Cultural background
This week, you will consider your own Cultural background and how it impacts the care you provide to your patients.
For this written assessment we will focus on cultural competency, humility, and health inequities. First, complete this week\\\’s readings and learning activities.
Then, address the following questions on the template provided.
Define and describe the key components of health inequalities. Provide examples of health inequalities.
How would you advocate for patients, families and communities? Provide examples of each category.
Discuss your results for each of the Project Implicit test found in the learning activity tab.
Discuss cultural competency vs humility being sure to provide next steps in cultural growth.
Due date: SATURDAY OF WEEK 5 AT 8:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the US.
Points: 40
References
Minimum of four (4) total references: two (2) references from required course materials and two (2) peer-reviewed references. All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information)
Peer-reviewed references include references from professional data bases such as PubMed or CINHAL applicable to population and practice area, along with evidence based clinical practice guidelines. Examples of unacceptable references are Wikipedia, UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations, insurance recommendations, & secondary clinical databases.
Style
Unless otherwise specified, all the written assignment must follow APA 7th edition formatting, citations and references. Click here to download a Microsoft Word APA template. Review this annotated student sample paper guide which draws attention to relevant content and formatting in 7th edition APA style. Make sure you cross-reference the APA 7th edition book as well before submitting the assignment. Refer to the \\\’LEARNER SUPPORT\\\’ tab for more information regarding APA 7th edition with comparisons to 6th edition.
Number of Pages/Words
Unless otherwise specified all papers should have a minimum of 600 words (approximately 2.5 pages) excluding the title and reference pages.
Instructions
To be successful, complete the following steps in order:
STEP 1. Review the overview.
STEP 2. Review the grading rubric.
STEP 3. Create a new Word document, write your paper based on the above overview.
STEP 4. Refer to APA book and rubric for correctly formatting the paper.
STEP 5. Save the document with the filename: \\”Lastname_Firstname_M5_A12\\” (Example: Smith_Jill_M3_A12.docx)
STEP 6. Submit the document by clicking the link on the left titled \\”M5 A12 WA: SUBMISSION AREA – CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE CARE PLANNING\\”
Note: You will have three (3) attempts to submit a written assignment, only the final attempt will be graded. Kindly note, if a submission has been made for more than 48 hours without a re-submission, it will be considered final and will be subject to being graded. For each attempt you will receive a SafeAssign originality report. This will give you a chance to correct the assignment based on the SafeAssign score. Click here to view instructions on how to interpret your SafeAssign originality report.
Got questions? Please post them to the \\\’QUESTION & ANSWER FORUM\\\’ in Blackboard.
Answer preview to Cultural background
APA
600 WORDS
