Why Is Diversity In Nursing So Important?
Fri, Aug 19, 2016 @ 01:51 PM
Diversity in the Nursing field is essential because it provides opportunities to administer quality care to patients. Diversity in Nursing includes all of the following: gender, veteran status, race, disability, age, religion, ethnic heritage, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, education status, national origin, and physical characteristics. Communication with patients can be improved and patient care enhanced when healthcare providers bridge the divide between the culture of medicine and the beliefs and practices that make up a patient's' value system.
When the Nursing workforce reflects its patient demographic, communication improves thus making the patient feel more comfortable. A person who has little in common with you cannot adequately advocate for your benefit. Otherwise, you might as well have a history teacher in charge of advanced algebra.
If you have Nurses who understand their patient’s culture, environment, food, customs, religious views, etc, they can provide their patients with ultimate care. Every healthcare experience provides an opportunity to have a positive effect on a patient’s health. Healthcare providers can maximize this potential by learning more about patients' cultures. In doing so, they are practicing cultural competency or cultural awareness and sensitivity.
According to www.acog.org, Cultural competency, or cultural awareness and sensitivity, is defined as, "the
knowledge and interpersonal skills that allow providers to understand, appreciate, and work with individuals from cultures other than their own. It involves an awareness and acceptance of cultural differences, self-awareness, knowledge of a patient's culture, and adaptation of skills."
Our demographics are changing and our healthcare providers would be wise to hire Nurses from a variety of backgrounds that reflect their changing patient population. Usually health systems that value representation are more valuable to its patients. For centuries, the United States has incorporated diverse immigrant and cultural groups and continues to attract people from around the globe. Currently minorities outnumber whites in some communities in the United States.
Many cultural groups, including gay and lesbian individuals; individuals with disabilities; individuals with faiths unfamiliar to a practitioner; lower socioeconomic groups; ethnic minorities, such as African Americans and Hispanics; and immigrant groups receive no medical care or are grossly underserved for multiple reasons. Lack of diversity and inclusion of healthcare providers is one of the reasons these groups receive inadequate medical care.
Diversity and inclusion is the combination of different cultures, ideas, and perspectives that brings forth greater collaboration, creativity, and innovation, which leads to better patient care and satisfaction. This is the direction in which healthcare needs to go in order to better the health of our current and future demographics.
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Student ResponseModel AnswerExplanationPoints Earne
exhibitsexhibitsThe correct status for the nursing
diagnosis is "exhibits," because Ms.
Jones's condition is not a risk but is
present.
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Diagnosis
Student Response Model AnswerExplanationPoints Earne
acute painacute painWhile Ms. Jones does exhibit deficient
knowledge in some healthcare areas,
her most pressing need for you to
address is her pain. Chronic pain is
usually defined as pain lasting more
than 12 weeks; because Ms. Jones's
pain began within the past week, her
diagnosis is acute pain.
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Etiologies
Student ResponseModel AnswerExplanationPoints Earne
traumatic injurytraumatic injuryMs. Jones's pain is located at the
wound she received by falling, so her
pain is related to that traumatic injury.
0.5 out of 0.5
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