Walt used
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Competence-Performance Distinction A further difference between generativism and Bloomfieldian and post-Bloomfieldian structuralism - though in this respect generativism is closer to Saussurean structuralism - relates to the distinction that Chomsky draws between competence and performance. A speaker’s linguistic competence is that part of his knowledge - his knowledge of the language-system as such - by virtue of which he is able to produce the indefinitely large set of sentences that constitutes
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Article : Multicultural Competence by Paul Kivel Cultural competence is to understand another culture well enough to be able to communicate and work with them. This article talks about cultural competency and how it is important to have cultural competence to be able to help people of minority groups and become allies with them. Learning to be open and sensitive to other cultural expression takes lot of time. In addition‚ for those who are able culturally competence in their own culture along with
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patients receive (Betancourt et al.‚ 2002). When we achieve cultural competence‚ we remove cultural barriers among patients that might affect the quality of care they receive. Conclusion There may be various definitions and ways to be cultural to be cultural competent. Although some of us may have cultural competence‚ there are still many ways we can improve to become more culturally competent. When we improve on cultural competence and provide more culturally competent health care‚ the outcome is
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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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(Murdock pg 26). In studying counseling theories‚ counselors also gain insight on how the profession is practiced in 400 different methodologies‚ (Murdock‚ pg 3). By learning these different characteristics of counseling theories‚ that are the core ingredient in providing effective counseling services; counselors are confident that their ability to address the needs of their diverse clientele
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about different cultures and different diverse groups increase chances of treatment of the client and interactions with the client as well. The American Counseling Association Codes of Ethics tells us a few things about diversity and multicultural competence. Counselors are to treat clients to the best of their ability regardless of beliefs‚ race‚ values‚ and behaviors. Respect client’s views that differ from their own. Multicultural competency is required for all counselors to gain knowledge
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