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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Competent care"”.
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Phenomenological study of student nurses’ preparedness for delivering culturally competent care upon graduation
… essential requirement for delivering appropriate care to patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. An analysis of the literature revealed notions of cultural competence was mainly from the United States (US). In contrast, the number of publications in this field from the United Kingdom (UK) was …
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Lived Experiences and Training Opportunities of Nurses Caring for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Patients
… challenges and barriers when accessing healthcare. Research pertaining to LGBT healthcare access has noted that members of the LGBT community experience worsening health and substandard care as the result of their gender and sexual orientations. Denial of health services, difficulty obtaining …
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Cultural Competence and End-of-Life Care: Religion, Spirituality and Health Care Decision-Making
… all patients with the highest standard of care possible. An increase in the number of foreign-born residents with diverse religious backgrounds requires health care professionals to know strategies for understanding and responding to patients who practice less common religions as spiritual …
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Queering Healthcare Equity: Exploring How Two Community Health Centers That Specialize in LGBTQ Healthcare Frame Cultural Competence
… and funding, significant inequities in healthcare access, quality of care, and health outcomes have continued to persist for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ) communities. Intersecting marginalized identities such as race, gender, and disability compound health …
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The Development of Trust in the Nurse-Patient Relationship with Hospitalized Mexican American Patients
… growing and this population experiences health care disparities compared to non-Hispanic Whites. Mexican Americans are the largest sub-group of Hispanics and providing nursing care that is patient-centered and culturally competent is important when caring for this population. Trust is an …
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“The only reason why it happened is simply because we’re Black women!”: The Black perinatal healthcare experience in Canada.
… to any other race. Yet, the Black maternal healthcare experience is not adequately documented within a Canadian context. This research study interpreted and analyzed the maternal healthcare experiences of Black women living in the Greater Toronto Area. Methods: Focus groups and interviews were …
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Exploring the Perceptions of Cultural Competence Among Personal Support Workers in an Ontario Long-Term Care Home: A Case Study
… spend a large amount of time with long-term care (LTC) home residents providing assistance with their activities of daily living. The s limited research on their perceptions of cultural competence presents the need to bridge this knowledge gap. The researcher conducted a qualitative case …
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Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia and Suicide: A Systematic Review of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Premorbid IQ Variables
… this work suggests a need for culturally competent care, comprehensive assessment measures, and holistic treatment options to address vulnerabilities and suicide risk factors in this population. Furthermore, in future work, researchers should use larger sample sizes, practical study …
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Factors predictive of colorectal cancer screening among Muslim men and women from central/middle eastern counters living in North Texas
… and health professionals to provide culturally competent care. Knowledge, attitude, belief, and self-efficacy as well as screening practices of this ethnic group were identified as the foundation for this study. This study measured subjective issues that have direct impact on adherence to the …
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Knowledge, self-efficacy and practices of advanced practice nurses regarding the provision of gynecological and reproductive healthcare services to disabled women with impaired mobility
… Texas regarding the provision of women’s healthcare services to females with disability. Data supplied by more than 1400 APNs in response to a mailed, voluntary, anonymous survey revealed that nearly half of these APNs provide women’s healthcare services and the majority sees disabled patients. …
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A Three Article Study Examining Sexual and Gender Minority Competency of Health Service Providers
… recognized the need for guidelines regarding SGM care in recent years and published guidelines for health service providers regarding culturally competent care of SGM clients. SGM individuals represent a highly stigmatized and understudied population in regard to health service education and …
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Empowering communities : a DNP project on advisory board development for substance use and maternal health services
Engaging community members in developing healthcare initiatives for substance use disorder (SUD) among pregnant individuals remains a significant challenge. Establishing an integrated addiction medicine, obstetric, and family-centered clinic in Michigan highlights the need for a Community Advisory …
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Nursing Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying
… <p>Most nursing students fear death or care of the dying and thus question their abilities to give compassionate and competent care to patients or families at end-of-life (EOL). Research has shown positive results when students have experiences with dying patients in environments where …
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Float RNs: Unit Specific Tools to Promote a More Positive Float Experience
… to transition large portions of primary health care services to more community-based outpatient settings, federal projections say the rising complexity of acute care will increase demand for RNs in hospital settings by 36% in 2020 (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN], 2017). Other …
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Ethical imperative to health and epistemological distance : rural patients and advanced practice registered nurses
… life expectancy, and less access to specialty care. Rural health disparities result from geographic, social, and epistemological barriers. In the wake of rural hospital closures, rural patients necessarily seek care from non-rural hospitals. These barriers facilitate comorbidities and untreated …
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Intensive care patients' perceptions of the experience of mechanical ventilation
… phenomenological study was to describe intensive care patients' perceptions of the experience of mechanical ventilation. A purposeful sample of 11 post-extubation mechanically ventilated patients was interviewed using a semi-structured interview guide, and the interviews were audiotaped and …
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Cultural Competence: An Issue For Education
… come changes in the spectrum of health care consumers. Minority populations are known to experience higher rates of illness, disease, disability, and mortality. Considering these factors, it can be concluded that minority groups constitute a substantial percentage of health care patrons. …
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Cultural competence and mental health care: an assessment of Lutheran Community Services Northwest-Spokane
… or inequity when approaching mental health care, the time and interaction they have with counseling services is pivotal. Existing models of evidence-based counseling and trauma care are proven effective and are used internationally, however it is the incorporation of cultural context that …
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How can breastfeeding support services best meet the needs of women of Bangladeshi origin living in the UK?
… good practice for breastfeeding and culturally competent care, health services could engage with families, provide bilingual advocacy workers and involve women in designing accessible breastfeeding support services. <br/>
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An exploration of nurses' experiences of caring for people from different cultures in Ireland
… it to go unnoticed. Accepting less than perfect care and becoming indifferent to the needs of patients who are not Irish is evident in the data. This went unchallenged and consequently culturally insensitive and sometimes even discriminatory care was perpetuated. This study has implications for …
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