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Assignment on Nursing Indigenous Australians

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Assignment on Nursing Indigenous Australians

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Running head: NURSING ASSIGNMENTNursing assignmentName of the student:Name of the University:Author’s note
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1NURSING ASSIGNMENTEssay: With the increase in diversity of the nation and presence of culturally diverse group ofpatients, communicating in an effective manner has become a challenging task for health careprofessionals. Lack of awareness about patient’s belief, values, attitudes and behavior in specificcultural context further affects the communication process between staff-patients and has animpact on the quality of care. In such condition, it has become important to raise awarenessabout the importance of effective communication to deal with culturally diverse people(Betancourt et al., 2016). Hence, the information mentioned in power point is aimed to provideproper knowledge to all those people who will be new placed in health care service. It willenlighten them with the process needed to achieve cultural competency goal. Health care organizations are now working a lot to train their staffs in culturalcompetency and this has also become a priority due to the rise in health disparity in ethnic andracial groups. For instance, there is great difference in health outcome between the indigenousand non-indigenous Australians. This is mainly seen due to the shorter life expectancy, high ratesof infant mortality, poor health and low level of education and employment in indigenous peoplecompared to the rest of the population (Australians Together, 2017). To reduce the healthdisparities of indigenous Australians, there is a need to shift from standardized care and adaptsculturally competent health care model. Hence, culturally competency and effectivecommunication is also necessary to provide equal access to health care and positive experiencesto disadvantaged group. The power point has given information related to the approach needed to improvecommunication process while dealing with culturally diverse group of people. The rationale
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