Culturally Competent Care

Example 1
NSC 383 Week Seven
SEEI Homework Assignment
For this homework assignment you will be utilizing material reviewed in the lecture on Critical Thinking and
the SEEI model (week 1).
Begin by selecting one of the terms listed below:
 Health
 Disability
 Enthnocentrism
 Acculturation
 Disparity
 Cultural Sensitivity
 Vulnerable Population
 Decentralization
 Culturally Competent Care
Then find/locate at least 2 scholarly references to use in support of your discussion. One of these
references should be from a source other than your textbook. (Remember, if using a journal article, the
article should be < 5 years old.) Cite your references within your answer and list the full reference (in APA format) in the reference text box. State: (In this section you will give a brief explanation of your topic) {10 points} Elaborate: (In this section you will expand on your explanation of your topic) {10 points} I believe critical thinking in nursing to be creative and rational thinking. Critical thinking is used to analyze, explore, and interpret phenomena, observations, and previous knowledge. The goal of critical thinking is to bring about responsible solutions and ideas, free from bias and prejudice, to provide the best possible outcomes for patients. In other words, critical thinking involves analyzing and evaluating information through reasoning to make complex decisions in the delivery of quality patient care. Masters (2017) says that “Critical thinking is the competent use of thinking skills and abilities to make sound clinical judgments and safe decisions” (p. 217). Papathanasio, Kleisiaris, Fradelos, Kakou, and Kourkouta (2014) define critical thinking “as the mental process of actively and skillfully perception, analysis, synthesis and evaluation of collected information through observation, experience and communication that leads to a decision for action” (p. 283). Critical thinking actively processes information in order to apply and validate existing knowledge and/or to create new knowledge. Critical thinking is part of our professional accountability and is instrumental in quality, safe, nursing care (Masters, 2017). It is the nurses’ responsibility to make optimal clinical decisions thus requiring that the nurse demonstrates the ability to think critically. It is the nurses’ responsibility to improve their thinking skills in order to provide quality patient care and ensure the best possible patient outcome. Example 2 Exemplify: (This section should give a concrete example of the topic) {10 points} Illustrate: (Paint a verbal picture of your topic. Think metaphor or analogy.) {10 points} Reference list (Include all references in APA format) {10 points} Critical thinking is used daily in nursing practice. One example is when a nurse technician reports a BP of 90/60 for a post operative patient who has been out of surgery for 12 hours. The nurse enters the room to evaluate the patient. The nurse begins to collect information. The patient is pale and groggy. His foley catheter shows no urinary output. The nurse thinks through the possible things that could be causing the low blood pressure. She attempts to awaken the patient. The patient responds to her questions and slowly begins to awaken. She retakes the BP and confirms that the nurse technician had an accurate reading. She checks the surgical dressing and notes a large pool of blood. She immediately notifies the medical provider. The nurse’s clinical knowledge and analysis of the collected data lead to an action that helps her patient Masters, K. (2017). Role development in professional nursing practice (4th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett. Papathanasio, I., Kleisiaris, C., Fradelos, E., Kakou, K., & Kourkouta, L. (2014). Critical Critical thinking is like working a jigsaw puzzle. When working a puzzle, you use your senses and skills to examine each piece. You examine each piece, looking to see how the pieces fit together, avoiding placing the piece in a wrong spot. Piece by piece you fit matching pairs to solve the puzzle. In critical thinking you use many skills to examine situations. Critical thinking in nursing requires having the skills of knowledge, assessment, analysis, and judgment to make sound nursing decisions and to put the pieces/actions in place to solve the healthcare puzzle and ensure the best possible patient outcome.SEEI Model Application Assignment o Culturally Competent Care and use the SEEI model to explore this concept. Criteria: S*State and Define the Concept E*Elaborate on the concept E*Exemplify (give a detailed example of the concept) I* Illustrate or give a visual analogy of the concept to increase understanding Use 2 scholarly references in the text boxes to support your answers. One of these references should be from a source other than your textbook. (Remember, if using a journal article, the article should be < 5 years old.) Cite your references within your answer and list the full reference (in APA format) in the reference text box