Nurse & Patient, Nursing Fundamentals & Skills, General & Miscellaneous - Nursing, Nursing Issues
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Overview
This introductory text provides the skills and techniques required to assess and care for patients from diverse backgrounds. In the increasingly complex, multicultural health care workplace, it is imperative that workers have the ability to communicate effectively with others whose lifestyles, traditions, and values may be different from their own. This text enables readers to identify their own cultural biases and provides the opportunity to overcome these biases while developing the skills and techniques required to care for patients from all backgrounds.The delivery of healthcare in any context is dependent upon the communication between the individuals who are involved. This innovative new text is designed to help nursing students excel in the increasingly complex, multicultural healthcare workplace. The goal of this practical text is to help students overcome their cultural biases and develop the skills and techniques they will need to communicate effectively and compansionately with patients and health care providers from other cultures.
Book Details
Published
January 15, 1999
Publisher
Albany, N.Y. : Delmar Publishers, c1999.
Pages
346
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780766802568