Cultural Competency the Nursing Role

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This paper discusses the importance of the development and application of cultural competency in the health care industry. It specifically discusses the nurses role in cultural competency as the nurse tends to work most directly with patients and their families. The paper also discusses the standards of cultural competency and the steps required to ensure the success of cultural competency in the health care industry.

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"Nursing care is a very personal type of care and any given nurse interacting with any given culturally divergent patient might have difficulty navigating the impact of suggestions for nursing interventions and or medical care provision. Without the demand for services associated with linguistics the nurse may never find out that the individual is reluctant to follow orders as they are incompatible with cultural beliefs. Therefore an impasse is created, where the nurse feels the individual is simply non-compliant and the patient thinks the nurse is strange and demanding. (Heuberger, Gerber & Anderson, 1999, p. 107) A simple cultural and or linguistic intervention might solve the problem in a matter of moments. If there is no such communication intervention available the nurse and patient are left feeling as if they have no ability to do their work effectively, the patient to heal the nurse to facilitate healing. Though family is exceedingly important in this issue the facility must also be able to stand on its own through providing services and offerings that help the patient and the nursing staff communicates effectively to elicit safety and greater health. Nurse can serve as a key to demonstrative change as advocates for existing patients and as role models for application and development of cultural competencies."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2003) Oral, Linguistic, and Culturally Competent Services: Guides for Managed Care Plans., Rockville, MD. at:http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cods/cultcomp.htm
• Bohon, S. A. (2005). Occupational Attainment of Latino Immigrants in the United States. The Geographical Review, 95(2), 249.
• Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (n.d.) National Center for Cultural Competence at: http://data.georgetown.edu/research/gucchd/nccc/.
• Heuberger, B., Gerber, D., & Anderson, R. (1999). Strength through Cultural Diversity. College Teaching, 47(3), 107.
• Mui, A. C., Choi, N. G., & Monk, A. (1998). Long-Term Care and Ethnicity. Westport, CT: Auburn House.

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