Communication: Many clinicians in the United States come from
Communication: Many clinicians in the United States come from
Cultural Competency Paper CHI Saint Francis Medical Center is a general medical and surgical hospital in Grand Island, NE, with 190 beds. Saint Francis Medical Center, was established in 1887 and is located in Grand Island, Neb. Saint Francis provides a wide range of medical and clinical services. It provides multiple clinical services, such as cardiology, imaging, intensive and critical care, nutrition and dietary plans, pediatric, and surgical services. Some of its other services include electrocardiogram, echocardiology, cardiopulmonary, intravascular ultrasound, cancer treatment and respiratory care.…
It is imperative to have diversity in hospitals because patients need someone who can relate to them on a cultural and ethnic level. Also, the more minorities in position leads to diversity and change for improvement of…
CLOSING STATEMENT: Overall, the United States is becoming increasingly culturally diverse and will continue in this direction in the future. People of diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural heritage suffer disproportionately from cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and every form of cancer (Sutton, 2000). In order to best serve and meet the needs of all backgrounds, it is crucial that healthcare practitioners be educated in culture diversity. The goal of cultural competence is to create a healthcare system and workforce that are capable of delivering the highest-quality care to every patient, regardless of race, ethnicity, or culture (Betancourt, 2005).…
With the ever changing health care reform, it is important to consider what culturally diverse means. Cultural diversity in the workplace occurs when a company hires employees from a variety of backgrounds, race, gender, age, or religion. FHCC has recently opened a new facility in a neighborhood that is culturally diverse. FHCC is experiencing low patient influx due to the fact that there is a lack of cultural diversity of among the staff. Some of the factors affecting the patient influx include: a. Language barriers: Miscommunication in the healthcare sector can be life-threatening.…
Cultural competency is the knowledge of how to correctly act and treat people of different social variables. In order to maintain a peaceful environment in the healthcare industry, all professionals should be educated on how to interact with other healthcare professionals and patients of different backgrounds. This experience will allow healthcare professionals to treat others with respect and dignity. Cultural competence can be an advantage and will decrease the possibility of unprofessional conduct. To get experience in cultural competency, first a person must understand and know one’s own culture.…
The increasing racial, dialectal and religious assortment in Brisbane inhabitants means that to be safe, health facilities and suppliers need to be culturally suitable and receptive. There is cumulative acknowledgment in Australia that racial groups experience substantial disparities in personal wellbeing and medical services compared with the average population. Research indicates a strong link between cultural incompetence, and poor quality health outcomes and significant risks A study and research was conducted in 2005 labelled “Cultural Safety and Cultural Competence in Health Care and Nursing” where 145 participants were interviewed on their knowledge and understanding of incompetent and culturally safe healthcare towards ethnically and…
Cultural competence and diversity are very important. According to Parker (2015) it builds understanding of our unique populations and helps us to develop innovative ways to reach out and care for patients. It is with a certain inevitability that the United States and its demographic move towards a more culturally diverse population. It is then imperative for health care to adjust to meet demands of the people. It starts from the top, the leaders and the managers, it moves down to the supervisors, then the rank and file accordingly.…
According to the National Institute of Health, “ cultural competency has a positive effect on patient care delivery by enabling providers to deliver services that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs …” (NIH, 2015). This is a critical aspect, as personal values and religious beliefs of many hinder the acceptance of the LGBT community. Thus, failing to include those factors will negatively impact of the delivery of SPEAK LIFE’s message.…
Language and body language is one of the main areas of cultural respect and is one of the leading cultural barriers that stop efficient communication between Indigenous and healthcare providers. In 2008 studies were carried out, it was found that 13% of Indigenous Australians aged 15 years and over spoke a language other then English as their main language at home, among this group 15% experienced it hard to communicating and being understood by non-Indigenous people. REFFERENCE. It is of great importance to examine and study the ways in which people from different cultures communicate with one another and other people outside of their community. Healthcare providers must be alert for specific cues that suggest cultural differences through…
I am a young black Haitian-American woman who is spiritual, educated, political, and family oriented. As a child, I grew up in low-income family home with both parents under one roof. Without a doubt, both of my parents are political, for they are democrat individuals who raised their children to be acquainted with civil rights and social disparities. However, I do believe my identities fit into a culturally competent behavioral health plan because of cultural disparities in health care. Therefore, minorities are less likely to have access to available mental health services and often receive a poorer quality of treatment of care.…
In United States, the nation is increasing its diversity with populations of different ethnicities as well as cultures. Cultural competence allows healthcare organizations to provide effective methods and services of understanding and treating people with different backgrounds such as people of different cultures, demographics and languages. With many differences in population, there are disparities that must be eliminated in order to promote a better comprehension of people as well as promote better health. Today, using cultural competence to decrease health disparities maintains the top priority for United States health system to accomplish.…
The health care system is very difficult to access due to many complex issues, such as disparity. Health and health care disparities refer to differences in health and health care between population groups. In other words health disparity generally refers to higher burden of illness, injury, disability or mortality experienced by one population group relative to another groups. In addition it indicated the difference between groups in health coverage, access to care and quality of care.…
Cultural competency brings about the core of high quality in patient-centered care as it directly impacts the delivery of health care services. Additionally, delivering culturally competent health care improves patients’ satisfaction, quality of care, contributes to staff retention, and increases job satisfaction. On the other hand, lack of cultural competency in health care contributes to reduced patient compliance, increased health disparities, and poor patients outcomes regardless of the systems available and quality of service (Butler et.al, 2016). Health care organizations can use actions such as communication, sharing operating procedure and organizational structure, recruitment and outreach, diversity training, and vision and context to bring about cultural competence and enhance effective treating of patients from all cultural groups. The paper will discuss cultural competence in health care; discuss specific actions that healthcare organizations can utilize for cultural competence and how these actions…
“The European American culture is a blended culture resulting from early immigrants in the United States, primarily Caucasians from Europe, who adapted to and adopted on another’s culture and, over time, have formed their own distinct, new cultures.” ( Purnell,214). The term European American is normally shortened to American. American culture are considered to be middle- class whites, others from out of the country believe that all Americans are rich, spoiled, drive fancy cars, and no poverty. “In 1607, in Jamestown, Virginia, the first English settlement and from 1607 until 1890, most immigrants to the United States came from Europe and essentially shared a common European culture.”…
Healthcare is a universal need. People around the world need healthcare to make sure they stay in perfect health. To stay perfectly healthy people needs access to doctors, nurses, and other health professionals including health information management to evaluate and document their healthcare diagnosis and care. However, health professional has experience some issues when it comes to take care of people’s health. One of the main issues that many health care providers face is the wide variety of diversity of their patient’s culture and beliefs.…