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1. Discussion: Respecting cultural needs
Discussion: Respecting cultural needsDiscussion: Respecting cultural needsThe following
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relate to what the student post.Respecting cultural needsHealth care is important for all
patients and it is important to ensure that any disparities that may exist have been done
away with. Culture is an important part of one’s identity, there is need to respect the beliefs,
and language of others and this is not a basis for denying one care. In the US, about 37
million people speak a native language as their first language. Language barriers in health
care may lead to patient dissatisfaction, poor comprehension, adherence, and lower quality
of care. Moreover, lack of cultural competence may lead to patient dissatisfaction.ORDER
NOW FOR ORIGINAL, PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPERSThere are a number of guidelines from
professional organizations, which may help promote cultural competence. A number of
professional organizations representing an appreciable portion of health professionals have
played an active role in promoting culturally competent practices through policies, research
and training efforts. The American Medical Association provides information and resources
on policies, publications and training materials. One of the most comprehensive guidelines,
however, is the one developed by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, which
provides curriculum material to teach cultural competence to family medicine and other
health care professionals (Instiutute, 2020).The guidelines focus on a number of areas first
being creation of awareness of the influences that sociocultural factors have on patients,
clinicians and the clinical relationship. Second is the willingness to make clinical settings
more accessible to patients and acceptance of the health care professionals of their
responsibility to understand the cultural aspects of health and illness. Moreover, another
key consideration is the respect and tolerance for cultural differences and the recognition of
personal biases against people of different cultures. Discussion: Respecting cultural
needsDespite there being guidelines that various health care professionals may use, there
are accreditation standards, which are an important tool in improving cultural competence
of all professionals. This can be seen from what the Liaison Committee on Medical
Education (LCME) has done in mandating higher standards for curriculum material on
cultural competence. This has led to medical schools having to provide students with the
skills to understand how people of diverse cultures perceive certain illnesses and respond
to the various diseases.These standards and guidelines have slowly found their way into the
cultural practice where health systems have begun to adopt comprehensive strategies to
respond to the needs of racial and ethnic minorities. There has been an increase in the

2. number of state and federal guidelines that encourage greater responsiveness of health
systems to the growing diverse population (Instiutute, 2020). Moreover, health systems are
slowly finding that implementing cultural competence strategies is good business practice
that increases the interest and participation of both providers and patients in the creation
of health care plans among the racial and ethnic minorities.It is important for the standards,
which have been put in place to be adhered since not doing, do would lead to the
disenfranchisement of many ethnic and racial minorities, which is a violation of their
human rights since it is the perpetuation of discrimination.Improving awareness of cultural
needs of patientsMore knowledge is needed about the different approaches that can be
adopted to increase cultural competence. One of the ways through which once can improve
cultural competence in the hospital environment is by improving communication for
example engaging in cross-cultural interactions with patients (Kaihlanen, 2019). This will
ensure that each patient is understood as a unique person and nurses can therefore be able
to explore patient beliefs, values and needs in order to build effective relationships with
them.Another method that can be adopted is through encouraging participation in online
chats and networks. These platforms can have a great influence on improving nurses’
cultural competency and cultural awareness and they may be kept up to date.Effect of
organizational culture on cultural needs educationAs has been highlighted above, a number
of organizations have taken steps in ensuring that they adopt culturally sensitive policies.
Organizations have similarly ensured that policies that reduce administrative and linguistic
barriers to health care are adopted for example the Asian Counselling and Referral Services
(ACRS) tries to provide bilingual and bicultural clinicians that match the client’s
backgrounds and when this is not possible, trained staff are provided. This has ensured that
mental health is not denied to various minorities due to the fact they cannot understand the
importance of such care. A number of unique challenges are faced by people who speak a
foreign language is that they may at times not be satisfied with the care they receive or see
no need for it, however, if institutions are accommodating towards them, disparities in
health care will be done away with. Discussion: Respecting cultural needsThis cultural
change despite having to do away with the organizational culture is beneficial for the
organization in the end because it has ensured client satisfaction.Critical elements for
meeting cultural needsIn order to meet patient cultural needs, there has to be self-
awareness and awareness of others; open attitude; and cultural knowledge. Without these,
cultural competency may not be effectively possible.ReferencesInstiutute, H. P. (2020).
Cultural Competence in Health Care: Is it important for people with chronic conditions?
Georgia University.Kaihlanen, A.-M. (2019). Increasing cultural awareness: qualitative study
of nurses’ perceptions about cultural competency training. BMC Nursing.