Assignment: Conduct an assessment of the health care environment where you work

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Assignment: Conduct an assessment of the health care environment where you work (i.e. health department, long-term care facility, specialty clinic, inpatient hospital, etc). Specifically, examine potential barriers that may exist for a member of a minority group that has a significant presence in your community (i.e. Native American, Cubans, Hmong). Using the criteria below assess the potential organizational barriers to care in your work environment. Explore ways to decrease barriers to health care for this minority group so that your organization can strive for cultural competency. Availability Accessibility Affordability Appropriateness Accountability Adaptability Acceptability Awareness Attitudes Approachability Alternative practices and practitioners Additional services

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Emergency care / casualty

Barriers:

Stress

Crowding

performance weakness of nurses

Fatigue of nurses

Ineffective triage

Deficiency of staff nurses

Ineffective clinical management

Actions:

Stress management such as relaxation therapies

Strict adherence to visiting policies

Periodic inservice programmes

One to one patient - nurse ratio

BLS and ACLS certification becomes mandatory for health care professionals

Staff recruitment

clinical updation

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