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A survey of cultural competence of critical care nurses in KwaZuluNatal [PDF]

open access: yesSouthern African Journal of Critical Care, 2014
Background. Nurses are primary caregivers and have a key role in providing care in a culturally diverse healthcare system, such as in South Africa (SA). Nurses need cultural competence in the management of patients within this cultural context.
Jennifer de Beer, Jennifer Chipps
doaj   +4 more sources

Assessing and Providing Culturally Competent Care in Radiation Oncology for Deaf Cancer Patients [PDF]

open access: yesAdvances in Radiation Oncology, 2020
Purpose: Recognition of disparities for vulnerable populations in the field of oncology is increasing, but little attention has been paid to deaf patients. At least a million Americans are culturally deaf and use American Sign Language.
Colin Hill, MD   +5 more
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Culturally competent care pedagogy: what works? [PDF]

open access: yesClin Orthop Relat Res, 2011
In its 2002 publication Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, the Institute of Medicine reported American racial and ethnic minorities receive lower-quality health care than white Americans. Because caregiver bias may contribute to disparate health care, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the ...
Dykes DC, White AA.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Evolving culturally competent veterinary care: a community-based partnership with the Santee Nation [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science
Access to veterinary care remains a profound equity issue across the United States, particularly in Indigenous communities where animals hold vital cultural and spiritual significance.
Ronald J. Orchard   +5 more
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Culturally competent communication in health care: Why it matters [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, 2022
Establishing a more inclusive and culturally literate health care system is critical to supporting health care as a basic human right regardless of the legal status of patients.
Bakić-Mirić Nataša M.   +2 more
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Using a model to design, implement, and evaluate a training program for improving cultural competence among undergraduate nursing students: a mixed methods study

open access: yesBMC Nursing, 2022
Background Due to changing population, culturally diverse clients with different perceptions of illness and health are present in healthcare settings. Therefore, it is increasingly important for nursing students to have high levels of cultural competence
Jamileh Farokhzadian   +3 more
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Korean Immigrant Women's Taekyo Practices in the United States as a Traditional Prenatal Self-care [PDF]

open access: yesKorean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2015
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to explore preserved belief system supporting Korean immigrant women's Taekyo practices and influencing factors while they observe the tradition within US sociocultural context.
Kyoung Eun Lee
doaj   +1 more source

The vulnerability of the family: reflections about human condition [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021
Objectives: to reflect about the vulnerability of the family, using the book The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt as reference, to better understand how this institution has been structured in today’s world.
Jacqueline Flores de Oliveira   +3 more
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Developing Cultural Competence In Paramedic Education: An Analysis of Culturally Diverse Training Equipment Amongst Universities In Australia And New Zealand

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Clinical Education, 2022
_Aim_: This study aims to identify the availability of culturally diverse training equipment across approved paramedicine undergraduate degrees in Australia and New Zealand and explore its impact on a university’s ability to teach paramedic care that is ...
Ricky Lam   +3 more
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