As a nursing student, I have always been taught that nursing is about providing holistic, patient-centred care to everyone regardless of their background, culture, or beliefs. It’s what makes this ...

Cultural competence has become a major issue in nursing practice, given the current and projected US demographics as well as the long-standing health disparities in people of diverse racial, ethnic, ...

A team of physicians at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco recommends more effective use of interpreters, greater awareness of potential areas of mistrust ...

Nurses who understand the Muslim worldview and religious or cultural practices are better placed to provide person-centred care to Muslim patients without stereotyping Abstract Delivering high-quality ...

International nursing education is increasingly incorporating global experiences into curricula to enhance cultural competence among healthcare professionals. This evolution recognises that effective ...

Hugh Lytle is founder and CEO, Equality Health, a Value Based Care leader helping independent primary care practices make the shift to VBC. While there is no single way to define “cultural competence, ...

Gabriela Rivera and her family are among the many millions of Latinos who have left behind family and home in search of a better life. As time goes by, though, their "American dream" - better ...

Many years ago, a speech therapist from the mountains of eastern Kentucky found himself spending weeks out of every month traveling between the boroughs of New York City for work. Saying the initial ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A special conference hosted by Briar Cliff University is coming up this April. The conference is called “Achieving Cultural Awareness in Health Care 2024″ and is scheduled for ...

Given the increasing diversity of Canada, cultural competence is considered of paramount importance in practising mental health care effectively. The term cultural competence refers to cultural ...