Competence

interpersonal communication competence. Conversational involvement refers to the degree to which the individuals involved in a communicative exchange are mentally and physically engaged in the topic of the conversation (Coker, 1987). Personally, I have a high conversational involvement, scoring 13 out of 15 on the Spitzberg & Cupach assessment. Because of this I would consider conversational involvement to be a strength in regard to my interpersonal communication competence. Having a high level…

Cultural Competent Nursing Care Sharon Colton South University Cultural Competent Nursing Care Cultural competent nursing care is the expectation in today’s society. As nurses, we need to be mindful of different cultures and their healthcare beliefs. We need to be able to adapt to our patient’s cultural needs in order to provide holistic care to our patients and their families. “Health-care providers must recognize, respect, and integrate clients ' cultural beliefs and practices into…

The self-evaluation artifact for the cultural competence project provides a schematic diagram for analyzing my strengths, challenges & growth opportunities to become more culturally competent in regards to providing pharmaceutical care. A series of 3 parts were completed to further my understanding of various cultures and their impact in providing patient-centered care. The first 2 parts entailed watching a series of provider perspective videos and writing reflections in regard to questions…

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. Learning, accepting and respecting other cultures…

The first professional competence is concerned solely with “the understanding and the teacher’s ability to uphold the core values and commitments enshrined in the Council’s Code of Values and Professional Practice.” The next eleven competences state that teachers should obtain a knowledge and understanding of the current issues in education, the social and policy contexts that education is defined by. Teacher’s should keep up to date with current educational issues and know subject areas,…

their inner dialogue and, in particular, the critical voice that said "not like that", concentrate on your hand!, angle it differently". This is your inner voice speaking. We have 4 competence cycle of learning, such as, Unconscious incompetence, Conscious incompetence, Conscious competence and unconscious competence. In this 4 difference coaching cycle the coaches need to identify the stage at which an individual is to use the right sort of language to help them move to the next stage.…

Hello Laquanda after reviewing our video I leaned what cultural competence is and how it affects others around us. As stated cultural competence is the ability to effectively build such bridges across cultures and to use culturally appropriate helping strategies in all phases of the planned change process. During the beginning of your video, I was under the impression that you were defining cultural sensitivity, which entails social workers to be respectful of differences among people and…

Ethical competence is defined as the possession of personal and professional values and the ability to make sound judgements based on these in work-related situations (Cheetham & Chivers, 1996). Cheetham and Chivers, 1996, divided ethical competence into two subgroups of personal and professional values, both of which are particularly important when working with younger athletes. Personal values are a quintessential component of ethical competence because they become the framework for which…

Question #1 Organizations and institutions in recruit employees use various assessment methods. Some are task based while others are based on knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA). These methods are applicable for recruiting employees from the institutions and outside the institutions. In this paper the reasons for choosing KSA based method is discussed by use of the different tests. This results in the identification of different skills that include the innovative skills, communication skills…

best, we are most effective in helping clients, however to be at our best we must take care of ourselves. Lack of self-care (i.e. self-neglect) leads to distress, professional burnout, vicarious traumatisation, burnout and impaired professional competence. While research has stated that approximately 15% of individuals who work in a therapeutic area suffer from burnout at some point during their career (Boisaubin & Levine, 2001) the importance of self-care isn’t a concept that is discussed all…