Category: Culture

Organizational Culture in Healthcare Table of Contents Introduction Communication Flexibility Integrity Ethical Behavior Critical Thinking Skills Conclusions References Introduction In recent years, organizational culture has been receiving increased attention from the business research community. According to Valmohammadi and Roshanzamir (2015), healthy organizational cultures contribute to increased innovation, responsibility, quality, and performance in personnel. At the…

Leiningers Cultural Care Diversity Theory Nowadays, one may say that the element of care is an integral and evident part of nursing. However, not all previous healthcare professionals recognized that precise care is the key to patients healing, growth, hope, and well-being. What is more, it was challenging for nurses to understand that the care…

Concepts of Health Literacy and Cultural Awareness Cultural and religious beliefs, lack of knowledge of the English language, and low health literacy are the three main factors that serve to create and enforce serious problems in the field of health communication and information. Over the last decade, medical workers started to address the factor of…

Cultural Diversity and Sensitivity in Healthcare Proper communication is a rather crucial aspect in healthcare for a number of reasons. When it is effective and proper, it shows the professionals respect for the patient and may lead to successful results. Understandably, this leads to an interesting aspect related to the matter: cultural diversity and sensitivity.…

Afro-Latin Culture and Approach to Healthcare Latin American culture is characterized mainly by the contrast of various cultural traditions and inter-civilizational interactions. Latin American ethnos began to form as a result of the collision of three genetically different cultures: Iberian, Indian, and African, which led to the questionable heterogenic characteristics, and symbiosis, inversion of various…

Organizational Theory, Structure, Change, and Culture in Health Care Overall, the critical task of organizational theory is to provide the managerial personnel with a set of models, strategies, and methods on how to effectively organize the internal structure of a company, fix the existing problems, and manage them more effectively. In health care, organizational theory…

The Importance of Cultural Competency in Nursing Cultural (intercultural) competence in nursing is the ability of the nurse to interact with people from different cultures effectively. Cultural competence has four components: understanding ones cultural worldview, attitude towards cultural differences, knowledge of various cultural methods and worldviews, and intercultural skills. The culture-based perception of the disease…

Importance of Cultural Competency in Nursing The concept of cultural competency in nursing refers to the awareness of traditions and peculiarities of patients cultures, understanding of their values, and respect to their beliefs and views even if they differ from ones of a nurse. According to Sharifi, Adib-Hajbaghery, and Najafi (2019), cultural competency consists of…

Nursing: Family Interview and Cultural Assessment Table of Contents Psychological Assessment Spiritual Assessment Physiological Assessment Social Assessment Environmental Assessment Epidemiological Assessment Conclusion References Evaluating well-being within a family represents a unique challenge since a nurse has to address the needs of every family member. Therefore, the choice of an assessment tool defines the success rate…

Cultural Beliefs in Health Education Table of Contents Introduction Body Conclusion References Introduction Various cultural beliefs across the globe have emerged to have a significant impact on health service deliverance in the community. These cultural beliefs seem to contradict healthcare delivery from professionals, thereby posing serious harm to the health conditions of their followers. However,…