Caring for culturally diverse patients: One agency's journey toward cultural competence

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-213

  Romeo, Cathy ^a  

^a VNA Care Network and Hospice   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAUSALITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); MASSACHUSETTS; MINORITY GROUPS; NURSING STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL STAFF COMMITTEES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947520975     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NHH.0000263439.97759.cb     Document Type: Review

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