Cultural competence

But to get a better understanding of how to be culturally competent we must first define what it means. Next, we will examine how a professional working with children and families become so. Finally, we will discover what experiences I’ve had with cultural differences. To begin, we must first define what it means to be culturally competent. I personally believe that being culturally competent means, as a professional, we must be aware of the children culture, respect and appreciate children…

Diversity and Cultural Competence in Behavioral Healthcare Abstract This paper is about the effects of diversity and cultural competence in the behavioral health care work setting. It is oftentimes overlooked how important one 's ethnicity is not only to ourselves but for the clients as well. Making all efforts to make a client feel comfortable with their background when seeking treatment will ultimately lead to better results. This paper will discuss the many barriers to cultural competence…

In the article, Cultural Competence in Education, Strait emphasizes the importance of culturally competent educators. Culture competence is the skill to effectively teach students who come from a culture different from our own. Four basic cultural competence skills are mentioned in this article: Research reveals that cultural competence leads to more successful teaching and learning. Basford & Keith (2014), also explore the idea of culturally responsive schools. In the article Ask, Don’t Tell:…

variety of challenges that can impede communication and understanding. For nurses, it is especially important that they have cultural competence. Cultural competence is best described as “the integration ok knowledge, attitudes, and skills that enhance cross-cultural communication and appropriate interactions with others” (Black, 346). If there is a failure to have cultural competency then that can lead to miscommunication, misunderstanding and mistrust which could be detrimental to the…

Cultural competence U.S being a country of immigrants, addressing the needs of culturally diverse people has become the top priority of us health care system. Health care priorities include intervening chronic conditions like hypertension, Diabetes mellitus, chronic smoking. In order to effectively manage these prevalent conditions, it is imperative to understand a patient’s health knowledge, lifestyle, beliefs and behavior. Mere technical proficiency is no longer sufficient in today’s…

are valuable for all students (e.g., preparing them for a pluralistic society, democratic workforce, and globalization), discuss the role cultural competence plays as a critical competency within higher education. (b) Describe how cultural competence can be incorporated into policy making, infrastructure, and practice in higher education. Cultural competence is a critical competency of higher education because it allows students, faculty, and staff to expand their perspective outside their…

with such diversity presents challenges to the health care system. To meet the needs of such diverse groups requires nurses and other health care providers to successfully practice cultural competence when it comes to the delivery of care (National Health and Medical Research Council, 2006, p.4). Cultural competence in health care WRITE SOMETHING HERE ABOUT MEDIA EFFECTS AND RACISM IN HEALTH. Media Article One…

organizations are moving cultural diversity toward cultural competence in Healthcare (Galambos, C. M. 2003). Under the direction of the National Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity, standards for practice from a cultural competence perspective were developed and adopted by the NASW Board of Directors in 2001 (NASW, 2001). “The standards mentioned above by the NASW Board of Directors in 2001 provide comprehensive definitions of culture, competence, and cultural competence and may be used as…

2011). Developing cultural competency, opens the door for patients to receive cultural care – a holistic care – where nurses are able to understand the manifestations of the patient’s cultural heritage and life trajectory (Spector, 2016). The rationale for cultural competence is to promote safety and quality of care, to advocate social justice, and to eliminate health disparities among diverse…

Paper on Cultural Competence Introduction To stay in multicultural country like Canada there are different people from different background. Culture also refers to tradition and values of the person, individual culture is influenced by many factors, such as race, gender, religion, ethnicity, socio-economic status, sexual orientation and life experience, culture competence is very important to maintain therapeutic nurse-client relationship. Canadian nurses association believes that cultural…