Discussion about self assessment on the cultural competence

Question: Discuss about self assessment on the cultural competence? Answer: I am Lisa, a nursing student of a well known hospital of Australia. Here I am going to assess about the importance of cultural competence in the field of health care process. It is known that nurses have to communicate with the patients as communication and being respectful for their culture is very important in the treatment procedure (Purnell, 2012). So in the beginning of the self assessment I would like to tell about the process in which I usually treat all my patients. I usually treat all my patients irrespective of their cultures that is whether the patient belongs to any culture he or she will be treated as same as the others. In some cases when it is needed to maintain their cultures then I supposed to learn about their culture and their requirements and then I treat them according to their need (Jeffreys, Dogan, 2012). As for me the most important thing is the well being of my patients I usually do not impose my thoughts and value system to my patients. I also see the import ance of the use of local languages in the communication with the patients of different communities. I have found many patients with communication disabilities. For this reason I recognize the dissimilarity between the statement disability and communication dissimilarity. In the treatment procedure I have found the importance of the family in making decision of the treatment process for the patients. I come to know apply of foreign accent and imperfect English ability is not an indication of the capability of the good communication skill. If I have to treat the patients with different culture then I also have to know the use of those languages as well. Working in a community I have learnt the impact of different cultural practice in the child rearing process. The process that are mainly affected are like the discipline, feeding, dressing, toileting, communication etc. while working in the community I have found the impact of cultural practice on the education, role of family, faith b ased practice, role of genders, employments, view of wellness etc and its effect on the treatment process of the patients (Giger, 2014). I have found various views regarding the disabilities of the patients and their community member. Many of the community members possess various views regarding the medical treatment found in western countries. Many of them have been found the western treatment process very working in the treatment process and remaining members do not found it working. Along with the treatment procedures I have learnt the ways to understand the cultural views of my patients. The ways may include the eye contacts, use of gestures, interruption, and use of humor, decision making roles, and the topics they used for the conversation (Douglas, 2011). I have understood that for a nurse it is very important to be respectful for the cultural phenomena of every patient. To improve the transcultural healthcare the nurse have to be respectful for the decision of the patients a s well as the family member and along with this the communication skill have to be improved as it has very importance in the treatment procedure of the community patients. From this self assessment as a nurse I could feel that, being transcultural, one health care provider mainly nurses can actually feel what are the actual problem and its possible remedy. Not only that this also help me to understand various natures of the people present in the society, that in turn help me to in the treatment procedure of the community member. Reference List: Purnell, L. D. (2012).Transcultural health care: A culturally competent approach. FA Davis. Jeffreys, M. R., Dogan, E. (2012). Evaluating the influence of cultural competence education on students transcultural self-efficacy perceptions.Journal of Transcultural Nursing,23(2), 188-197. Giger, J. N. (2014).Transcultural nursing: Assessment and intervention. Elsevier Health Sciences Douglas, M. K., Pierce, J. U., Rosenkoetter, M., Pacquiao, D., Callister, L. C., Hattar-Pollara, M., Purnell, L. (2011). Standards of practice for culturally competent nursing care: 2011 update.Journal of Transcultural Nursing,22(4), 317.