Emerging Standards of Care Norma Helbling February 27‚ 2012 NUR /531 Melanie Wassel Emerging Standards of Care‚ page 2 Emerging standards regarding culturally competent care is very important in the health care field. Nurses need to understand and care for individuals with varying cultural beliefs and behaviors about health and well being which is shaped by race‚ ethnicity‚ nationality
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Emerging Standards of Care Deanna Powell NUR/531 December 9‚ 2012 Melanie Wassel Emerging Standards of Care Diversity is exhibited in many ways‚ including a multiplicity of upbringing‚ dress‚ thought‚ lifestyle‚ values‚ food preferences‚ family relationships‚ and in gender‚ ethnicity‚ and age. These factors exist throughout the gamut of health care patients and the interactions designed with the nurses who care for them. Diversity in healthcare refers to the cultural setting in how the patient
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Emerging Standards of Care Sheena Kristine Ascano NURS 531 March 9‚ 2015 Jane Jacks Emerging Standards of Care Living in an ethnically diverse nation‚ almost every health care system has a strategic plan implemented to achieve diversity and cultural competence when providing care to the public. According to the “U.S. Department of Health and Human Services” (2013) website‚ “newly enhanced standards such as the Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) will help organizations
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Emerging Standards of Care: Cultural Competence Lori Blount‚ RN‚ BSN University of Phoenix Professor Jane Jacks October 13‚ 2014 Emerging Standards of Care: Cultural Competence The United States is often referred to as a melting pot. Cultural diversity is an inevitable reality in today’s society. We are faced with an increasingly diverse patient population and a diverse group of health care providers. Culture is a dynamic and complex phenomena that most understand as something
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Emerging Standards of Care Paper Amanda Warbington University of Phoenix NUR 531 June 30‚ 2014 Instructor Hilda Brito Emerging Standards of Care Paper Over fifty years ago‚ Madeline Leininger was on a mission to advance the practice of transcultural nursing. Times have definitely changed in the last fifty years‚ and transcultural nursing has become a major focus for the government as well as many nursing organizations. Emerging standards of care regarding culturally competent care‚ is an
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Nursing Shortage and Quality of Care The need for more registered nurses continues to rise as we now come to face an increase in the geriatric population that is the “Baby Boomers”. The safety and quality of patient care is directly related to the size and experience of the nursing workforce. Nurses work in a variety of conditions that may not be preferential because hospitals have not kept up with the rising demand for nurses. As a nurse assistant‚ staff nurse‚ charge nurse or nursing administrator
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Emerging Standards of Care Paper The population of diversity continues to grow rapidly and the importance of cultural competence plays a major role in healthcare. According to the National Center for Cultural Competence (2014) “ Organizations must have the capacity to value diversity‚ conduct self assessment‚ manage the dynamics of difference‚ institutionalize cultural knowledge and adapt to the diversity and the cultural context of the communities they serve”. This paper will discuss and
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Term Paper Vicki Doerfler TESC Nsg Inf: Concepts and Issues NUR 531 Dr. Nelson March 13‚ 2011 Abstract A personal health record (PHR) is a universal tool that consists of a comprehensive database of an individuals health documents. Personal health records are available in a variety of platforms‚ such as paper‚ the internet‚ personal computers‚ and portable devices. This paper describes the contents included in a personal health record as well as the steps to putting together a personal
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The standard of care is an anthropomorphic concept of justice. It is the level of consideration a reasonable individual would do in a particular condition. As a general test‚ the standard of care required is an objective one‚ which is of a ‘reasonable person’. The reasonable person manages the inquiry: What might a sensible individual have anticipated in the specific situation? In this manner the litigant is required to take as much care as a reasonable person would have taken in his position. Be
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her next of kin. Due to the severity of her wounds‚ the physician chose to begin medical procedures. 1. Define “standard of care.” How would appropriate “standard of care” be determined in this case? Standard of care is a diagnostic and treatment process that a clinician should follow for a certain type of patient‚ illness‚ or clinical circumstances. The appropriate standard of care to this patient would be to treat Sandra as in any other patient would be treated for a head injury. Medical staff
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