Let’s Be Lefties for a Day! “Diversity. It is a word that means something different to each and every person.” (Campinha-Bacote, J., 2003) There are many other faces of cultural diversity besides knowing the values, beliefs and practices of different ethnic groups. A few include religious affiliation, gender, political orientation and socio-economic status. The ball and sock experiment put into perspective how minorities might feel….different. Just trying to get through daily activities like
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Understanding the family’s cultural heritage in addition to health promoting traditions is key to achieving positive outcomes in the development of an effective health maintenance, protection and restoration wellness plan. Gathering information specific to heritage health values, beliefs and traditions to assist in determining a current health practice baseline, is valuable information to be referred back to throughout the plan. Grand Canyon University substantiates the importance of cultural considerations
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have distinct impact on the care provided. As the frontline care givers, the nursing staff must face ethical situations in their practice on a daily basis. The American Nurses Association (ANA) developed a code of ethics for nurses as a framework to provide quality nursing care while upholding the ethical standards of the nursing profession (American Nurses Association, 2014). This paper will discuss the author’s professional moral compass with regards to personal, cultural and spiritual values. This
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Leadership Task 1 A. Nursing Sensitive Indicators Nurses are integral key players in multidisciplinary teams caring for patients in complex healthcare systems. Hospitals, a primary care delivery portal within the health system, are inundated with patients requiring higher acuity care. Nurses must be prepared to recognize patients’ health care needs and provide quality patient care outcomes. The knowledge of nursing sensitive indicators can be helpful in providing the care which meets quality standards
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sadness, anxiety, fear, and irritability. The aftermath of a disaster lingers than the destruction itself and become a long term issues It is evident that after this type of crisis individual, group, and community suffer loss of property, love ones, cultural unity and spiritual belief in isolation. Although they are given material supports and even moral supports, it cannot be compared with the spirituality effectiveness that survivors gone through. This is a major issue which needs to be addressed
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Historical Development of Nursing Timeline Development of the nursing practice has e started as early as the 1850’s with Florence Nightingale. She was the founder of the first nursing theory. From her foundation over the years nursing has blossomed into a great career and practice to where nurses and patients both benefit from the advances in theories and practice. Theory is an essential part of the past, present and future of nursing. Timeline: (1860) Florence Nightingale: - Florence
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nationalities and which helps healthcare professional to build a cultural competencies. The tool is used to investigate a particular ethnic group or population. As the United States becomes more racially and ethnically diverse, every individual’s basic needs to be addressed. Heritage assessment tool helps to identify and acknowledge one’s own cultural heritage and beliefs and how it influences one’s attitude and behavior in providing care .Culture is a specific pattern of behavior, which include belief
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healthier lifestyle choices thus improving their quality of life and increasing their lifespan. Health promotion in nursing practice is extremely important with nursing roles and responsibilities evolving to accommodate the ever changing diversity of today’s population and also with the promotion of preventive care as opposed to acute care. Health promotion encompasses preventive care and contains three levels of prevention: primary, secondary, and tertiary. It is the role and responsibility of the
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Heritage Tool Assessment Grand Canyon University Culture and Cultural Competency in Health Promotion Heritage Tool Assessment There are challenges with cultural diversities and competencies in the United States, as we have grown into a melting pot of many different cultures and ethnicities. Nurses make a positive difference in a patient’s life every day by providing high quality healthcare. But now, in the 21st century, nurses are providing that quality within an increasingly multicultural
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Nursing Leadership and Education Saturday, December 23, 2006 ADN vs. BSN Education Nursing education is bound by its contract with society to prepare nurses with the knowledge; skills and values that enable them to provide quality care within the contemporary health care system. Implicit in this process is that a layperson will be transformed into a competent professional (Lindeman, 2000). When addressed to nurses, the question of educational preparation into professional
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