Introduction The growing diversity in a country poses a constant challenge to health care workers. The hodgepodge of peoples and culture creates a mosaic of cultural dynamics. These cultural dynamics could be a potential source of conflict between the patient and the healthcare providers like physical therapists (PTs), doctors, and nurses. The diversity between the healthcare provider and the patient could impact their decision-making, interaction, relationship, health outcomes and the quality of care.…
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.…
Health Reform INTRO: In the United States there are a variety of different religions, cultures, and beliefs that are practiced all throughout. A lot of these religions and cultures are brought to America from immigrants who fled their homeland for a better life here in America. They hope to practice their beliefs and values in a country who accepts freedom of religion. For example, Hmong refugees came to America around the time of the Vietnam War.…
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.…
Without this embeddedness the hospital would not properly flow. Each department is a “smaller system, each with their own identity, yet dependent on each other” (Rowe & Hogarth, 2005, p.399). For example, the Mother and Baby Unit at Sacred Heart Medical Center relies on nurses and physicians for patient care. The nurses and providers rely on Lab and Pharmacy to draw tests and provide the correct medications for each patient. Housekeeping is also an essential aspect in process of patient care and to make sure the facility is clean and safe.…
Increasing Diversity in Nursing With the growth of a population filled with different ethnicities, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, social views, social status, generational age gaps, and culture beliefs to list a few, the need to understand and support these unique differences as it relates to providing health care cannot be ignored. To improve the health and well-being of the nation’s people seeking medical care, a call to increase the diversity of the nursing workforce must be answered. To address the issue of increasing diversity in the nursing population, actions to address an increase in the diversity of student enrollment, retention of the academic student nurse, and recruitment by healthcare organizations during the hiring process of qualified professional nurses with diverse backgrounds is necessary. Diversity in College and University Recruitment for the Student Nurse…
Cultural Competence Healthcare is becoming diverse with the patient population from many different race, cultures and ethnicity. Nurses take care of patients from many different types of heritage and background, therefore we need to be culturally competent while providing care. By taking the Cultural Diversity Self-Assessment (IllinoisCTE, n.d.), I was able to determine my own beliefs toward different cultures. The assessment tool is comprised of a one to five rating scale in regards to how strongly I agree with a question.…
There are several business principles related to patient and system costs in health care that are needed to maintain safe, quality, patient-centered care that is fiscally sound. For this discussion, I will put myself in the shoes of a nurse manager, director of nursing, Chief Nursing Officer, or business owner and consider three of the principles from the Greg Fisher Power Point (2008). The principles I will examine are: 1) decide what makes you different; 2) manage employees; and 3) set goals. The reason why I selected these three business principles is that they appear to me to be a good place to start the groundwork for any business model, including the field of health care.…
There are lots of opportunities for changes and improved care. Looking at the Guidelines for implementing culturally competent care and the Core competencies for interprofessional…
The thought of health care is something that anyone would think is simple enough. The first thought of nursing is caring for the basic needs of mankind. Since, every human contains pretty much the same physical makeup the care of one and all has been perceived as being the same. The biased notion that patient care is not individualized but the same across the board is false due to the diversity in our world. Cultural has become another aspect that affects patient care.…
Cultural Diversity and Its Influence on Nursing Practice Cultural Diversity is a key component to quality patient centered care. The Nurse needs to be aware of their own cultural attitudes. It is also very import that as nurses we understand the patient’s cultural preferences and needs. Cultural competence is becoming more important because of the increase in cultural diversity in our country. In the United States 13% of our population was not born in this country and another 8-10million are living here without documentation.…
The United States is a culturally diverse country that brings forth many differences in health care beliefs and practices. All cultures have each individual system of health beliefs explaining the cause of illness, how it can be treated or cured, as well as where to acquire treatment. The word culture is associated with norms, values, and traditions passed down through generations (Potter, Perry, Hall, & Stockert, 2017, p. 102). In other words, culture reveals how people think, do, and respond to certain situations pertaining to their social, emotional, spiritual, and physical wellbeing. In the United States, many individuals experience barriers to good health due to health disparities.…
“The Waiting Room” is a gut-wrenching film that portrays the realities of care and the issues it faces upon delivery. In this film, the day-to-day activities that occur in an Oakland Emergency room are conveyed to the viewer through the perspectives of patients and their health care providers. One major issue that this film strives to shed light on is how this particular hospital delivers health care to its community. The issue of finding an efficient method to provide good quality healthcare is a problem that all health systems face in today’s society. The perfect balance of quality and efficiency both need to be meet in order for a system to meet the needs of its customers.…
Cultural Competency in Healthcare Organizations Culture refers to a framework that directs the way societal members behave and interpret other people’s behaviors (Rose, 2013). Culture provides us with guidelines on how to interact, how to solve conflicts, and how to express ourselves. In a health care context, culture impacts the way people experience illness, express illness, pain, and how people make health care decisions (Ihara, 2004). Cultural competence in health care is the ability of organizations and providers to integrate factors such as ethnicity, race, language, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, occupation, and socioeconomic status into the provision and structure of health care system (Rose, 2013). As such, culturally competent health services aim at providing a high quality of care services to patients regardless of their…
TITLE OF YOUR PAPER The US is on target to become one of the most diverse nations in the world, with a projection of minorities making up 57% of the population by 2060. (Loftin, Hartin, Branson, and Reyes, 2013, page 10) This astounding number leaves many questions for culturally competent health care.…