Cultural Sensitivity & Competency Discussion

Cultural Sensitivity & Competency Discussion

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Question Description
Only a discussion post! One-Two Paragraph MAX. Peer responses required. First peer discussion found below. Second will be added shortly. Peer responses on 1 paragraph needed.

Step 1 Download and read the Cultural Sensitivity and Competency handout describing the ASKED model. (see below)

Step 2 Post a response to the discussion board.
The terms cultural sensitivity and cultural competency are frequently used interchangeably. However, each has unique characteristics and implications for nursing practice. Realize that cultural competency involves intentional, lifelong learning.

Based on your personal self-reflection, summarize your self-reflection responses to the ASKED model.
Identify which component(s) were most helpful and most difficult for you to reflect on.
Identify two lessons learned from this experience.
Explain how you will incorporate these cultural concepts into your nursing practice.
Explain how cultural sensitivity and cultural competency impact health care.
Step 3 Read other students’ posts and respond to at least two of them by Friday at 11:59 pm MT.

As part of your response to your peers’ posts, share one of your two lessons with your peers and explain why you feel this lesson was important to you.

Use your personal experience, if it’s relevant, to support or debate other students’ posts. If differences of opinion occur, debate the issues professionally and provide examples to support opinions.

Cite any sources in APA format.

Cultural Sensitivity and Competency Handout
Nursing practice is at the heart of nursing and is an important place to build diverse relationships for the purpose of providing optimal health care for all. There are numerous cultural assessment models; one of those models was created by Campinha-Bacote. This model is designed as a tool for nurses to increase self-awareness and explore their own beliefs and practices.
Ultimately, to assure culturally-responsive nursing services, CampinhaBacote suggests the use of the mnemonic, “ASKED,” which is defined as:
A – Awareness S – Skill K – Knowledge E – Encounters D – Desire
Use of the “ASKED” method allows the nurse to consider the five components of cultural competency. These components include awareness, skill, knowledge, encounters, and desire. Addressing each of these components assists the nurse in the continual process of developing cultural competency. It is vital that nurses view themselves as becoming culturally competent, rather than being culturally incompetent.
Resource: Campinha-Bacote, J. (2002). Cultural competence in psychiatric nursing: have you ASKED the right questions? Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association,8(6):183–187.

Peer Response 1 (Angelica)

When it comes to cultural competency the nurse must be open to diversity. Because cultural competency is a life long learning process having basic knowledge will enable the nurse to provide individualized care while keeping the upmost respect towards that individual. One way that nurses can reflect on their own cultural self assessment is using Campinha-Bacote’s model. The “ASKED” model which stands for awareness, skills, knowledge, encounters, and desire are the five components of cultural competency. Reflecting on my own answers I have realized that I haven’t had many encounters with different cultures. Unfortunately, many elderly patients where I work do not have active family so therefore I haven’t had many face to face encounters with different cultures. One example, I do recall was when I placed a cross outside the door of the dying patient as per the family’s request. I try to always maintain a patient’s dignity and respect even in their last days of life. If someone is catholic I make sure I have a rosary present and offer the last oils if the family requests. As a nurse you always want to provide the best care possible, yet I have found that dealing with a dying patient is always hard for me because you become attached to them in your day to day life. As a nurse I want to do everything possible to make a patient get better but there has been times I have needed to take a step back and remind myself they are on palliative care. They do not want to have treatment and as a nurse I must respect and carry out their wishes even if it maybe hard to see the family suffer along the process. Having cultural sensitivity is important because it will help you as a nurse to develop a better relationship with both the patient and family by developing trust. Being cultural sensitive will also help you as a nurse be able to do a cultural assessment. You will be able to develop an individualized care plan by using a holistic approach. Being able to reflect on your own culture enables you to be open to learning about other cultures and customs. I hope to continue learning about other cultures in my nursing career.

Cultural Sensitivity & Competency Discussion

Cultural Sensitivity & Competency Discussion

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.