Emerging Standards of Care Glorybel Rodriguez NUR 531 December 9, 2013 Sylvia Ellington Emerging Standards of Care The impact of the changing demographics and the growing multicultural world has emphasized the importance of cultural competence for the delivery of quality care in this diverse society. Knowing and understanding the beliefs, values, practices, and customs of a culture is pivotal for nurses and health care providers. Beyond the race and ethnic classification that usually comes to mind when cultural diversity is discussed, other types of cultural diversity such as gender and organization affiliation warrants attention. In the Veteran’s Administration (VA) health system the unique veteran culture (specifically combat veteran) and the minority group of woman veterans present unique challenges as health disparities and special needs are evident within these groups. Cultural competence, the veteran culture, and minority female veterans will be discussed.
The Care Value Base The care value base is a code of practice for both employees and employers. Occupational standards and the GSCC code of practice identify a framework of values and moral rights of service users that can be referred to as care values or a value base for care. Diversity and Respect for differences : Diversity is about valuing people's differences and addressing their different needs and situations. Delivering on equality and diversity in the health service means that we are tackling barriers which might prevent some groups of people from accessing services. It also means that we are delivering services which meet the diverse needs of our patients, service users and carers.
Nurses intermingle with people from diverse branch of the world with a mixture of civilizing practices, so cultural alertness seems essential in creating a patient-nurse relationship during the interview phase of the health assessment, initial step of the nursing process. Every culture perceives wellbeing and sickness differently; as a result, cultural traditions have power over nurses’ decision making process which represents a baseline to begin action for healing and provides high quality of care that nurses have to give. “Cultural ability means the aptitude of nurses to value and admit the cultural backgrounds of persons and give care that best meets the persons’ requests—not the nurses’ requests” (Edelman & Mandle, 2010, p.
Establishing multidisciplinary teams that embrace a shared vision and operate cohesively to push for broad technology integration within the community is a major goal of the community health nurses. Developing a mutual respect between and among clinicians who may bring different skills and knowledge, which can assist in bridging the gaps in the culturally diverse community will bring a positive advantage to our plan of
UNIT 2: EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND RIGHTS IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE This unit investigates how equality, diversity and rights are central to the effective operation of health and social care services. The unit explores discriminatory practice and its potential effects on patients/service users; the promotion of anti discriminatory practice by, for example, legislation and codes of practice, and the application of this to the health or social care workplace. The knowledge and skills gained from this unit will underpin many of the other units in the qualification and it is essential in preparing you for your period of vocational experience. Summary of Learning Outcomes: To achieve this unit you must demonstrate that you: 1. Understand concepts of equality, diversity and rights in relation to health and social care 2.
Unit Title: Promote equality and inclusion in health social care or children's and young peoples settings Unit Number: 4223-303 Outcome 1 1.1 Explain what is meant by • Diversity Diversity is the differences in people i.e. religion, sexual orientation, well being, food preferences etc • Equality ‘Equality means treating everyone fairly and making equal opportunities available. This also involves respecting individuals differences • Inclusion Inclusion involves making the individual the centre of their life, involving them in everything that is about them so that they are actively involved in all aspects of their life, care and support 1.2 Describe the potential effects of discrimination • withdrawal from society • low mood • suicide • self harm • depression • insomnia 1.3 Explain how inclusive practice promotes equality and supports diversity Treating the individual fairly, and providing them with equal opportunities to housing, education, employment, transport, health and social care can help as the individual will feel valued and treated fairly and not made vulnerable, if not minimise/eliminate any discrimination against that individual or by that individual against others. Inclusion also is important as the individual will be aware of their rights, will feel in control and will feel supported to be able to make their own choices and have their needs met. Outcome 2 2.1 Explain how legislation ad codes of practise relating to equality, diversity and discrimination apply to own work role.
Introduction The 2010 Institute Of Medicine and along with the partnership of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has put forth a landmark report focusing on the future of advancement in nursing . Ensuring that being the largest part of the medical profession nurses are given a chance to play a active part in redesigning the future of our nations healthcare reform .As per the 2010 IOM report it is time to look ahead ,a time to consider and a time to implement meaningful advancements in this drastically changing world of healthcare. The IOM has been involved in constant research and data collection for decades in bringing forth these changes to improve the quality and safety by focusing on three important aspects ,transforming nursing
Healthcare is an important area where the cultural practices of an individual have got lot of influence. Therefore it is important for nurses as healthcare providers to know how to assess a person’s heritage in order to build up a healthy client- provider relationship and provide holistic care. Heritage and ethnicity are in a way inter-related as ethnic groups have a common or similar heritage. Different cultures or ethnicities have different life values about spirituality, relationships, wellbeing or illness and life and death etc. The use of heritage assessment tools helps one to understand the values and
Individual Change and Case Study 1 As a middle manager of a health care organization and as previously stated, employees will voice concerns about the recent merger. However, the manager should first understand the impact the combination of organizations will have on the current organization culture (Shrieves, 2010). Second, the manager must realize that culture is deeply embedded in each of us, and with the merge of two organizations, both cultures will feel the impact. Third, A manager, will find it necessary to review the current environment of the organization, and then examine the possible areas of environmental overlap during the merger of the organizations. Next, the manager will develop cultural concepts such as scope of practice,
In nursing, providing quality care requires a strong foundation of information and sensitivity to culture and diversity. Culture involves all parts of society – from behavioral patterns, to beliefs, to all other products of human work and thought. Jeffreys (2005) reported statistics from the census results of 2000 showing that not only are the patients becoming more diverse due to immigration and multiethnic relationships, but the healthcare staff is also changing. Ethically, the nurse’s job demands cultural sensitivity to give the best health care (Jeffreys, 2005). Culturally competent health care can be achieved through self-reflection and continued self education.