Kendra K. Collins Cultural Competence in Nursing Care Jo Anne Long Walker‚ Instructor SOC 5820: Mgmt. & Admin. in Older Adult Settings February 16‚ 2015 Cultural Competence in Nursing Care The numbers of minorities in the United States has significantly increased within the last decade. More specifically‚ older adults ages 65 and older also are becoming more culturally diverse. Expectedly‚ these changes in the population changes are also affecting the composition of facilities that care for
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Is Competency-Based Education the Answer? It is no secret that the United States is currently facing a literacy crisis. It is estimated that 21 percent of adults in the United States are reading below a 5th grade level and 19 percent of high school graduates cannot read. In Mike Rose’s book Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook‚ he states “the government requires that one be able to read and write at a sixth-grade level to be functionally literate: that is‚ to be able to meet-to a minimal degree- society
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The effectiveness of a counsellor relies on their ethical competence and behaviour. In this situation the counsellor needs to have the knowledge of dealing with loss and aged populations. Along with knowledge the counsellor must also be aware of the types of therapy and situations they are competent in. Since the client is an elderly woman over the age of 18 her information is confidential to everyone. However‚ she is in a retirement home‚ which means we may need to make the client aware that any
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A Publication of the Pacific and Asian Communication Association. Vol. 11‚ No. 3‚ pp.303 – 312. Communication Competence: A Malaysian Perspective Lailawati Mohd Salleh‚ PhD Faculty of Economics and Management Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 Serdang‚ Selangor Malaysia Email: lailawati_mohd_salleh@hotmail.com 304 Communication Competence Introduction Communication competence has been studied in a diverse array of scholarship such as human-computer interaction‚ marketing‚ gerontology‚ institutional
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Goals What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. You will not be the same person when you achieve your goal. When you set goals‚ you naturally focus on the result. If you pay attention to the desired path to get there‚ however‚ the value you gain from achieving the goal is not just about the reward of accomplishment. “The journey is the reward” (Chinese proverb) The process of achieving your goal and the experience you have gained will
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English 1302 Dr.Marin September‚ 04‚ 2013 What did I do to achieve my goal? The life without an aim is the considered to be the life without any direction. Goal setting helps you to end up where you want to be in the future. Everyone should have goals when they are striving to achieve a specific task. A good example of when goals are important to have is when people attend college. Therefore‚ I developed personal goals that I considered important in achieving during my time in my English class
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A goal is a desired future state that the organization attempts to realize. A plan is a blueprint specifying the resource allocations‚ schedules‚ and other actions necessary for attaining goals. Planning is the act of determining the organization’s goals and the means for achieving them. Managerial Decision Making Decision making is the act of making up your mind about something‚ or a position or opinion or judgement reached after consideration. Effective decision
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eventually will decide to close the plant. In his fight to save his plant‚ a physician‚ Jonah‚ helps him in achieving his objectives. Alex‚ with the help of Jonah‚ finds that the goal of a manufacturing organization and all organizations in general is to make money. Jonah explains the measurements which express the goal of making money in a different way. These measurements are: Throughput Inventory‚ and Operational expense Throughput is defined as the rate at which the system generates
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Learning Goals The university learning goals are essential skills that hiring managers look for when reviewing applications. Knowing how to incorporate the learning goals into your career competencies can help you in the application and career-search process. Fill in the following table with 100-word summaries of how each university learning goal can help you with career preparedness. University learning goal How each goal prepares you for success in the workplace Professional Competence and Values
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Competency The purpose of this concept analysis was to further explore uses of the concept and theoretically define how important the multidimensional aspects of competency are to the professional practice of nursing. Competency is essential to the profession of nursing‚ and providing a clear theoretical definition of competency is only the first step. The competency of all nurses and healthcare providers must be assessed to provide safe care‚ protect the public‚ and maintain the credibility
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