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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From past decades‚ various studies on Advance care planning have been directed which focused on several aspects and within a diverse range of settings. Many systematic reviews are currently been carried out that looks at diverse aspects and issues linked with ACP. Relating to the ACP effectiveness‚ studies found that advance care planning improves the overall documentation of patient’s predilections and alteration in health care utilisation for example increasing hospice service use and reducing
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Intellectual Capital Valuation Starbucks 02/16/2013 Bonnie J Gray OI/365 Intellectual capital is one of the most important assets that an organization will ever have. It contributes to each and every component of an organization‚ and helps to formulate success‚ growth‚ and development. Understanding the value of intellectual capital can turn any dive of a company into a thriving successful business. To dig deeper into that idea‚ embracing the value of intellectual capital and applying
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Cultural Competence Assessment Diana Sanchez NRSE 4570 The United States is one of the most multicultural countries in the world. In fact it is projrected that by the year 2020 only 53% of the U.S. population will be White of European Descent (Giger‚ 2013). This has a huge impact on nursing because the patient population we are serving is changing very rapidly and we need to adapt in order to provide culturally appropriate care. A culturally competent nurse is one that seeks knowledge and
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An advance directive is vital because in many instances the patient loses his or her ability to make decisions for himself or herself during the last stages of his or her life. When a person utilizes an advance directive‚ he or she can appoint an agent and an alternate agent‚ if the agent cannot or will not fulfill his or her duties‚ to make sure the health care provider and the family honors the patient’s wishes. “Advance Directives come in several different and
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Consultation Hours : Tuesday : 2.30 pm – 4.30p.m Thursday : 2.30 pm – 4.30p.m jk Telephone : 03-76277373 E-mail : iznora@unitar.my Tutors (Optional) : Course Synopsis The course contains current issues in Information and Communication Technology that focus on the area of information science‚ computer networking‚ multimedia‚ medical informatics and information security and computer forensic. Exposure through visitation‚ events‚ and seminar will be implemented in this course in
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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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Intellectual Property Table of Contents Overview of Intellectual Property 3 Types of Intellectual Property Rights 3 Industrial property 4 Copyright 5 Controversy of Intellectual Property 5 Intellectual Property in the Digital Age 7 No Electronic Theft Act 9 Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 9 Case Study Involving Intellectual Property – Domain Names 9 Conclusion 11 Overview of Intellectual Property The term intellectual property refers to the innovations of the human mind. Intellectual
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The form is a proxy advance directive because it assigns another person the ability to make decisions on behalf of the person in a situation. Proxy advance directive involves another third party who will be responsible for the decisions that will be required to be made in future. The above advance directive form is meant for planning important health care decisions. The forms asks the one filling of what will be done when they are incapacitated and they are unable to make decisions for themselves
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Business Strategy Assignment This essay will follow the course of identifying the key areas of the core competency theory that the article entitled ‘The Core Competence of the Corporation ’‚ written by Prahalad and Hamel‚ explores as well as positioning the concepts in the wider debate of theory‚ comparing and contrasting with other ideas from strategic theory. Secondly‚ this piece will look at some underlying assumptions of the business world that the article formulates when looking upon its
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