Emerging Standards of Care

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses seven mandates that collectively define the designation of culturally competent care. The paper explores the issue of cultural competence and shows how it does not involve merely language but must be applied on a sociocultural level too. The paper describes the need for direct in-house and trained institutional interpreters and for culturally diverse recruitment and hiring.

From the Paper:

"A very responsive and positive current trend in health care is to establish systems that are much more open and receptive to cultural diversity and the particular needs of a culturally diverse regional and patient population. Culturally competent is the designation that is utilized to describe a health care facility (usually a hospital) that answers the needs of a diverse population through services and employee/volunteer training that recognizes cultural diversity assists cultural minority individuals through specific important access points, and services to achieve a better patient outcome, overall."

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.
• Cetron, M. J., & Davies, O. (2005, March/April). Trends Now Shaping the Future: Economic, Societal, and Environmental Trends. The Futurist, 39, 27.
• US Department of Health and Human Services, (2007) Office of Minority Health National Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) at: http://www.omhrc.gov/clas/.
• US Department of Health and Human Services (2001) Office of Minority Health, at: http://www.omhrc.gov/assets/pdf/checked/finalreport.pdf

More papers on Emerging Standards of Care:

• Research Paper # 107735 : "Emerging Standards Of Care"
• Persuasive Essay # 133621 : "Emerging Standard of Culturally Competent Care"
• Research Paper # 145820 : "Culturally Competent Nursing Standards"

APA Citation:

MLA Citation: