The following paper analyses the professioThe following paper analyses the professional competence of nurses which refers to their cultural competency, their knowledge, and skills. The paper is broken up into five sections which discusses various topics. The topics are as follows: the impacts nurse competence has on the nursing practice, the implications it has on the health care delivery system, the impact it has on the culture of nursing, how oppression relates to nurse competence and its effect on the profession, and problem solving skills to address the possible solutions to nurse competence. A journal article titled “Enabling nursing students to become culturally competent” by Momeni, Jirwe, and Emami, (2008) was used and referenced.
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Nurses still to this day have to deal with sexism in the health care profession. Nursing has always been a traditionally female dominant profession and doctors were primarily male. Although the number of men in nursing is rising, there are still fewer men in the profession. It is true that many nurses are women, but 10% of nurses are male. One of the main oppressions in the nursing field is that nursing has a perception of being a “women’s job.” This not only views that a nurse’s work is feminine, but for some reason holds a negative perception that working in a career that is predominantly female has made it less important in the eyes of the public. Why is this? People still assume that if you are a …show more content…
In order to be a competent nurse, they must execute their duties in a proficient and professional way, without error. Cultural competence is one of the biggest components in nurse competence in the health care profession today. In the nursing field, it is expected as nurses to be culturally
NURSE COMPETENCE competent and understand acceptance of a patient 's health beliefs. If a nurse can exhibit good communication skills, intelligence, and cultural competency then they will have no problem being considered a “Competent Nurse.”
NURSE COMPETENCE
References
Giddens, J. F. (2017). Concepts for Nursing Practice. St. Louis, MS: Elsevier.
Momeni, P., Jirwe, M., & Emami, A. (2008). Enabling nursing students to become culturally competent - a documentary analysis of curricula in all Swedish nursing programs. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 22(4), 499-506. Retrieved from http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=fbb6f0b6-374f-4584-98ad-79073991123f%40sessionmgr4009&vid=7&hid=4213.
nal competence of nurses which refers to their cultural competency, their knowledge, and
Nurses still to this day have to deal with sexism in the health care profession. Nursing has always been a traditionally female dominant profession and doctors were primarily male. Although the number of men in nursing is rising, there are still fewer men in the profession. It is true that many nurses are women, but 10% of nurses are male. One of the main oppressions in the nursing field is that nursing has a perception of being a “women’s job.” This not only views that a nurse’s work is feminine, but for some reason holds a negative perception that working in a career that is predominantly female has made it less important in the eyes of the public. Why is this? People still assume that if you are a …show more content…
In order to be a competent nurse, they must execute their duties in a proficient and professional way, without error. Cultural competence is one of the biggest components in nurse competence in the health care profession today. In the nursing field, it is expected as nurses to be culturally
NURSE COMPETENCE competent and understand acceptance of a patient 's health beliefs. If a nurse can exhibit good communication skills, intelligence, and cultural competency then they will have no problem being considered a “Competent Nurse.”
NURSE COMPETENCE
References
Giddens, J. F. (2017). Concepts for Nursing Practice. St. Louis, MS: Elsevier.
Momeni, P., Jirwe, M., & Emami, A. (2008). Enabling nursing students to become culturally competent - a documentary analysis of curricula in all Swedish nursing programs. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 22(4), 499-506. Retrieved from http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=fbb6f0b6-374f-4584-98ad-79073991123f%40sessionmgr4009&vid=7&hid=4213.
nal competence of nurses which refers to their cultural competency, their knowledge, and