Emerging Nursing Standards

Emerging Standards of Care Paper

The population of diversity continues to grow rapidly and the importance of cultural competence plays a major role in healthcare. According to the National Center for Cultural Competence (2014) “ Organizations must have the capacity to value diversity, conduct self assessment, manage the dynamics of difference, institutionalize cultural knowledge and adapt to the diversity and the cultural context of the communities they serve”. This paper will discuss and define the appropriateness of competent care in Hospice and palliative care and identify the populations served and issues of population vulnerability. In addition, exploration of standards of cultural competence; the delivery of nursing care and
First, it is important for nurses to understand cultural competencies in order to be able to provide care to a diverse group. To improve on a more efficient method for language barriers there have to be abundance of resources to ensure accessibility to translation. The organization should look into hiring more bilingual nurses that can provide service to the spanish populations. There can be attractive incentives for employees who serve as a translator. In addition, having a contract with an outside language translation company can be beneficial when communicating with patient and families with a different language. It is imperative to have all literature and educational information be written in the language of the patient to ensure understanding of the plan of care and the level of hospice services provided. “ Resources must be dedicated for achieving organizational cultures competencies” ( Purnell et al , 2011). The implementation of change have to be recognized by the key healthcare providers that can deliver the interventions to have a successful outcome to improve standards that have not been met. For example, physicians and nurses taking the time to communicate and explain the benefits of hospice with knowledge of the cultural understanding of the patient and
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