Standards of Culturally Competent Care Nur 531 April 8‚ 2013 Annette Marget Standards of Culturally Competent Care In 1963 Bob Dylan wrote the words "For the times they are a-changing" as part of the lyrics for a popular song of his. During the current millennium the term "global economy" has become a key word throughout the world of finance. These two well-known expressions are precursors to today ’s major issue of "cultural competency". The world has changed and is global in many aspects
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Culturally Competent Nursing Care Denise Foss-Baker Minnesota State University Moorhead Culturally Competent Nursing Care The United States is a diverse accumulation of cultural backgrounds which can often set the stage for feelings of confusion‚ anger‚ mistrust‚ and a host of other emotions when dissimilar cultures disagree. Cultural competence in nursing can help eliminate these barriers and provide a platform for nursing to follow in the quest to understand a patient’s culture and background
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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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With the large increase multicultural population in the United States‚ nurses encounter patients with differences in healthcare beliefs‚ values and customs. To provide adequate nursing care‚ nurses must be aware of these differences. They must respect and acknowledge the patient’s culture. To do this‚ nurses need education on cultural competence to ensure patient satisfaction and better patient outcomes. According to Migration Policy institute‚ the Census Bureau’s 2009 American Community Survey
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In order to be culturally competent we must come to the realization that even though we might see ourselves as a very welcoming and non-bias individual we probably are guilty of stereotyping and generalizing at some point in our lives. I am half Swedish and half Persian therefore‚ I was early on in life surrounded by two completely different cultures and this has definitely made me more open to other cultures than my own‚ but to say that I don’t stereotype or prejudice would be a lie‚ I think we
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Becoming a culturally competent counselor is an ongoing process; it is vital that professionals strive to become culturally competent as it would help the counseling process and therapeutic relationship. In order to learn more about other ethnic/racial groups that are different from my own I would need to become more involved in the community‚ read educational literature about ethnic/racial groups‚ and engage directly with other ethnic/racial groups. For instance‚ during times when I travel to other
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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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Communication What training is necessary for health care providers to become effective intercultural communicators? Since we have lived in a globalized world we need to be aware of the cultural diversity in the worldviews of other people. This is especially true in the health care. People from different cultures hold their own special beliefs about health care‚ illness and even about death. The ignorance of different cultural orientations of
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member‚ an assessment of whether an impaired ability to complete bathing‚ dressing‚ grooming‚ feeding‚ or toileting activities for oneself can be assessed. If an area of weakness or a need is identified‚ the culturally competent nurse will be accepting of the member’s ideas to meet self-care needs while assessing whether an alteration in physical status affects the patient‚ family‚ workplace‚ or community (Spector‚ 2017). However‚ the nurses’ knowledge of personal and community resources that provide
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what Transcultural Nursing and Culturally Competent Care are in society. It will also clarify what these two terms are for those nurse and health professions that are not clear on what it is. Transcultural Nursing is a study‚ research‚ and practice‚ focused on culturally based care beliefs‚ values‚ and practices of individuals or groups of similar or different cultures. Along with it being “directed toward holistic‚ congruent (appropriate)‚ and beneficial health care.” Transcultural Nursing has changed
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