Cultural assessment

information to be noted. First, a leisure assessment was not mentioned. This can be used as part of the SWOT (GCU, 2014) analysis as well as built upon in other areas of treatment. Another assessment is the spiritual assessment. As a treatment center that uses the 12-steps and believes in the Higher Power, this is an important piece of information. It assists in showing the person’s background and starting point. We have a specific cultural assessment also. In the area of mental health, suicidal

Cultural Competence As a health care professional, we are faced with caring for patients of different cultural and ethnic background. Researching and learning about the patient’s culture values, beliefs and practices is essential and remarks the ability to provide quality health care for the patient. “Organizations and individuals who understand their clients’ cultural values, beliefs, and practices are in a better position to be coparticipants with their clients in providing culturally acceptable

identify areas of weaknesses and strengths in my cultural competency skills as well as strategies that will improve my transcultural nursing care. I have identified these areas using the Cultural Diversity Self-Assessment. Achieving a total score of 104, this tool has allowed me to target my weaknesses and create a plan to increase my competence in those areas. I have also been able to identify my strengths in cultural competence. The self-assessment tool specially evaluated my personal culturally

Cultural intelligence assessment will enable the individual to have certain information about himself. It is posited that cultural difference has a greater impact on business effectiveness than we think. That our cultural backgrounds really influence the way we think and act and the way we interpret each others contributions. Our success or failure in communication will depend on the extent at which we understand the different cultural background of the employees and create a fruitful collaboration

To begin, the cultural competence self-assessment revealed that with a low score of three out of twelve that I am not very ethnocentric. I don’t believe my culture and my beliefs are most important than another person’s. I think of myself as a normal young-adult trying to live her life, get good grades and work hard. When meeting or interacting with new people I don’t judge them based on their appearance and I treat everyone with the respect that they deserve by viewing them simply as another human

culturally competent assessments with families from diverse backgrounds. According to Sandau-Beckler (2001), the ability to evaluate relatives is of the utmost importance in “family centered services” (p. 93). Fong (2001) maintained that in the past family centered services evaluations were simplistic. Therefore, she recommended extensive modifications to become consistent with the increasingly diverse population in American. Moreover, she highlighted that “culturally competent assessments” should mirror

Cultural Assessment The United States is fast becoming culturally diverse and in order to provide efficient, appropriate, and individualized care, nurses need to be culturally competent. Cultural competence involves being aware of yourself, your existence, thoughts, and environment, and ensuring that those elements do not unjustly affect the patients you care for (Giger, 2013). It is adapting your care to be compatible with the culture of your client and is an ongoing, conscious process. I recently

Nurses perform assessments several times a day. Nurses use assessments to care for patients and to save lives. As our society continues to become more culturally diverse, nurses will be faced with cultural barriers and differences that will alter his or her learned assessment and or communication skills. For the purpose of this discussion, I will define cultural diverse assessment, describe the key components of a comprehensive cultural assessment, and lastly, identify five communication skills

Socio-cultural assessment is realising and understanding the way a child responds to challenges and change. Their responses and perceptions are based on the world in which they live. Their understanding of the world comes from the values and beliefs of the adults, community, socio-economic status, education and culture that surround them. (Mooney, 2000). When making an assessment on an individual child it is necessary to consider the background and culture in which they exist. Berger (2005), states

I have scored well on both assessments which consider me to be a particularly cultural sensitive person. The cultural awareness assessment which I scored lower on was due to inexperience for some of the questions that were asked. Question one, for example, asked, "I listen to people from other cultures when they tell me how my culture affects them is one experience I have yet to encounter. I have always considered a person culture and briefs are fascinating in every fashion. Growing up in a very