University: Transcultural HealthCare February 28, 2016 Applying Purnell’s Model What is cultural competence? To be culturally competent healthcare provider one needs to understand their own world outlook and those of their patients, at the same time avoiding stereotyping and their own biases. Cultural competence is obtaining cultural data and then relating that knowledge. Cultural competence is a conscious ongoing process. Cultural awareness allows a healthcare provider to see the entire
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Sample Letter to Sponsors or Partner Organization Please note: You may want to manipulate this file to include your own branding, logos or images. This document is a starting point and language should be updated to represent the activity or event, and local issues, appropriately. Your name Organization (if applicable) Address Phone number Email address Website (if applicable) [Date] To [insert contact]: As a valuable member of our community, we would like to invite [business/organization]
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Development of Nursing Professionals Amy Conlin Grand Canyon University: NRS-430v April 17, 2016 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recognized the changes in the healthcare setting and the need to comply with these changes in the healthcare systems. Transforming the health care system to provide safe, quality, patient-centered, accessible, and affordable care will require a comprehensive rethinking of the roles of many health care professionals, nurses
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The U.S and Canada both have their similarities and differences when it comes to the Health System. One similar being is both of their cultures and their health status. They have unlimited access to health care and are able to provide good quality care to their citizens no matter the cost. There are far more differences than similarities though. The most significant differences between the two countries are the role of private health care insurance and spending levels. Canada’s health system seems
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Study: Partners HealthCare Systems Case Study: Partners HealthCare Systems Partners HealthCare is a non-profit, health system located in Boston that created a data based transformation (Davenport, 2013). It integrated a new system that aligned the participating organizations to cohesively run as one and to help shape the future of the organization. The system didn’t stop there as it was responsible for bettering the patient financing experience and the delivery of healthcare information to other
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Comparative Summary HCS/577 Comparative Summary Financial environments vary from one entity to the next. Although most health care organization might be viewed as simply providing health care, however they vary in the way finance is handled and is reported. For example there are health care entities that are known as for-profit where there is a major focus on bringing in revenue to make a profit and some as not-for-profit where any revenues that come into the entity get reinvested in the organization
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Health Care Providers and Products HCS/235 April 18.2016 Health Care Providers and Products A health care provider is any individual, institution, or agency that provides health services to health care consumers otherwise known as patients (http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Health+care+service+provider). Health care providers are vital because they are trained to provide health services to patients which help treat illnesses, diseases, broken bones, or any injuries or health
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“schoolteacher” as a child derived from the act of sharing new information with imaginary students. My thirst for knowledge and the desire to share is no less prevalent now as it was then, however my knowledge is based in scientific method, holistic healthcare promotion and nursing theory. Nursing
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Healthcare in the US needs better management and more effective policy. Most people agree that Healthcare should be accessible to every American. However this is not the case. In the Health Care Systems class we discussed that medical payments are the number one reason people go bankrupt in America. This is an indication that Healthcare is not only inaccessible but it is not affordable to many Americans. This is a problem we need to fix as a country. As of where it stands now, healthcare is dependent
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The Debate over Socialized Healthcare The topic of socialized healthcare has been a hot topic for awhile, with both sides having great arguments it’s hard to make a decision. Both sides should strive to meet in the middle, so less people will suffer the consequences of not having healthcare. No matter what side people take it is obvious that a change needs to happen. Our current health care system is a mess, and no one is benefiting from the system, expect for the greedy drug and insurances companies
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