Question

discuss the ways in which you feel providing culturally congruent care to patients from diverse backgrounds can help increase patient satisfaction and positive patient outcomes. Provide some examples of this.

Answer 1

Ans)Cultural competence is the ability to understand, communicate with and effectively interact with people across cultures.

- Cultural competence encompasses. being aware of one's own world view. developing positive attitudes towards cultural differences. gaining knowledge of different cultural practices and world views.

- Directly interacting with patients from different cultural backgrounds helps nurses increase their cultural ccompetence. Inherenting cultural desire is the willingness to be open to others, to accept and respect cultural differences, and to be willing to learn from others.

Importance of Cultural Competence.

- One way to address these gaps is the promotion of cultural competence on a system-wide scale.

- Because nurses are patient advocates, they are in a pivotal position to effectively provide culturally competent care to improve patient outcomes.

5 Ways to Improve Cultural Competence in Nursing Care

1. Perform a cultural competence self-assessment.
2. Obtain a certificate in cultural competence.
3. Improve communication and language barriers.
4. Directly engage in cross-cultural interactions with patients.
5. Participate in online chats and networks