Culture affects people’s perception of health and illness. In this post‚ I will define cultural diversity. As well as identify some benefits of a diverse workforce and barriers to diversity in the nursing profession. Furthermore‚ I will describe how my own diverse cultural background affects the nursing care I provide. Cultural diversity is when differences in race‚ ethnicity‚ language‚ nationality‚ and religion are represented within a community (Andrews & Boyle‚ 2016). It refers to demographic differences
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Hall Australia‚ 1998 Article Title Chapter 2 What is Communication theory? Erskineville‚ NSW: Pearson Education Australia Page 8-31 What is Communication theory? Summary Of Reading Purpose The purpose of this reading is to give readers an appreciation of the complexity that is involved in a communication process. Their principal components and competencies involved‚ the authors also discuss and shed light on the array of theories and concepts widely available‚ their pros and cons
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What is Game Theory? Game theory is a branch of mathematics that aims to lay out in some way the outcomes of strategic situations. Game theory has applications in politics‚ inter-personal relationships‚ biology‚ philosophy‚ artificial intelligence‚ economics‚ business and other disciplines. Originally‚ game theory attempted to look only at a fairly limited set of circumstances‚ those known as zero sum games‚ but in recent years its scope has increased greatly. Brief history John von Neumann
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It is important that nursing ethical decision should be based on ethical principles. Nurse’s ethical decisions should be beneficial with less harm for a patient. The core task for practicing nurses when confronted with ethical dilemmas is to maintain moral integrity‚ defined as living up to personal and professional ethical beliefs by acting honestly‚ being trustworthy‚ and consistently supporting and doing what is right (Davis‚ Schrader‚ & Belcheir‚ 2012) The nursing goal in dealing with the
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First‚ Masters (2012)‚ in her book ‘Nursing Theories: A framework for professional practice’ describes a person as “individuals‚ families‚ communities and other groups who are participants in nursing” (Masters‚ K‚ 2012‚ P3). This statement refers to patients as individuals in need of the care of nurses. In fact‚ these individuals can have very complex needs and health problems requiring specialized and attentive care to facilitate healing and improvement of their condition. The term patient can
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What is theory of mind? by Josh Clark Source: Clark‚ Josh. ‘What is theory of mind?’ 05 April 2011. HowStuffWorks.com. <http://people.howstuffworks.com/theory-of-mind.htm> Back when you were a child of 2 or so‚ you were virtually mindless‚ at least compared to how you are now. In the first few years of life‚ your primary focus was you: you wanted food‚ comfort‚ a colorful toy – and you were willing to cry very loudly to get it. In return‚ you offered nothing but potential quiet. You were egocentric
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Grounded theory has emerged from the knowledge of Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss in early 1967. Later on‚ Strauss developed a highly structured‚ fully qualitative book with Juliet Corbin. Grounded theory is a form of a qualitative research which studies individuals’ experiences with some kind of a process and then creates a theory or an explanation of how that process works. It mainly relies on interviews‚ observations‚ and artifacts. The theory that is created in grounded theory is generated
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As I am being my career as a nursing student it is my responsibility to understand begin practicing the thought process of critical thinking. The critical thinking obtains multiple aspects that contain many important actions that nurses have to complete when they come into contact with a healthcare consumer. The process of critical thinking is not always easily obtainable but sometimes it needs to be practiced multiple times so that the process occurs without having to really try to critically
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facilities‚ a nurse takes on a very important role in the safe preparation and administration. Medication administration and evaluation are fundamental nursing responsibilities. Nurses need to have the knowledge of medication actions and effects (Potter‚ Perry‚ Stockert‚ & Hall‚ 2013). The United States National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) (2004) reported that 50% of nurses surveyed were involved in patient care errors‚ with 75% of errors being medication
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What is the agency theory? Agency Theory is defined the branch of financial economics that looks at conflicts of interest between people with different interests in the same assets. This most importantly means the conflicts between: * shareholders and managers of companies. * shareholders and bond holders. The fact: Agency theory is rarely‚ if ever‚ of direct relevance to portfolio investment decisions. It is used to by financial economists to model very important aspects of how capital
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