Cultural competence

Rationale Individuals have different preference for the use of the hand. These hand preferences are right-handedness, left-handedness and ambidextrous which is the ability to do use the both hands in doing different tasks. The handedness of a person can be determined if the specific hand can do the task comfortably in situations like writing and throwing. The right-handedness of the people has approximately 85% in the society (Porac, 2016). Statistically, the right-handed are more dominant and…

Nonverbal Communications also know as the body language is a communiation when people send and recive wordless clues. ‘Non’ means ‘not’ and ‘verbal’ means ‘words’. It includes facial expressions, gestures but also tone of voice. Nonverbal Communication informs about basic emotional states, features of someone’s temperament but it can also inform about someone’s social status, origin, self-esteem and education. To understand nonverbal communication better it should be also known what exactly…

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words. Photography is the ability to freeze time without disturbing life. What is meant by that phrase is that when a photo is taken, that precise moment is forever captured to be revisited at the viewer’s leisure. When a photographer takes an image it is very different than when a friend tells you, “ Lets take a selfie!” Although, both a photographer and one capture that moment in time, a photographer tries to tell a story or a message as to look who I’m with;…

An ethnography is an analytical and qualitative research that study people and culture. Social interaction involves the interchange and actions between individuals or groups and makes the building blocks of society. In human interaction, there is a constant exchange of nonverbal and verbal communication. Nonverbal communication involves communication without a spoken language and includes facial expressions, eye contact, gestures, spatial differences,body position and posture known as body…

In order for an individual to express themselves, communication is inherently vital. Generally, communication can be transmitted in two distinct manners: verbal and nonverbal. Verbally, an individual’s tone, pitch, accent, and volume all contribute to their speaking style. For example, a soft or stuttering voice is perceived to be shy and lacking confidence, while in comparison, a full and concise voice displays confidence and passion. Contrastingly, nonverbal communication is communication…

Assessing Pain in Nonverbal Patients All individuals communicate verbally and nonverbally, and the ability to comprehend both communication methods is essential. Research indicates that two-thirds of communication is nonverbal and that nonverbal communication is more reliable than verbal (Washington & Leaver, 2010). Effective pain management is crucial for all patients. Many patients fear the perceived pain of disease more than the actual disease. Pain is an individualized, real experience…

Principle: Employees who adjust their verbal and nonverbal communication to respond to the identified probable motive of the assault are more likely to achieve the desired outcome. A reduction in assaultive behavior is a desired outcome. Key question: When I am responding to a person who is threatening to injure, am I using crisis communication, both verbal and nonverbal, to decrease the threat? Crisis communication is the main intervention for assisting students in the de-escalation process…

Nonverbal communication can include our clothing, physical appearance, gestures, facial and eye expressions, and more (The Communication Age). In this activity we had to play a type of charades where one person was in the middle and as a group we had to use a certain type of nonverbal communication to try and get that person to do a specific thing. One thing that we had to get them to do was walk out the door, and we could only communicate with them using our eyes. Another example was that we…

2009; Jackson, 2008). To be competitive in the global marketplace, it is increasingly necessary to possess intercultural competence skills (Sample, 2012). Intercultural competence is defined as, “…the personal ability needed to communicate and work efficiently in intercultural every-day and business situations with members of different cultural groups or in a foreign cultural environment” (Behrnd & Porzelt, 2012, p. 214). Another definition: “…abilities to adeptly navigate complex…

"Cultural relativism is an undeniable fact", Jack Donnelly postulates in his journal entitled, "Cultural Relativism and Universal Human Rights" (Donnelly, J); the axiom rings true not only inside anthropology, but inside the emergency room, whenever two cultures clashes and "the conflict [becomes] confined to differences in belief systems" (Fadiman, A). One example that comes to mind in the recent decades is the confrontation between the Lee family and a public hospital in Merced, California,…