Given the diversity of our country, it has become increasingly important for therapists to increase their cultural competence when it comes to the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of clients in counseling and therapy. Understanding one’s cultural identity is essential to tailor treatments that reflect their cultural attitudes and ultimately increase response rates. Also, understanding cultural differences could help explain differences in rates substance use, which may be considered sacred in their
Cultural Competency in Nursing Asian and Hispanic Populations Culture is best defined as one’s learned perspectives, behaviors, values, beliefs, traditions, and norms that directs decision making and outlook. (Douglas et al., 2014) Culture can influence all aspects of one’s life including views of health care and illness. Cultural competence is the ability of the nurse to understand and incorporate the patient’s culture into the plan of care and it is vital to achieving patient-provider trust
order to provide a positive influence on the health care needs of their patients. Cultural encounters are utilized to build knowledge and skills regarding diverse backgrounds. (Campinha-Bacote, 2011). Campinha-Bacote, (2011) emphasizes the dual importance of both the patient’s cultural beliefs as well as the health care provider. To increase cultural competence for patients of Costa Rican decent, using a cultural encounter with a second generation Costa Rican coworker and a personal family member
Before the beginning of my internship, I was supposed to choose three competences, which I would like to work on and improve. Firstly, I have chosen “Ability to communicate in one’s own and foreign languages using the appropriate terminology in this subject area”. Since I work at the moment with a lot of translations, I am able to expand my vocabulary, especially in German. The original data are in German and since in English part there are a lot of mistakes, I could not rely on it and I was required
within the client before implementing the goal. This is extremely important to ensure that the social worker is not jumping ahead of the client too far that this goal will make them uncomfortable or that this goal is something that goes against their cultural
competency is a set of knowledge, skills and proficiency in creating a meaningful experience when organizing an activity. Competence is best described as a complex combination of knowledge, skills, understanding, values, attitudes and desire which lead to effective, embodied human action in the world, in a particular domain (Deakin Crick, 2008). Science teacher’s competence to be a teacher should be confirmed by his/her gained knowledge, developed abilities and formed value-based orientation. The
mission. A person gains competencies through education training, experience or natural abilities. DEFINITON “An underlying characteristic of a person which results in effective and superior performance on the job”. EXAMPLES • Technological competence • Control competence • Detecting and assessing environmental change. • Ability to learn understanding of people FORMS OF COMPETENCIES • Organisational competency based competency model: Steps: 1.From the overall objective of the company, you need to arrive
ADM 352 Person-Based Structures A Focus on Skill-Based Pay Submitted to Patricia A Piazza, MA, JCTC, JCDC In Partial Fulfillment for the Requirements of ADM 352, Compensation and Benefits Fall 2014 Barry University School of Professional and Career Education Jacksonville, FL By Jose C. Payan-Perez Student ID # 2953587 904-610-9805 Jpayan72@gmail.com Oct 3, 2014 CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: By including this cover sheet I certify that I am the author of this submittal and
I. Introduction For the last twenty years, Western companies have discovered that Asian labor is relatively low which could produce price competitive products for export. That is the reason why most international countries create their branches or manufacturing plants in Asia. While they were moving investment into Asia, they needed a lot of employees to run their business. At that time, those investors recognize that most local staffs have little leadership skill and they have not possess enough
Core values come from the center of who a person is and what is most important to a person as a human being. These values may be expressed on varied aspects of life as they start from within; implicitly and explicitly, in family, education in school, dealing with business, religion, the society itself, and the nation (Stevenson, 2013). How important are the core values? Knowing what values are integrated in each of us gives us a greater sense of purpose in this world. The achievement of one’s core