Culturally Diverse Nursing Workplace Organizational Behavior and Theory Introduction The world, especially the United States, is becoming more multicultural. Caring for patients from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, cultures, and belief systems can be challenging for healthcare professionals. Furthermore, with the increasing number of racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious groups comes a multitude of healthcare concerns. Clinicians, specifically nurses, have to be aware of the different cultural values, beliefs, and behaviors, and understand how these factors influence their communication with the patients, as well as their decision making and clinical practice. On the other hand, as more nursing colleagues enter the workforce from different cultures and varied language backgrounds, differences among nursing staff can create problems in communication and lead to conflicts that affect the workplace.
Health Disparities and Cultural Competence Margarone Momplaisir University of Texas at Pan American Professional Issues in Nursing Practice NURS 6209 Dr. Debra Otto Dr. Pam Sullivan April 26, 2011 Introduction Cultural competence has become a relevant issue in providing quality care within the health care system. Since the United States’ population is comprised of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds, cultural competence has become even more significant. Beliefs and approaches to health differ greatly from culture to culture because culture tends to shape the way we think, act, interact with others, but most importantly the way we respond to illnesses. These differences can serve as an immense resource for those who want to learn or explore how cultural differences can help to influence healthcare outcome. At the same time, this can pose enormous challenges to the healthcare provider who is called upon to deliver culturally competent care.
Addressing Health Disparities among Minorities with Cultural Competence Cultural competency has become a relevant issue in providing quality competent care within the health care system. Since the United States’ population is comprised of a diverse racial and cultural background cultural competency has become even more significant. Beliefs and approaches to health differ greatly from culture to culture because culture tends to shapes the way we think, act, interact with others, but most importantly the way we respond to sicknesses. These differences can serve as an immense resource for those who want to learn or explore how cultural differences can help to influence healthcare outcome. At the same time, this can pose enormous challenges to the healthcare provider who is called upon to deliver culturally competent care.
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.
Communication Theory: Borgess Medical Center Jessica Emmons HCS/320 February 28, 2009 David R. Campbell Communication Theory: Borgess Medical Center Tony Robbins (2009) said, “To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.” The diversity that exists within the world has a significant impact on communication. Throughout this paper, the group communication process of Borgess Medical Center will be discussed, as well as the impact that gender and culture have on communications and potential areas for improvement. Group Communication Process Group communication within Borgess Medical Center varies
An equal nurse-patient relationship is important in order to ensure that safe, effective and personal health care is delivered and that the patients’ needs are appropriately met (The Health Foundation, 2012). Briant and Freshwater (1998) discuss how the development of the nurse-patient relationship may be effected; they further this, stating that everyone differs in regards to their personal boundaries and how they perceive interpersonal interactions from others. In consideration of this, in order for a nurse to develop the required skills in order to form an effective nurse patient relationship, they must recognise the individual boundaries of their patients. The professional expectation of nurses is very high and this is something which is greatly acknowledged within society. The media is very influential in regards to how society perceives nurses; this is something which has altered the image of nursing within the past, (Benison and Voogd, 2008) Appropriate examples of cases which have been focused upon within media will be underlined and discussed throughout this essay.
Also, we must create workplaces that embrace diversity among healthcare professionals and that seek to promote multicultural workplace harmony and prevent multicultural workplace conflict. Both of these endeavors begin with diversity self-awareness and diversity awareness. D Diversity Awareness vs. Diversity Self-Awareness Diversity self-awareness occurs when we reflect on our own cultural identity, realize our own cultural values and beliefs, and recognize the differences within our own cultural group(s). Diversity awareness refers to an active, ongoing conscious process in which we recognize similarities and differences within and between various cultural groups. Diversity assessment necessitates cultural assessment of patients and cultural sharing among healthcare professionals.
There are many unique and integrated cultural subgroup. Every individual has its own inherited culture and is quite different from another individual. Heritage Assessment tool is used as a dependable tool to identify and assess, health protection, maintenance and restoration of individual culture. One’s cultural views on health protection, maintenance and restoration is different from another. In health promotion, it’s the duty of a nurse to be culturally competent, in order to make the best decision to provide quality patient’s care, even though the nurses’ cultural belief might be different.
The Persuasive letter Kim Hubbard University of Phoenix Nur 405 Beth Meadows October 31, 2011 The Persuasive letter To the Editor of Kerrville Daily Times Our community is composed of a multitude of diverse cultural backgrounds. Our community has the potential for growth in having our cultural differences come together to build a better awareness of the strengths that all cultures can give to one another. I am writing to your paper in hopes that you will assist in making the community more aware of the unspoken separation of the different cultural backgrounds of our residents. I am a community health nurse and after using a survey where the nurse goes out into the community and visually examines the different neighborhoods and
Introduction The phenomenon of globalization has led Hong Kong to become a culturally diversified society in terms of behaviors, values, beliefs and norms. Culture directs an individual’s thinking, doing and being. Within the context of nursing practice, cultural backgrounds can influence views on health and well-being and illness, which in turn might have an effect on their perceptions on healthcare and its outcomes. Transcultural care has become an important aspect of health care due to the concerns regarding the challenges encountered in the care for culturally diverse clients. Nowadays the goal of the nursing service is to provide the optimal and holistic care for all clients, to be culturally competent is an ingredient in order to accomplish quality care and health outcomes.