Lacking Cultural Competency In the book Fresh Fruit Broken Bodies written, by Seth Holmes who has a PHD in anthropology, he writes about Triqui migrants, and how they migrate up and down the west coast of the United States. Risking their lives crossing the borders to work in US, therefore they face various obstacles and, being morbidity situations. The way the migrants are being treated in the hospitals and clinics is unreasonable the healthcare workers both in the US and Mexico lack ' ' cultural competency ' '. In the Inter professional Care Betancourt defines, Cultural competency ‘’as set of behaviors and attitudes and a culture within business or operation of system that respects and takes into account the person’s cultural background,…
Communication in healthcare is a key component to treating illness and receiving adequate care. If the patient and healthcare professional are unable to communicate effectively then the patient will not be receiving the care that they need and the healthcare professional will not be doing their job in the best way possible. There are many different obstacles that need to be overcome when dealing with different cultures. One of these boundaries is language. As a patient it is difficult to tell the doctor what is going on and what they need.…
This week, I started to see patients on my own at the Health Department. I saw more infants compare to when I was at the Vine Clinic. I noticed there is a high prevalence of Hispanic patient population in this office, which explained why there were three Spanish interpreters at the site. The preceptor who I am with also can speak some Spanish. I do see the benefit of having a bilingual provider when serving a population like this.…
Patients today have many different health needs and often require more than one health care team member of a different scope of practice. It is nearly impossible for one health care team member to address all problems associated with the patients’ health issues. The interprofessional education approach also known as IPE is considered to be a collaborative approach between team members. The team members had to show respect to each other’s practice and work together to achieve the best possible care for the patient. This IPE event offered a way for the health care team members to share their skills and knowledge with each other, the patient and the family members.…
It is a healthcare worker’s job to know how to handle their diverse patients. Each patient might have different cultures that the healthcare worker should either know already or should inquire about with the patient if possible. Cultures are different from each other and this can prove difficult in a healthcare system when nurses and doctors are trying to bring people to health; requiring perhaps to need to touch the patient in a way they might not be used to. Here are four barriers that Vietnamese Americans might have when using the healthcare system and East Indian Hindus’ unique beliefs about touch that can influence their reactions to healthcare workers. Barriers for Vietnamese Americans…
Health Care The Vietnamese American community is increasing at a rapid speed within the United States. The community arrived to the United States with high expectation for a better life but the achievement of that requires financial stability. A major issue that many Americans are experiencing is the ability to afford healthcare. Many healthcare provider are initiated through a person’s employer, others receive public assistance and the remaining do not have healthcare.…
It has always been known that America is the melting pot of cultures. Many different races subside within the US boundaries and have created what America is today. The very great thing about this country is our progressive nature that allows all types of people to live as one people. However, after reading the articles and watching the videos about cultural competency, it is clear that there are still many errors in the system. Health care specifically has many faults in the way that they treat and assist people of different cultures.…
For this paper I will define the seven principles of patient-clinician communication, how I apply each of these to my interactions with my patients, methods being used to improve interdisciplinary communication, the one that applies best to my area of practice and describe how I use it, the ethical principles that can be applied to issues in patient-clinician communication, and the importance of ethics in communication and how patient safety is influenced by good or bad team communication. Communication between patient and clinician is imperative for the best possible outcomes. Principles of Communication First I will define the seven principles of patient-clinician communication. The first concept is mutual respect, which is patient and…
Rajwinder, I agreed with you. Many undocumented immigrants may have fear and panic of being singled-out and intimidated as an illegal immigrant. They may have anxiety of being handed over to the police. With this type of fear such an individual will not seek for any medical help when needed, until it is out of control. Language barrier together with undocumented immigration status is a big threat to such an individual to seek for medical help at the adequate time.…
“No one has ever become poor by helping” quote by Anne Franklin. There is more gratitude and blessings in giving than in receiving and I have had the opportunity to witness this statement. My experience in the medical field has shaped my view of medicine and sparked my interest in becoming a Physician Assistant (PA) with a desire to help underserved communities, specifically the Latino community. From being a child to current day, I served as a translator for my mother whenever we had doctor visits. My mother would strive to search for providers who spoke Spanish; she felt more at ease when discussing her medical issues with a provider who spoke the same language as her.…
Another obstacle that the Latino population faces in regard to proper healthcare is their limited proficiency in the English language (Escarce & Kapur, 2006). Proper communication and translation of symptoms play a vital role in health care. The physician’s need to know exactly why they are coming in to the office, so that they can correctly assess and ultimately diagnose the underlining problem. If a patient is not proficient in the same language as the treating physician, it may lead to unnecessary tests (i.e. blood work and diagnostic scanning) (Escarce & Kapur, 2006).…
When they come to seek treatment, the sick person will struggle to try to communicate with the doctors and nurses about their condition. Since the patient speaks a different language the doctors and nurses might be unable to correctly diagnose or treat the patient. The language barrier can lead to mistakes in diagnosing and treating the patient and can increase cost of their medical bills. This issue of language barriers can affect the amount and quality of health care received (Ihara, “Cultural Competence in Health Care: Is It Important for People with Chronic…
Additionally, a lack of adequate support systems, skills and personal accountability results in communication gaps that can cause harm to patients. “(U.S.Newswire,2006.) As with any situation; with the good comes the bad and poor communication in outcomes. Among these flawed actions often reported on are; when staff take shortcuts that could be dangerous or fatal to their patients care or show poor clinical judgment. Staff that directly confronts their colleagues about their concerns could cause harm to come a patient as a result, due to unprofessional behavior or attitude.…
Each visit adds another hundred dollars on that month’s payment and it just keeps multiplying, or so it seems. Health care is expensive in itself, then adding on the treatment cost, and there those that cannot afford to pay these bills, making hospital visits not an option. In the United States the costs in health care bills is double the price than in other parts of the world; actually the three trillion dollars in this division would make it the world’s fifth-largest economy…
Verbal communication has taken a drastic decrease in the past twenty years. People are becoming more disconnected and detached with one another than they have ever been. One of the main communication tools that is slowly disappearing is asking questions. Asking questions is a necessity to communication, without it, our world can be shaped differently. The factors of the decline in asking questions is the fear of what others will think, the lack of a reward system for questions, and the increase in technology.…