important aspect in nursing to provide patient-centered care and nurses are responsible for providing culturally safe practice to the patient. The nurse should be culturally competent while giving care to a patient. Firstly, nurses should identify their own cultural beliefs and values. Secondly, it is important that nurses recognise the cultural differences of the patients and deliver effective nursing care on the basis of cultural diversity. The nurse becomes culturally competent when she meets these…
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Culturally Competent Health Care For this discussion, the content of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s (AACN) 2009 article and their six core graduate cultural competencies for establishing a culturally competent master’s prepared nursing workforce were reviewed (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN], 2009). The first competency, prioritizing the cultural and social factors that affect health in designing and delivering care across multiple settings, is demonstrated…
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Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), along with others, advocates for greater diversity within the nursing workforce to mirror the cultural make-up of the population in order to ensure the best possible patient outcomes (AACN, 2015; Phillips & Malone, 2014). It has also been recognized that minority populations within the United States have long been marginalized and do not always have equal access to culturally appropriate healthcare (Jackson & Garcia, 2014). As new nursing students, it is important…
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“Nursing students in the US are under increasing pressure to be equipped with appropriate knowledge and skills to meet an increasingly diverse American population.” (Seckman, 2013) Cultural competence is a professional practice issue in healthcare that is present and continuing to emerge in our society. It can place a patient’s safety at risk, affect the quality of care they receive, and interfere with the nurse’s ability to care for the patient. New nurses or nursing students are especially vulnerable…
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SELF REFLECTION#4 Nursing is a dynamic, continuously evolving entity, changing and adapting in response to a comprehensive range of stimuli, for an example (from the very beginning of time of Nightingale Florence to modern nursing period). Changes in societal norms, treatment plans, adapting new trends of technical systems, all these have helped to shape the contemporary nursing practice in all over the world. A new trend of providing cultural competent care in advancing multicultural society…
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of a cultural and linguistic diverse background. Transcultural nursing refers to “being aware of the patients cultural health beliefs and values and incorporating these into the agreed care plan with the patients.” (Nurse dictionary). As part of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council code of conduct, all nurses need to be culturally respected of all patients especially those of non speaking English backgrounds or culturally linguistic diverse backgrounds. “This code of professional…
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engaging in cross-cultural encounters. Acquiring skills related to culturally competent nursing practice is important for better client outcomes, satisfaction and quality of care (Killian & Waite, 2009). Cultural competence is obtaining cultural information and then applying that knowledge. This cultural awareness allows the nurse to see the entire picture and improves the quality of care and health outcomes. To be culturally competent the nurse needs to understand his/her own worldviews and those of…
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Healthcare workers must be able to set aside their own cultural beliefs, values, and customs while working to provide quality care that is culturally appropriate and acceptable to diverse patient population. A culturally competent nurse will have the knowledge to adapt and change individual care plans that will align favorably with the beliefs, attitudes, behaviors, and heritages of various cultures (Giger, 2013, p. 6). Taking a Cultural Diversity Self Assessment (IllinoisCTE., n.d.), I will reflect…
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The moment that first sparked my interest in the field of nursing and healthcare began when I was just thirteen years old. At that time, I entered a medical magnet high school and my four years of studies there provided me with insight into the nursing field. More specifically, during my senior year in high school, I decided I wanted to become a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). While I cared for patients, I felt a deep sense of satisfaction, confidence, and accomplishment. I then realized, my…
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Transcultural nursing refers to how professional nursing interacts with the concept of culture. Culture shapes and influences each individuals’ ideas, beliefs, and a values differently and can be refined as individuals grow and mature (Rew, 2014). The goal of transcultural nursing is to develop the appropriate knowledge to provide culture-specific and culture-universal care for individuals of both similar and diverse cultures (Andrews & Boyle, 2016). To provide this culturally competent care, the proper…
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