Cultural Competency - Education
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Perspectives on transcultural care.

29 Nov 2009 Culture has been defined as the thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups. A culture of nursing refers to the learned and transmitted lifeways, values, symbols, ... Read more...

Ethnocultural empathy among students in health care education.

18 Aug 2009 In a multicultural society, ethnocultural empathy has become an important element in most health settings and development of this capacity has become a central component for health care professionals in their interactions with patients and clients. ... Read more...

Essential tools for a study abroad nursing course.

29 Jun 2009 Research results indicate that study-abroad programs have positive learning outcomes. Drawing on their experiences as faculty in a study-abroad program for student nurses, the authors identify basic educational components and learning activities ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Cultural Competency - Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Perspectives on transcultural care. 29 Nov 2009
• Navigating cultural competency: in preparation for an expected standard in 2010. 29 Sep 2009
• Ethnocultural empathy among students in health care education. 18 Aug 2009
• Essential tools for a study abroad nursing course. 29 Jun 2009
• Preface to thematic section: religions, spirituality, ethics and nursing. Religion: overturning the taboo. 29 Jun 2009
• Word for word, culture to culture. 29 Jun 2009
• Ontario's internationally educated nurses and waste in human capital. 30 May 2009
• Nursing education: in pursuit of cosmopolitanism. 6 May 2009
• An Army nurse in Korea: why cultural awareness is important caring for patients. 29 Apr 2009
• The effects of nurse practitioner cultural competence on Latina patient satisfaction. 29 Apr 2009
• Teaching Korean RN-BSN students. 29 Apr 2009
• [Thinking about geriatric care in the Breton language] 29 Apr 2009
• Building nursing research capacity to address health disparities: engaging minority baccalaureate and master's students. 29 Apr 2009
• Orthodontists' and orthodontic residents' education in treating underserved patients: effects on professional attitudes and behavior. 29 Apr 2009
• Cross-cultural adaptability of Texas dental hygienists and dental hygiene students: a preliminary study. 29 Apr 2009
• Dutch advanced nursing practice students: role development through international short-term immersion. 30 Mar 2009
• International humanitarian nursing work: facing difference and embracing sameness. 30 Mar 2009
• An exploration of culture, diabetes, and nursing in the South Asian community: a metasynthesis of qualitative studies. 30 Mar 2009
• Cultural Competency in Baccalaureate Nursing Education. 30 Mar 2009
• Professional considerations for improving the neuropsychological evaluation of Hispanics: a National Academy of Neuropsychology education paper. 15 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Cultural Competency'

Definition: Cultural and linguistic competence is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations. Competence implies the capacity to function effectively as an individual and an organization within the context of the cultural beliefs, behaviors, and needs presented by consumers and their communities.

Descriptor UI: D054521

Alternative terms: Cultural Competency; Competency, Cultural; Cultural Competencies; Cultural Competence; Competence, Cultural;

Related Mesh Headings: Transcultural Nursing;

Allowable Qualifiers: education; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; psychology;

Tree Number: I01.880.143.364;

History Note: 2008

Technical Notes: consider also TRANSCULTURAL NURSING