Creating Culturally Competent Health Care Organizations

Creating Culturally Competent Health Care Organizations

Read chapter 9 of the class textbook and review the attached PowerPoint presentation. Once done work on the following exercise.

1. Write your opinion on respecting and honoring the needs of those who have a culture that we are not familiar with and speak a different language.

Include standards for cultural sensitivity established by credible organizations.

Discuss the unique challenges of living in a foreign culture.

What health implications emerge from not adhering to the above standards?

Write your opinion on how to improve awareness of the cultural needs of patients and families in a hospital environment.

Discuss the effect that the culture of the organization has on the education about cultural needs.

Identify and prioritize three critical elements for meeting cultural needs.

*Search the standards for culturally competent by the ANA, Joint Commission, or AMA, IHI, or another organization and describe similarities and differences.

*ANA – American Nurses Association

*AMA – American Medical Association

*IHI – Institute of Health Improvement.

APA format, 800 words