Assessment of Leadership Competencies in Healthcare Michelle M. Fulop University of Cincinnati Healthcare Informatics A Comparison Assessment of Leadership Competencies in Healthcare There are a multitude of competency requirements needed to become an effective leader in the healthcare industry. Important leadership qualities are centered around skills and behaviors that assist in successfully executing an organization’s strategic vision. Priority quality competencies involve decision making
and uniqueness of people within their social and cultural context,” (p. 3). It is imperative that counselors are culturally competent in their approach with individuals from varying diverse backgrounds. This paper will examine a case study of Luis, a Latino male, who is participating in counseling services. It will explore the counselor’s application of the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD) multicultural competencies. It will investigate the integration of multicultural
The United States’ population is currently rising exponentially and with growth comes demographic shifts. Some of the demographics shifts include the population growth of Hispanics, increase in senior citizens especially minority elderly, increase in number of residents who do not speak English, increase in foreign-born residents, population trends of people from different sexual orientation, and trends of people with disabilities (Perez & Luquis, 2009). As a public health practitioner, the only
Competent Health Care Workforce Reduces Disparities Cultural competence is the knowledge, skills and attitudes of the individual health care professionals when they treat individual patients who are from different race, ethnicity, and religion and diverse backgrounds. In the U.S, some patients receive equal treatment in the health care facilities, but others receive unequal treatment because they are from diverse backgrounds. In the article, “Cultural Clues” Melissa Hansen focuses on the importance of
Executive summary Comprehensive sectoral analysis of emerging competencies and economic activities in the European Union Lot 12: Hotels and restaurants Executive summary Submitted to the European Commission; Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG April 2009 Executive Summary Main economic and employment trends The Hotels and restaurants sector is a highly labour intensive service sector employing nearly nine million persons across the EU. A large part of the sector
Gardner, intelligence is 1) The ability to create an effective product or offer a service that is valued in a culture, 2) a set of skills that make it possible for a person to solve problems in life, and 3) the potential for finding or creating solutions for problems, which involves gathering new knowledge. Gardner 1 builds upon Benjamin Bloom’s earlier work on learning taxonomies and they both encourage a more comprehensive and holistic approach to educating a child, which is what I believe as well
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), the Institute of Medicine (IOM), and the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) emerged because of a need for improved nursing education and nursing practice. The AACN continually recommends policies that develop nursing education programs. Subsequently, the AACN promotes exceptional patient care. Similarly, IOM assists healthcare facilities in both the government and private sector by providing evidence-based advice for health decisions
on cognitive, health, education benefits as well as economic values. I will also touch upon cultural, personal and social advantages. These different aspects will help to outline what ‘learning a foreign language’ consists of and justify the status and significance of Modern Foreign Languages within the curriculum. The cognitive elements of learning MFL One of the key elements of learning any language is that it increases all of our cognitive abilities. This relates to how we learn; (perception
shortage among staff in hospitals and acute care settings. While the most obvious solution to short staffing is to hire more nurses, there are also other ways to make staffing more effective. A patient acuity tool is a staffing instrument that can be used to decide how much time and attention each individual patient requires. By knowing the acuity level of each patient, charge nurses can decide how many patients each nurse can be assigned to at a time. This essay describes the way a patient acuity instrument
of Phoenix Online Student Heath Care Communication HCS/350 Ann Cinco November 23, 2009 Personal and Professional Healthcare Communication Paper How we communicate effects everything we do. Whether talking to patients and family members, speaking in a team meeting, or talking with our children’s teacher at a conference, communication is how we learn information, teach information and express our concerns. With this paper I will discuss; the definitions of healthcare communication, the relevancy