NSG4074 Week 2 Culturally Competent Nursing.

NSG4074 Week 2 Culturally Competent Nursing. Culturally Competent Nursing South University Health Promotion and Clinical Prevention NSG4074 CULTURALLY COMPETENT NURSING 1 Culturally Competent Nursing According to American Nurses’ Association (2016), culture is a population’s behavioral ways, values, beliefs, way of living, and family life. In addition, culture entails spiritual opinions, biology, economics, political, and psychological situations. These characteristics guide a people’s worldviews and influence their decisions including those that concern their health. Nurses should therefore be aware of how the said characteristics influence health care for them to provide health care that meets the cultural expectations. The outcome expected after this understanding will improve the quality of care given and acquire patient satisfaction. Cultural awareness is the acceptance of different cultures while culturally sensitive is respecting the diversity of the culture. Cultural competence therefore is a continuous process in nursing where the nurse understands and is able to work well with the patient’s cultural needs in mind. Health disparities which include, age, financial capability, comorbidities, lack of access to healthcare, racism, insurance, health literacy, symptom expression, language, expectations, and when to seek for health care, are present in different cultures (American Nurses’ Association, 2016).