What is cultural competence in Healthcare? Cultural competence in healthcare is the ability for the healthcare systems to demonstrate cultural competence towards the patients with diverse values and behaviors. The process includes consideration of individual social‚ cultural and linguistic needs of patients for the effective cross cultural communication with their care providers. The goal of cultural competence in healthcare is to lessen health disparities and to provide optimal care to patients
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basis in a profession whose culture is characterized by an overarching desire for stability and control‚ formal rules and policies‚ coordination and efficiency‚ goal and results oriented‚ and harddriving competitiveness. Emphasizing this lack of cultural congruence‚ the respondents of this study also indicated that the faculties culture should be one that emphasizes flexibility‚ discretion‚ participation‚ human resource development‚ innovation‚ creativity‚ risk-taking‚ and a long-term emphasis on
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Alando Ford MGT521/Management Jim Holst October 25‚ 2009 Retention One of the most pressing challenges facing today’s managers is keeping their best people. In today’s economy companies separate themselves by the talented people they recruit. Some ways companies can improve their retention rate are obvious. One way companies can cut turnover is by qualifying the personnel they are hiring and carefully analyzing what the different roles in their organization are. Next they must make
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I consider the major challenges facing the prison service over the next 5 years‚ are preventing the introduction of drugs into prisons and managing prisoners with drug problems. Drug finds in prison doubled over the last 5 years‚ i.e. approximately 6 drugs finds per day in Scottish Prisons. 69% of the prison population report drug use compared to 8% in the community. Research has identified defined routes into prison. The main routes being visits‚ mail‚ prisoners on admission‚ over the wall‚ prison
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A major part of working in the healthcare system is building rapport quickly with a family and the patient. Sometimes staff only has minutes to build some type of rapport with a patient and their family‚ which can affect the therapeutic relationship for the remainder of that patient’s care. As we have discussed in our child life courses‚ before entering a room‚ the doctor/nurse/CLS/therapist/any staff member should prepare for contact and have at least a slight understanding of the family dynamic
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“CULTURAL ISSUES IN THE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES” By Lubomir Genov № 1223280 Presented to chief assistant professor Kiril Dimitrov‚ Ph.D Cross cultural issues in the European human resource management University of National and World Economy – Sofia‚ Bulgaria Nottingham Trent University – UK Great Britain & North Ireland Sofia‚ October 29‚ 2012 Contents Introduction The process of globalization‚ accompanied by the reduction of the obstacles in front of the free
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Social Change in Healthcare Managing in Social Change OMM 612 April 02‚ 2012 Social Change in Healthcare Healthcare in my community has been a major issue since the new millennium. The main reason has been that some people feel they do not deserve to have health care. Although people will continue to debate‚ the issues have recently been brought to justice. President Obama signed a new legislation into law on March 23 and March 30‚ 2010. The goal is to repair the nation’s health care
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America is comprised of a growing number of cultures‚ resulting in widespread diversity. Such diversity is a problem in healthcare. Mental health is a specific and complicated aspect of healthcare and when you must specialize care to specific culture‚ in magnifies the difficulty of treatment. Knowledge regarding different cultures can uncomplicate care. I work with a 72-year-old Hispanic patient from Puerto Rico. She is catholic‚ widowed‚ she has ten children and numerous grandchildren and
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Cultural diversity is an essential basic foundation in today’s society. Much of the daily tasks of an individual‚ involves some types of interactions with others of different ethnic groups and cultural background. In order for an organization to be successful‚ it must be able to have an open mindset and embrace diversity as a whole. Part of being able to recognize diversity and multiculturalism in a specific organization is reflected towards their Web site. Therefore‚ in order to understand and
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Within the healthcare industry‚ numerous ethical issues have arisen over the years. A few common ethical issues faced today are abortion‚ euthanasia‚ and the containment of HIV/AIDS. To address ethical issues within the healthcare industry the use of a process termed the ethical decision making process‚ is a necessary tool in approaching ethical issues and furthermore finding the best ethical solution. The first of these ethical issues we will discuss is abortion. Three categories of abortion exist
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