Embracing Cultural Diversity in Health Care: Developing Cultural Competence – RNAO Organizational Recommendations and Anticipated Outcomes
The purpose of this best practice guideline (BPG) is to promote a healthy work environment for nurses by identifying best practices for embracing diversity within health care organizations. The guideline is relevant to all domains and settings where nurses practice.
The recommendations in this guideline address: culturally competent practices in the workplace, individual competencies, management practices and institutional policies, transformational strategies for embracing diversity at the level of the individual, group, organization, and health care system, educational requirements and suggested policy changes to support and sustain culturally competent practices.
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (2007). Embracing Cultural Diversity in Health Care: Developing Cultural Competence. Toronto, Canada: Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario.
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