Cultural Diversity in Nursing Care November 01‚ 2010 Cultural Diversity in Nursing Care Health in all cultures is an important aspect of life. A person’s cultural background‚ religion and/or beliefs‚ greatly influences a person’s health and their response to medical care (Spector‚ 2004). These diverse cultures guide decisions made in daily life; what food eaten‚ living arrangements made‚ medications taken and medical advice listened to. A nurse must be knowledgeable and respectful of these
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Health care fraud is a crime that has a significant effect on the private and public health care payment system. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation‚ all health care programs are subject to fraud with Medicare and Medicaid being the most visible. It is estimated that fraudulent billings to both private and public health care programs are between 3 and 10 percent of total health care programs expenditures. The most recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) statistical estimates project
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The world will one day cease to exist like all things do. There is no doubt that the world will one day end but the question is when? When will the world we know end? From history we have learned that no one has or will ever predict the accurate date as to when the world will end. The one thing that should be obvious to anyone living in this time period is that the end of the world has begun to emerge. The world is starting to change and that is clear for everyone to see. There has been an increase
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protection 2. Grievance 3. Conflict management 4. Anti-discriminatory practice 5. Health & Safety 6. Confidentiality 7. Whistleblowing Bvi Explain how your role contributes to the overall delivery of the service provider There are many things that I do that contribute to the overall delivery of the service provider‚ for example I provide the best possible care I can give to the service users & families of those service users by communicating effectively
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Task 1 P1. Explain the concepts of equality‚ diversity and rights in relation to health and social care Health and social care practice should acknowledge‚ respect and accommodate this diversity. Promoting inclusion and equality‚ taking rights into account‚ is an important part of health and social care provision. A central issue for care worker and care originations is how best to respond to the needs of a diverse population‚ while also ensuring that every service user enjoys equality. For example
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Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain‚ process‚ and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. Low health literacy has a negative impact on a patients health status and use of the health care system. Patients with low health literacy levels cannot make decisions regarding their health care or follow instructions on medications and health maintenance behaviors. This can affect health care in a variety of
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Unity and Diversity in Spiritual Care We are told that the very essence of good nursing is to help a person attain or maintain wholeness in every dimension of their being. ’Holism’ has become the buzz word of the nineties‚ and nurses are frequently exhorted to care for the whole person. A new wave of terminology has evolved around this concept‚ and now in nursing theory you’ll sometimes find a person described as a biopsychosocial unit! Is this a new direction or focus for nursing‚ or are we
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Healthcare Quality and Disparities in Women Jing Tian Mercy College Undergraduate Program (RN to BSN) NURS 362 JHA Fall 2012 Abstract Health disparities can be defined as inequalities that exist when members of certain population groups do not benefit from the same health status as other groups. Health disparities can usually be identified along racial and ethnic lines‚ indicating that African Americans‚ Hispanics‚ Asian Americans‚ and Native Americans have different
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Standard of Care as a Health Provider Elena Basques Grand Canyon University September 17‚ 2012 Abstract In the health care field an understanding of an array of religions is needed to provide care an adequate standard of care to patients. In the religious beliefs of Christianity‚ Scientology‚ and Sikhism there is great diversity in their practices; however‚ there is a uniting factor in love. Though a religious view of a provider may be different from the patients the provider will still
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Healthcare organization (HCO) | A formal legal entity creates‚ supports‚ and coordinates professional teams(caregiving teams clinical support team‚logistic support team and strategic support team) that deliver care to its community. | Any real HCO is highly dynamic in three senses: The HCO constantly responds to the changing array of patients and their changing needs. This makes most HCOs a 24/7/365 operation. The HCO evolves as medicine and management change‚ reflecting both the
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