Improving Case Management through Culturally sensitive practice. Last year I had the opportunity to participate in a Trans-cultural Training Program offered by my employer. The course was provided and run by the Williams Road Family Therapy Center and ran over a twenty-week period. Sessions ran every Wednesday for four hours. The topics covered a range of issues in regards to migration‚ acculturation‚ cultural lag‚ marginalization‚ cultural beliefs and values just to name a few. Since doing
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Culturally Congruent Care Culturally congruent care is referred to care which is personalized to fit with the beliefs‚ values‚ traditions‚ practices and lifestyle of the patient. But in order to achieve culturally congruent care you must first be culturally competent. Clinical practitioners must be caring‚ ongoing‚ and trustworthy‚ educated and have confidence. Clinical practitioners must demonstrate care because if a patient perceives that the clinical practitioners are not caring then they
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Providing Culturally Competent Care to a Native American Patient Fundamentals & Medical Surgical Nursing April 13‚ 2012 Providing Culturally Competent Care to a Native American Patient Introduction When caring for a Native American patient‚ it is imperative that the nurse provide culturally competent care. In this scenario‚ there are two main dimensions along which cultural tensions between the patient and the nurse can arise. The first pertains to the actual practices and values
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1 Chapter c0001 1 Nursing knowledge and practice Maggie Mallik‚ Carol Hall and David Howard KEY ISSUES s0005 u0190 u0195 u0200 u0205 s0010 u0210 u0215 u0220 u0225 u0230 u0235 u0240 s0015 u0245 u0250 u0255 s0020 u0260 u0265 INTRODUCTION SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE l Definitions‚ theories and models of nursing l Role and image of the nurse l People as recipients of nursing care l Contexts for delivering nursing care Nursing care is provided for people with widely
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I. SAFE AND QUALITY NURSING CARE CORE COMPETENCY 1: Demonstrate knowledge based on health/illness status of individual/ groups Indicators : ○ Identifies health needs of patients/groups ○ Explains patient/group status CORE COMPETENCY 2: Provides sound decision making in care of individual/groups considering their beliefs‚ values Indicators : ○ Problem identification ○ Data gathering related to problem ○ Data analysis ○ Selection appropriate action ○ Monitor progress of action
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This essay will discuss the plan of care I developed for Mr X while he was under my care in a post anaesthetic unit. It will discuss my nursing assessments‚ and what diagnoses I developed from this. It will then discuss the rationale behind my nursing interventions using relevant literature. My plan of care will be analysed throughout while identifying how my nursing care meets best practice guidelines. A nursing care plan is begun at a patients admission. In this case Mr X was booked in for
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I would remind myself that everyone’s life world in relation to social and cultural history‚ wealth and social connectedness is different‚ which influence the way how we act (Happell‚ 2013‚ p. 351). For this reason‚ to provide culturally safe care‚ I would keep the notion of “premise of regard” in mind‚ which means I would not make any assumptions or blame Tom for his current situation (Happell‚ 2013‚ pp. 296-297). According to my cultural values‚ any issue that occurred due to substance abuse is
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Sensitive Periods Introduction Sensitive periods are a termed coined by a Dutch biologist Hugo de Vries and later adopted by Dr. Montessori to refer to the important period of development in childhood. Montessori was not very specific in her published works about the precise number‚ description‚ or timing of these sensitive periods. These periods are critical to the child’s self-development. She set out several periods with the approximate ages to which they applied. Dr. Montessori believed‚ adults
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the term sensitive periods and link them appropriately to the child’s first stage of development. Explain how you would support these sensitive periods during this first crucial stage. Dr. Maria Montessori‚ basing on her scientific child observation‚ concluded that children learn and adjust to their surroundings on their own and by the means of inner powers (Montessori‚ 1966) they possess at birth: the Absorbent Mind (Montessori‚ 2007a)‚ human tendencies (Montessori‚ 1966) and sensitive periods
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‘‘Sensitive parenting is the most important factor in a child’s psychological development.’ Discuss. The role of a parent as discussed by Oates‚ Lewis & Lamb is seen to be the primary source providing children with structure and experience. Behaviourists see the reward system laid down by parents as ‘shaping’ their children’s behaviour whilst social behaviourists see the imitation of behaviours by children as the basis of new behaviours being learned. Social constructivists see parents as
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