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- In order to improve cultural competence, nurses must move to the Platinum Rule: "Treat others as THEY wish to be treated." This is accomplished through showing respect for others’ cultural beliefs and values, and then responding to the whole individual's health requirements and preferences.
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May 3, 2024 · Cultural competency is a vital skill for delivering quality nursing care across culturally diverse groups. Our guide offers tips from nursing professionals on incorporating it into nursing culture and practice.
In this article, I will explain what cultural competence means and share my thoughts on the importance of cultural competence in nursing + 10 examples of how you can implement culturally sensitive and competent behaviors in your nursing practice.
The aim of these guidelines is to provide the best available evidence to support the creation of thriving work environments. Evidence-based HWE BPGs, when applied, will serve to support the excellence in service that nurses are committed to delivering in their day-to-day practice.
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Results. Patients in public sector hospitals in Gauteng believe consideration of culture is important in nursing. They identified the cultural needs they would like nurses to acknowledge, such as being asked about their food preferences and mentioned the need to evaluate nurses’ level of cultural competence.
- Setting and Participants
- Cultural Competence Training
- Data Collection
- Data Analysis
The study was conducted in one large primary care hospital in southern Finland in autumn 2017. This hospital was chosen because it is located in an area that has a large number of immigrants (1/4 of all immigrants living in Finland). In 2017, 16% of the population in this area were foreign-language speakers (compared with 7% in the total population...
Cultural awareness was chosen as the main construct for the training because self-reflection on one’s own culture can be seen as an important component of cultural competence, and understanding one’s own cultural features and values helps in understanding the beliefs, values and behaviour of others . Cultural awareness is one component of Campinha-...
After the final training session, three semi-structured small group interviews (n = 4 + 2 + 3) and one single interview (n = 1) were conducted in the hospital to explore the perceptions of the participants about training. Five (n = 5) of the interviewees had attended all of the training sessions, three (n = 3) had attended three sessions, and two (...
Qualitative content analysis with a conventional approach was used to analyse the data. The method is suitable for interview data collected from open-ended questions, and it allows the researcher(s) to explore personal perceptions without resorting to preconceived categories . First, the interview transcripts were read through several times to obta...
- Anu Marja Kaihlanen, Laura Hietapakka, Tarja Heponiemi
- 2019
The model recognizes the need to motivate health care professionals to develop cultural awareness, obtain cultural knowledge, conduct culturally sensitive assessments and seek cultural encounters in order to become culturally competent (Campinha‐Bacote, 2003). Understanding the need.
Sep 4, 2024 · Culturally competent care is the cornerstone of nursing care to best reduce health disparities and accomplish health equity among all populations. Cultural competency is centered around respect and responsiveness.
