Cultural Competence Care and Lack of Communication Swasti Lewis NUR/531 March 23‚ 2015 Instructor Annette Marget “Hola‚ coma esta‚ Me llamo Swasti Lewis‚ Yo soy enfermera por la noche”‚ this statement translates to‚ “hello‚ how are you? My name is Swasti Lewis‚ I will be your nurse for tonight”. Language‚ a beautiful notion in life defining people by their origins‚ culture and countries. Language means‚ “the words‚ their pronunciation‚ and the methods of combining them used and understood
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Managing cultural diversity in an organization i. Introduction The world is now on the way to reach with globalization‚ all the countries in the world try to share their labors‚ try to create their relationship‚ and they are all trying to work to together among the different nations. In this context‚ all the people need to adapt themselves with the different cultural situation. Managing cultural diversity is the most importing thing in the world of globalization. Cultural diversity is defined
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patients’ cultural background in order to provide culturally competent and compassionate care at the end of life. Culturally competent medical care for the dying patient by nurses and healthcare providers alike is a challenging task‚ especially when religious values‚ practices‚ and beliefs influence the treatment decisions for patients as the end of life nears. The purpose of this paper is to discover cultural practices among the Jewish community at the end of life. The basic concepts of treating
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Cultural Competence: Is it necessary? What is Cultural Competence? Many different definitions of cultural competence are out there‚ but probably the most widely accepted is the following: “Cultural and linguistic competence is a set of congruent behaviors‚ knowledge‚ attitudes‚ and policies that come together in a system‚ organization‚ or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations. “Culture” refers to integrated patterns of human behavior that include the
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The Value of Diversity and Multiculturalism in Business Diversity and Multiculturalism are two topics that‚ themselves‚ are not new. To start off with a uniform basic understanding‚ what are diversity and multiculturalism? According to Merrium-Webster‚ Diversity is ‘the condition of having or being composed of differing elements‚ especially the inclusion of different types of people (as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization’. Whereas‚ Merrium-Webster defined multiculturalism
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6 BUILDING DIVERSITY COMPETENCE IN SUPERVISION Notwithstanding that it is a core component of psychology training‚ diversity is one of the most neglected areas in supervision training and research. The majority of attention to diversity has been devoted to culture— just one particular aspect—rather than to the broader construct. Diversity includes culture in all its aspects‚ as well as socioeconomic status‚ race‚ religion‚ disabilities or ableness‚ age‚ gender‚ and sexual orientation‚ all of
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Cultural Competent and Ethics Pam Cowan Multicultural Psychology PSYCH/535 Professor Nino Kakulia December 16‚ 2012 Cultural Competent and Ethics Multicultural psychology is fairly new to the field of psychology and is constantly changing and improving. Some current emerging issues that of concern within multicultural psychology are researchers being cultural competent and the ethics involved when working with a diverse group of people. America is a very culturally diverse place and culture
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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 reflects
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Cultural Competence Assessment Diana Sanchez NRSE 4570 The United States is one of the most multicultural countries in the world. In fact it is projrected that by the year 2020 only 53% of the U.S. population will be White of European Descent (Giger‚ 2013). This has a huge impact on nursing because the patient population we are serving is changing very rapidly and we need to adapt in order to provide culturally appropriate care. A culturally competent nurse is one that seeks knowledge and
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Understanding and Celebrating Cultural Diversity in America ` Many people mistakenly use phrases such as “American culture‚” “white culture‚” or Western culture‚” as if such large‚ common‚ and homogenous cultures exist in the United States today. These people fail to acknowledge the presence of (1)cultural diversity‚ or the presence of multiple cultures and cultural differences within a society. In reality‚ many different cultural groups comprise the United States
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