all experienced military leaders‚ both noncommissioned and commissioned‚ realize the importance of knowing every facet of the enemy and their environment. Throughout history‚ we have studied‚ witnessed and experienced great examples of the use of cultural knowledge during combat operations. Lieutenant Colonel T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia) of the British Army documented his experiences while living among the Arabic people. He learned about their society and culture in order to improve his military expertise
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Importance of Cultural Awareness Preparing for a career in the healthcare field sparks a need for one to have a sense of individual responsibility to be knowledgeable of cultural awareness. Knowledge of cultural awareness leads one to have the proper tools at one’s disposal in order for one to be better prepared in the healthcare field environment; where preventing bias and stereotype errors towards patients should be considered a top priority. Obtaining the proper knowledge of cultural awareness will
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Military: Cultural Awareness Congressional and military leaders have directed improvement in cultural awareness training throughout the Department of Defense. However there are severe challenges‚ especially in an era of limited resources‚ transformation and combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Research shows that cultural decisions may not always achieve their desired effect; many bad decisions are a result of cultural ignorance. This article showed several ways to improve cultural awareness in the
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Self Awareness and Cultural Ienditiy I am a 27 year old female who was born into a white‚ middle class‚ college educated family. My family’s cultural background is made up of Eastern and Western European nationalities. The largest percentage of my ethnic background is Lithuanian‚ but there is also a mixture of English‚ Irish‚ Danish‚ Scottish‚ and French. For the most part my ethnic background has not played a large part of who I am today. I am a fifth generation American so our family has long
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The meaning of the term culture in nursing has changed significantly in recent decades. Culture may be seen as the learned‚ shared value and beliefs of a particular group (Spence‚ 2001). Cultural expression assumes many forms‚ including language‚ traditions‚ stress‚ pain‚ anger‚ sorrow‚ spirituality‚ decision making and even world philosophy (Catalano‚ 2006).Cultural safety is a process that involves the individual knowing of their self and their own culture‚ becoming aware of‚ respectful of‚ and
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Introduction Cultural competence in nursing refers to our ability to relate to patients within the context of their own cultural values (DeNisco & Barker‚ 2013). According to Purnell (2005)‚ one aspect of cultural competence is “demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the client’s culture‚ health-related needs and meaning of health and illness‚” (p. 8). Furthermore‚ cultural sensitivity means the nurse will avoid imposing one’s own beliefs or cultural norms of health or illness onto the patient
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What is cultural competence? What is culturally competent care? These are very important questions to consider. Nurses are exposed to diverse cultures constantly in today ’s society and need to be able to provide appropriate care while still respecting a patient ’s cultural background. Cultural competence in nurses is a combination of culturally congruent behaviors‚ practice attitudes‚ structures and policies that allow nurses to work effectively in cross-cultural situations. Cultural competence
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and how the culture difference had a significant impact on the ability to communicate or engage with the patient. During this assignment the patient will be referred as Mr Y as confidentiality of the patient must be maintained in accordance to the Nursing and Midwifery Council guidelines (NMC‚ 2010). In the time of my placement in Outpatient Department in one London Hospital‚ Mr Y a 63 year old patient‚ originally from Pakistan had a follow-up appointment in urology clinic due to bladder malfunction
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Cultural Awareness in Counselling practices I have chosen to focus this assignment on the Aboriginal and Vietnamese cultures. I hope to be working in an area which will have these two cultures as the dominant groups. The reason I have focussed on Vietnamese refugees instead of the culture of Vietnam as a whole is that the facility I hope to work in has refugees as its main client group. I will give an overview of my research into how best to work in a counselling relationship with people from
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Cultural competence in nursing is defined as the incorporation of personal cultural diversity experience‚ awareness‚ and sensitivity into everyday practice ( Schim & Dorenbos‚2010; Schim‚ Dorenbos‚ Benkert‚ & Miller‚ 2007). A nurse that is culturally competent will be able to gain the trust‚ understanding‚ and utmost respect of a patient that has a different cultural background or holds a different set of beliefs. Cultural competence is important now more than ever as the population grows and becomes
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