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The concept of the healing process varies amongst individuals. A single individual is influenced by many aspects of life, some of which include socioeconomic status, level of education, culture, and religion. When it comes to healing through medicine, all of these factors should be considered. While some may believe in the “Western” method of healing through prescription medication, others believe in healing through herbal supplements, plants, aromatherapy, acupuncture, and so on. As a healthcare professional, it is critical to understand that these beliefs exist and affect the choices that patients make to adhere to their medication. Cultural competency is one of the most important skills that should be obtained by every healthcare professional …show more content…

This is due to its fast-paced nature as well as the minimal time, if any time, spent by pharmacists speaking with the patients about their medications. When an opportunity presents itself for a pharmacist to speak to their patient, it is less likely that the patient will trust what the pharmacist is saying due to the lack of previous encounters. This can be particularly difficult if there is an existing language barrier. When messages are not transferred properly between a patient and a pharmacist, it is not only frustrating for both, but extremely dangerous to the patient’s health. Ease of communication through a common language allows for the proper sending and receiving of messages and can go even further as to saving the pharmacists time and allowing them to tend to more patients, improving the overall health of a …show more content…

I quickly understood the impact that being bilingual has on the health of patients. It created a starting point for an important conversation and a healthier life for this patient as she agreed to give insulin a try. At times, it is assumed that a patient is aware of concepts that seem obvious to healthcare professionals. If pharmacists do not create a path of communication, they may never know the core of patient

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If nurses lack of understanding regarding community demographics and cultural differences, they can have unintentional bias, and stereotype patients due to a lack of awareness of the cultural demographics of the community they serve (Camphinha-Bacote, 2011). Cultural competence is the understanding of different cultures and how that impacts the provision of patient care. Cultural competence in nursing is defined as one willingness or the desire to understand a patient’s culture, the ability to learn about a defined cultures belief system, and to work effectively as a healthcare provider understanding the dynamics of the patient’s culture as it relates to their relationships and care (Kardong-Edgren et Al.,

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After taking the self-assessment survey for quality and culture, I would like to improve and understand how cultural competence can have a real impact on clinical outcomes. Taking from some of the questions I answered wrong, it make me wants to be cultural competent. There are a few questions I am surprised and shocked, that I answered them incorrectly. I do understand that with training, I will start to gain cultural competence but it will take consistent individual practice on my part to develop and maintain individual cultural competence. Cultural competence can lead to, health literacy, health equity, and fewer diagnostic errors, which might help the patient expand their choices and access high quality medical providers because patient

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Cultural competency: Indians Culture competency is defined as one has the knowledge, the abilities and the skill to deliver care congruent with the patient’s cultural beliefs and practices (Purnell, 2013). As a nurse or a health care provider, increasing ones consciousness of culture diversity improves the possibilities for health care practitioners to provide competent care (Purnell, 2013). Nurses and all health care providers should be aware of other cultures to provide the best care that they can for that individual. Developing a relationship with diverse cultural groups involves good interpersonal skills and the application of knowledge and techniques learned from the physical, biological, and social sciences as well as the humanities (Purnell, 2013). I am choosing to select the Indian culture for my first assignment.

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