Paper Cultural Competent Nursing 1; Kendra K. Collins Cultural Competence in Nursing Care Jo Anne Long Walker, Instructor SOC 5820: Mgmt. & Admin. in Older Adult Settings February 16, 2015 Cultural Competence in Nursing Care The numbers of minorities in the United States has significantly increased within the last decade.
More specifically, older adults ages 65 and older also are becoming more culturally diverse. These changes in the population changes are also affecting the composition of facilities that care for older adults with functional limitations. Due to the fast growing number of minorities, nursing staff should begin to implement cultural competence to specifically meet the needs of their older patients.
According to McBride, cultural competence is the when health care professionals have the ability to deliver health care in ways that are acceptable and useful to older adults because it is consistent with their cultural background and expectations (2012). The crucial need to provide patients with culturally competent care was recognized by The American Nurses Association (ANA).
ANA has shown the need of cultural competent care by stating in the associations code that nurses, in all professional relationships, should practice with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and uniqueness of every individual.
Communication across cultural differences is the key to nurses providing adequate care in our increasingly diverse society. In this article, I first will discuss why cultural competence in nursing care is important. I will then conduct a brief review of the cultural competence nursing literature, followed by an example of practicing cultural competence in nursing, a discussion of the model designed to assist nurses in providing cultural competent care, ways healthcare professionals can implement cultural competency, and pitfalls of providing cultural competent care. Cultural Competence in Nursing: Why its Important As mentioned in the introduction, being culturally competent in the nursing field is important, and there are several reasons why this type of care is important. When a nurse is knowledgeable about the patients and family’s expectations, traditions, values, norms, and lifestyle they are often able to provide care plans that are more effective at the beginning of service.
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