cultural competence? What is culturally competent care? These are very important questions to consider. Nurses are exposed to diverse cultures constantly in today ’s society and need to be able to provide appropriate care while still respecting a patient ’s cultural background. Cultural competence in nurses is a combination of culturally congruent behaviors‚ practice attitudes‚ structures and policies that allow nurses to work effectively in cross-cultural situations. Cultural competence reflects
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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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understand how organizations acquire‚ exploit and adjust their core capabilities in responding to complex circumstances. Many scholars refer to learning as a context-dependent process leading to the creation‚ storage‚ and further refinement of routines‚ competences and capabilities (Nelson and Winter‚ 1982; Teece et al. 1997; Prahalad and Hamel‚ 1990; Leonard-Barton‚ 1992). In this respect‚ learning is critical since (i) it represents the act to acquiring organizational knowledge‚ and (ii) capabilities
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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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know what my strengths and weaknesses are. As a person who is strong in interpersonal intelligence I find that I am very strong in the social competence section of this test. This section is heavily explained as a persons ability to connect and understand others. In this area or section I find I’m strong in areas of interpersonal competence‚ cultural competence‚and peaceful conflict resolution. The reason I feel strong in these areas is because I feel as though I have a pretty good understanding of
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patients‚ regardless of cultural/ethnic background. In order to provide culturally competent health care‚ it is important to not only understand what end-of life care is‚ but also what cultural competence is. The National Institute of Health (NIH) and
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6 BUILDING DIVERSITY COMPETENCE IN SUPERVISION Notwithstanding that it is a core component of psychology training‚ diversity is one of the most neglected areas in supervision training and research. The majority of attention to diversity has been devoted to culture— just one particular aspect—rather than to the broader construct. Diversity includes culture in all its aspects‚ as well as socioeconomic status‚ race‚ religion‚ disabilities or ableness‚ age‚ gender‚ and sexual orientation‚ all of
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I still remember the day like it was yesterday‚ when I got the news about my mom being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. Back then when I was in the seventh grade‚ there was not really much to know about it but that when someone had cancer they would die. My mom being the closest person to me and her being the only parent that was by my side‚ thinking that she no longer would be. When this time came there was nothing else for me to do but step into my mother’s shoes of becoming the most responsible
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Communication Competence is the impression that communicative behaviour is both appropriate and effective in a given situation. This means that when information is exchanged between individuals (during the communication process)‚ it is properly/correctly understood and interpreted. This shows that communication is only effective when it achieves the desired goal/goals‚ and is appropriate when it thoroughly projects what is expected in a situation. From my point of view‚ communication competence is truly
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