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Think Cultural Health: Bridging the Gap Through Cultural Competency Continuing Education

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Material Type: Case Study
Technical Format: Flash
Date Added to MERLOT: October 28, 2008
Date Modified in MERLOT: March 29, 2013
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Submitter : Jeanne Sewell

Description:
This learning resource, provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, provides three nursing case studies. According to the web site the "Culturally Competent Nursing Modules (CCNMs) are a case-based curriculum designed to help nurses better meet the cultural and linguistic needs of an increasingly diverse patient population. The Office of Minority Health (OMH) is supporting the development of these modules as part of their mission to 'improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of effective health policies and programs that help to eliminate disparities in health.'" The three courses are: (1) Course I: Delivering Culturally Competent Nursing Care; (2) Using Language Access Service; and (3) Supporting Advocacy for Cultually Competent Health Care Organizations. The learning modulces they provide content and CEUs and they integrate video clips and examples of different cultural scenarios, fast facts about research and stats related, cultural issues, and CLAS acts which refers students to the national CLAS document on Cultural and Linguistic Standards/ Office of Minority Health. The learning resource is free; however the user must create and login and password in order to use the resource.

Keywords:
Cultural Advocacy, Cultural competence, Cultural Nursing

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Primary Audience: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
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Language: English
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