Assignment:
Description
Review emerging standards of culturally competent care. Here are possible resources to use:
1. DHHS Office of Minority Health
2. National Center for Cultural Competence
3. AHRQ
4. Annie E. Casey Foundation
Write a 2,800 to 3,500 word paper that explores the following topics in your workplace or a setting that you select for this discussion:
1. Define culturally competent care appropriate for your own workplace, based on your perusal of the assigned readings.
2. Identify the populations served and any issues of population vulnerability.
3. Comment on standards of cultural competence that appear to be met and any that are not met.
4. Identify how delivery of nursing care could be affected where standards are being met and where they are not being met.
5. Comment on solutions that could be implemented where standards are not being met.