Health Care Setting In hospitals‚ clinics‚ and other healthcare settings‚ health educators often work one-on-one with patients and their families. They teach patients about their diagnoses and about necessary treatments or procedures. They also teach the patient about lifestyle changes that are necessary to manage the disease or to assist with recovery. Health educators direct people to outside resources‚ such as support groups and home health agencies and create activities and incentives to encourage
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Cultural Competency in Nursing NSG-2262 March 3rd‚ 2014 As nurses‚ we not only need to understand cultural competence‚ but we also have to be sure not to generalize groups of people. Each client is an individual‚ and it is important to form a therapeutic relationship so we can care for each specific client. Each client has his/her own needs; just because two people are of the same culture‚ it doesn’t mean that he/she believes in the same thing. In turn‚ nurses need to understand their
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Behavioral Health is a very important topic in the United States and other parts of the world. In my eyes it is important that people know the signs of behavioral health issues and know where they can get help. Often people with these issues feel ashamed and do not reach out for help. This can lead them to doing other things that might cause harm to themselves or others. Currently‚ I’m working on a masters in Sociology. In my program‚ we study society‚ especially human behavior. Recently‚ in one
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The Behavioral Health Clinic in Boys Town‚ Nebraska internship would be a great opportunity for me and my career. This internship would give me the experience I need for my job in psychology and sociology. Ever since I was a little girl I have always wanted to help people. Upon graduating college I will have a bachelor’s degree in both psychology and sociology. I am excellent with talking to people and comforting them‚ especially kids. While I was in high school and college I babysat and was a Certified
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Understanding myself is important to analyze my behaviors and successfully judge my reaction to different situations that may occur. Let alone‚ my personal characteristics that makes me have these reactions‚ to the situations. Considering‚ the health behavioral theory that I have chosen to write about is‚ the Social Cognitive Theory. The Social Cognitive Theory is a theory deeply rooted from the behaviorism framework. The Social Cognitive Theory is‚ “based on the concept of reciprocal determinism”‚
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THE NEED FOR CULTURAL AWARENESS‚ RESPECT AND COMPETENCY What is culture? It is difficult to define culture. A characteristic usually included in definitions of culture is that it is "shared by people." Culture is also said to distinguish insiders from outsiders‚ those who are members of one cultural group from those who are not. This idea of culture leads to the following useful suppositions: 1. Culture is learned. It is transmitted from one generation to another through observation and discourse
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Ritva Laakso-Manninen Riitta Viitala COMPETENCE MANAGEMENT and HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT A theoretical framework for understanding the practices of modern Finnish organisations HAAGA-HELIA RESEARCH 1/2007 Ritva Laakso-Manninen Riitta Viitala COMPETENCE MANAGEMENT and HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT A theoretical framework for understanding the practices of modern Finnish organisations Haaga-Helia 2007 Sales of the publication HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences Contact Centre
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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COUNSELOR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Useful Traits Of Primary Care Behavioral Health Counselors Behavioral health counselors must be able to function in the face-paced primary care environment. To be effective‚ they should: * be flexible enough to deal with noise‚ frequent interruptions‚ and constant changes in scheduling; * be able to offer brief‚ targeted interventions usually lasting less than 30 minutes; * be comfortable with short-term counseling‚ often lasting
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Spitzberg and Cupach (1984) define communication competency as the ability to achieve your goals while you fulfill relational and situational expectations (as cited in Cupach & Canary‚ 1997). Spitzberg and Cupach contend that communication competency is primarily comprised of two dimensions‚ appropriateness (meeting social expectations and social rules) and effectiveness (achieving one’s goals). Understanding the individual’s role in cross-cultural communication has gained the attention of several
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1.3 : Within any health and social care setting‚ interpersonal communication is vital between service provider and service user. During the process of interpersonal communication‚ there is always a sender‚ which sends a message across and a receiver on the opposite end to give feedback/reply. It was mentioned by Podmoroff (2013) that interpersonal communication skills are learned and can be improved. There are many methods and techniques that can be carried out to deliver appropriate interpersonal
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