Cultural competence has become a major issue in nursing practice, given the current and projected US demographics as well as the long-standing health disparities in people of diverse racial, ethnic, ...

The content and focus are not specific to nursing and can be adapted to all health care professions in other health science programs. Incorporating LGBTQIA+ clinical competency programs for nursing ...

The material in this section is part of a larger project by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics on culturally competent care; that is, health care that is sensitive to the differing values and ...

When we talk about diversity in the field of nursing, we're really talking about the diversity of our population as a whole. Nursing staff needs to reflect the demographic of its patients if the ...

Metro Atlanta is becoming an increasingly diverse area, so nurses often find themselves caring for patients who represent many different cultures. This can affect everything from a patient's comfort ...

How does a health care system ensure the population it serves gets the care it needs? The intentions of cultural competency may begin with wanting to deliver trauma-informed care to diverse ...

An integrated pattern of learned beliefs, values and behaviors that can be shared among groups Elements of cultural competency: personal identification, language, thoughts, communications, actions, ...

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Physicians and their patients can perceive health care experiences differently when they don’t share the same culture, ethnicity, and language. Such situations ...

The Joint Commission has updated its monograph, Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence and Patient- and Family-Centered Care With The Joint Commission. The monograph was developed to ...

“I felt super lucky:” Luck and administrative burden in cancer-related financial hardship. Introducing the SEER-Medicare-Housing and Urban Development data linkage: A novel resource for examining the ...

First responders are at significantly higher risk of developing mental health-related conditions such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress than the general public (Kennedy-Hansen, 2020).