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Nursing Continuous Professional Development
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Description
Building Bridges and Fostering Connections Through Cultural Competence
In today's diverse healthcare landscape, understanding and respecting various cultural backgrounds is crucial for delivering high-quality, patient-centered care. This course will delve into the core principles of cultural competence, exploring the impact of cultural diversity on healthcare practices and patient outcomes. Additionally, this course emphasizes the integration of cultural competence into the nursing profession, fostering an environment where diversity is celebrated and patient care is delivered with the highest level of sensitivity and effectiveness.
Learning Objectives - Define cultural competence.
- Appreciate the importance of cultural competence in the healthcare setting.
- Reflect on one’s own cultural biases, beliefs, and values to foster self-awareness and cultivate cultural awareness, thus allowing one to recognize the influence of personal perspectives on patient care.
- List factors that impact one’s ability to provide culturally competent care.
- Describe strategies to create and promote an inclusive healthcare environment accommodating diverse cultural backgrounds, fostering trust, and effective communication between healthcare providers and patients.
- Describe practical cross-cultural communication skills to bridge language and cultural gaps, fostering transparent and respectful interactions with patients and their families.
- Discuss the impact of cultural competence on reducing health disparities, recognizing the unique healthcare needs of various cultural groups, and implementing strategies to address them.
- Describe practical skills to integrate cultural competence into everyday nursing practice, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care.
- Describe ethical considerations and responsibilities related to cultural competence in nursing, including cultural sensitivity, informed consent, and patient autonomy within diverse cultural contexts.
- Discuss validated tools and assessment instruments designed to measure and enhance cultural competence in healthcare settings.
- Apply cultural competence principles in various clinical situations, promoting critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Appreciate the importance of ongoing continuous professional development and self-reflection in maintaining cultural competence and explore resources for further education and development in this evolving field.
Course Outcome
Participants will walk away with practical tools and insights to enhance their cultural competence, ultimately improving the quality of care and patient outcomes in today's multicultural healthcare setting
Completion Criteria
The following are required before successfully earning 2.0 contact hours.
- View 100% of the recorded presentation.
- A completed course evaluation must be submitted before receiving contact hours.
Refunds are not available. All sales are final; CCI does not accept returns or provide refunds. This program has been approved for 2 contact hours by CCI, 400 Inverness Pkwy, Suite 265, Englewood, CO 80112. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 15613, for 2 contact hours.
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