In the 1800’s an effort to redefine nursing‚ by improving upon patient care‚ Florence Nightingale stands as the patron leader. She went onto grapple with the task of improving upon deplorable hospital conditions; while‚ measuring patient’s outcomes in a statistical method. Over a hundred years later‚ more recent compiled research related to a link between hospital staffing issues and adverse patient outcomes grabs the attention of internal and external healthcare populations. In the 90’s and early
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Communication What training is necessary for health care providers to become effective intercultural communicators? Since we have lived in a globalized world we need to be aware of the cultural diversity in the worldviews of other people. This is especially true in the health care. People from different cultures hold their own special beliefs about health care‚ illness and even about death. The ignorance of different cultural orientations of
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Theoretical Application to a Culturally Sensitive Practice Situation Theoretical Application to a Culturally Sensitive Practice Situation “Social workers help people deal with problems ranging from personal relationships to lack of resources to blatant discrimination” (Kirst-Ashman & Hull‚ 2009‚ p. 29). Using the scenario involving Soledad and her family I will conduct a theoretical application to her culturally sensitive situation. I will complete this application by conducting a self
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Running Head: NURSING-SENSITIVE INDICATORS Nursing-Sensitive Indicators (my name) Western Governors University 1 NURSING-SENSITIVE INDICATORS 2 Nursing-Sensitive Indicators In 1994 the American Nurses Association began work to demonstrate that the profession of nursing has many unique opportunities in which the practice of nursing may impact patient care (ANA‚ 2014a). This paper analyzes Nursing-Sensitive Indicators (NSI) and how they may have impacted patient care in a scenario involving a
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Nurse-sensitive indicators are helpful tools in enhancing the quality of nurses‚ which will improve patient outcomes‚ nursing outcomes‚ in addition to performance measurement (Montalvo‚ 2007). According to the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators TM (NDNQI) (2014)‚ this is a national nursing database‚ which provides reports of processes‚ structure‚ and outcomes quarterly and annually to evaluate nursing care at the unit level (Montalvo‚ 2007). There is a need for a database that can be
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According to American Nurses Association website‚ nursing- sensitive indicators are defined as the structure‚ process and outcomes of nursing care (nursingworld.org). Quality care for patients in the hospital is important to their healing process. It is important to know what the nursing-sensitive indicators are and how they affect patients. The indicators are intended to focus plans and programs to increase quality and safety in patient care. In this scenario with Mr. J‚ many members of the
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member‚ an assessment of whether an impaired ability to complete bathing‚ dressing‚ grooming‚ feeding‚ or toileting activities for oneself can be assessed. If an area of weakness or a need is identified‚ the culturally competent nurse will be accepting of the member’s ideas to meet self-care needs while assessing whether an alteration in physical status affects the patient‚ family‚ workplace‚ or community (Spector‚ 2017). However‚ the nurses’ knowledge of personal and community resources that provide
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Standards of Culturally Competent Care Nur 531 April 8‚ 2013 Annette Marget Standards of Culturally Competent Care In 1963 Bob Dylan wrote the words "For the times they are a-changing" as part of the lyrics for a popular song of his. During the current millennium the term "global economy" has become a key word throughout the world of finance. These two well-known expressions are precursors to today ’s major issue of "cultural competency". The world has changed and is global in many aspects
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their experience. It is because I am a health care provider‚ I want to be optimistic‚ and assure that health care facilities and Nursing‚ in general‚ are doing all that they can to change that. As a nursing major‚ I had taken many classes which taught me about the importance of culturally congruent nursing care and cultural sensitivity. As I had explained in the response to Elizabeth’s post‚ providing certified‚ medical interpreters by all health care facilities to the people with a less than adequate
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Culturally Competent Nursing Care 1. Culturally Competent Nursing Care Culturally Competent Nursing Care 2. Often‚ I have heard the United States referred to as the “melting pot” due to its wide variation of ethnicity. In July of 2007 the United States Census Bureau estimated the Caucasian / non Hispanic population at
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