Nursing

Bring cultural diversity to your orientation program

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, April 12, 2007

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It is not easy to add more content to an orientation program. However, use what you know about learning styles and generational differences to include cultural-diversity education in orientation. Include information about how cultural differences manifest themselves in patients, visitors, and colleagues. Start with the cultures that are most frequently part of your patient and employee populations. Always include predominant facets of American culture, too. There are several techniques that can be used to provide basic information:

  • Role-play
  • Discussion
  • Distance-learning

Editor's note: The above excerpt is from the online course "Nursing CE Series: Successful Strategies for Training Your Nursing Staff." For more information on this and other courses in our library, go to http://www.hcprofessor.com.



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