Scenario
You are working as a nurse educator at a large-sized ambulatory care center, where you have been instructed to develop a course on cultural competency that all staff members, both nursing and interdisciplinary team members, will be required to attend. The community you reside in has recently had a large influx of asylum seekers from South and Central America and a sizable number of refugees from Syria and Afghanistan. Your organization is looking to improve the overall health literacy of all patients who come to your facility for care. It is well accepted that low health literacy is associated poor health comes. One of the factors contributing to health literacy is cultural competency. Cultural competency is the ability of health organizations and practitioners to recognize the following in diverse populations to produce a positive health outcome: cultural beliefs, values, attitudes, traditions, language preferences, and health practices. Increasing cultural competency is one factor that will help increase health literacy by reducing value conflicts, miscommunications and misunderstandings, and disparate views on health, all of which can result in negative health outcomes.
This organizations mission statement, vision, and values are stated below:
o Mission: To improve the health and well-being of those we serve
o Vision: Our vision is to be the best place for care and the top choice for employment.
o Values: Provide the best care, treating patients and family members with sensitivity and empathy
Research cultural competency education to determine the standards for what basic elements need to be taught in the course.
Read “Improving Cultural Competence to Reduce Health Disparities for Priority Populations” or “Becoming a Culturally Competent Health Care Organization.”
Consider the following as you create the learning objectives for your course:
o Organizations mission statement, vision, and values
o Research that you completed on cultural competency education
o The diversity of your target audience
Write 5 measurable learning objectives for the course.
Write a summary in which you address the following:
o Discuss cultural competency/awareness and health literacy
o Discuss any theory you plan to apply to your specific course
o Explain how your objectives align to your organizations mission statement, vision, and values and to industry standards.
o Provide a rationale on why you chose these five objectives.
Submit a 3-4 page APA-formatted paper with learning objectives, summary and 5 resource reference page.
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