NU436: Transcultural Workplace Education and Professional Growth
You will design and present an educational handout for colleagues in your identified workplace or educational institution. Critical thinking will be used to create an educational handout based on the educational needs of two (2) culturally diverse populations.
Begin by completing Part A of this worksheet to prepare. Part B will guide your handout development. After you have created your educational handout, share it with a colleague at work. Talk to them about your thoughts, your goals, and why you feel the interventions will be effective. Following their review of your educational plan, have your colleague complete the Educational Handout Feedback Form.
Please attach: 1) this worksheet, 2) the educational handout, and 3) the Educational Feedback Form in the Assignment Dropbox.
Directions
Part A
- Review the assigned reading and resources.
- Choose and assess either a workplace or educational environment that is relevant to you. In the table below, discuss the current state of your chosen environment with regard to cultural education and resources. Address each of the topics listed below.
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- Provide an introduction to your chosen environment including geographic location, type of facility, and rural or urban environment.
- Discuss the current state of your chosen environment with regard to cultural education.
- Does your chosen environment include any statement about cultural competence in the mission, vision, and/or philosophy? If yes, discuss. If not, please identify how or where you would add cultural competence into the mission, vision, and/or philosophy.
- Describe the ways your colleagues use cultural competence best in your chosen environment? Provide a practice example.
- Where is there room for improvement in cultural competence in the chosen environment?
- Does the chosen environment provide professional growth opportunities for transcultural nursing practice?
| Assessment of Your Chosen Environment | ||
| 2a. Introduction to the Environment | ||
| 2b. Current State of Cultural Education
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| 2c. Cultural Competence Statement/s | ||
| 2d. Collegial Cultural Competence
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| 2e. Improvement of Cultural Competence
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| 2f. Professional Growth Opportunities: Transcultural Nursing Practice | ||
- Culturally Diverse Populations
In the tables below, provide a brief background on the two (2) culturally diverse populations you most often work with in your workplace or educational environment. Use one (1) table for each population.
- Identify the common patient populations seen in the chosen environment.
- Identify four (4) cultural considerations for each population.
- Identify any tools currently available in the chosen environment that help with cultural education related to the population and how these tools assist in caring for this population
- Identify organizations that the chosen environment uses to help with education of the patient population
- Identify additional appropriate educational tools or resources beyond what is available in the organization
| Population #1 | ||
| 3a. Patient Population
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| 3b. Cultural Considerations
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| 3c. Cultural Education Tools | ||
| 3d. Supporting Cultural Education Organization(s) | ||
| 3e. Additional Tools or Resources | ||
| Population #2 | ||
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| 3b. Cultural Considerations
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| 3c. Cultural Education Tools | ||
| 3d. Supporting Cultural Education Organization(s) | ||
| 3e. Additional Tools or Resources | ||
Part B
- Educational Handout for Colleagues
Based on your assessment of the chosen environment and your description of the patient populations, apply critical thinking to create a cultural education handout for your colleagues. Include a detailed educational handout for your colleagues related to the specific populations you discussed. Include each of the elements listed below on the handout.
- Create one (1) specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely (SMART) goal for the organization related to transcultural nursing care within the organization.
- Discuss the role of the transcultural nurse.
- Discuss how to access and use the organizations you believe are useful to culturally competent patient care.
- Identify two cultural care competencies for the two populations selected to increase patient satisfaction in your facility.
- Include a method to increase effective communication with patients.
- Describe how communication impacts patient experiences.
- Include information that will help your colleagues better communicate, care, and educate the two (2) patient populations you have selected.
- Include at least three (3) evidence-based, peer-reviewed resources to support your ideas. Sources may include .gov and .org professional websites, journal articles, and your textbook.
References
Purpose:
The purpose of this assignment is to analyze the current state of your workplace or educational environment with regard to cultural education. Cultural education includes the cultural competence of your current work (or educational) facility, tools, and organizations already in place, and how you can help your colleagues understand the populations they are caring for each day.
Course Outcomes practiced in this assignment:
NU436-5: Develop education and professional growth opportunities that support culturally competent nursing care.
GEL 8.03: Apply critical thinking to formulate a logical solution to a problem.
Directions
- Download the Transcultural Workplace Worksheet.
- Review the Worksheet guidance and requirements.
- Complete your work directly on the Worksheet and save as a Microsoft Word document (.docx) for submission.
- Complete the Educational Handout Feedback Form and include with your assignment submission.
Competency Assessment Rubric
All competency criteria must be met to earn a B grade and pass this Course Outcome.
A predefined number of mastery criteria must be met to earn an A grade, indicating mastery of the Course Outcome. See the CLA and Grade Criteria Chart below.
| MET | NOT YET MET | |
| Chosen Environment Assessment | ||
| Competency | ||
| ● Introduces the chosen environment, including geographic location, type of facility, and rural or urban environment | ||
| ● Discusses the current state of the chosen environment with regard to cultural education | ||
| ● Discusses chosen environment’s inclusion of cultural competence in the mission, vision, and/or philosophy. If none are present, identifies how or where cultural competence could be included. | ||
| ● Discusses how the chosen environment provides professional growth opportunities for transcultural nursing practice | ||
| Mastery | ||
| ● Describes the ways colleagues use cultural competence best in the chosen environment; include an example | ||
| ● Discusses areas for improvement in cultural competence in the chosen environment | ||
| Patient Population #1 | ||
| Competency | ||
| ● Identifies a patient population seen in the chosen environment | ||
| ● Identifies four cultural considerations for the population | ||
| ● Identifies tools currently available in the chosen environment that help with cultural education related to the population and how these tools assist in caring for this population | ||
| ● Identifies organizations that the chosen environment uses to help with education of the patient population | ||
| Mastery | ||
| ● Identifies additional appropriate education tools or resources beyond what is available in the organization | ||
| Patient Population #2 | ||
| Competency | ||
| ● Identifies a patient population seen in the chosen environment | ||
| ● Identifies four cultural considerations for the population | ||
| ● Identifies tools currently available in the chosen environment that help with cultural education related to the population and how these tools assist in caring for this population | ||
| ● Identifies organizations that the chosen environment uses to help with education of the patient population | ||
| Mastery | ||
| ● Identifies additional appropriate education tools or resources beyond what is available in the organization | ||
| Educational Handout | ||
| Competency | ||
| ● Creates one SMART goal for the organization related to transcultural nursing care within the organization | ||
| ● Discusses the role of the transcultural nurse | ||
| ● Discusses how to access and use the organizations that are useful to culturally competent patient care | ||
| ● Describes how communication impacts patient experiences | ||
| ● Identifies two cultural care competencies for each of the patient populations selected to increase patient satisfaction | ||
| ● Includes a method to increase effective communication with patients | ||
| Mastery | ||
| ● Provides information to help colleagues better communicate with, care for, and educate the two selected patient populations | ||
| Total Competency Criteria: | ||
| Total Mastery Criteria: |
CLA and Grade Criteria Chart
| CRITERIA | CLA Score | Grade | Points |
| Meets all competency criteria and 3–5 of mastery criteria | 5 | A | 1000 |
| Meets all competency criteria and 0–2 of mastery criteria | 4 | B | 850 |
| Meets 13–17 of competency criteria | 3 | Not Yet Competent* | 0 |
| Meets 8–12 of competency criteria | 2 | Not Yet Competent* | 0 |
| Meets 1–7 of competency criteria | 1 | Not Yet Competent* | 0 |
| Meets 0 competency criteria | 0 | Not Yet Competent* | 0 |
| No submission | NA | Not Yet Competent* | 0 |
*Not Yet Competent grades convert to an F at term end
*If work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned for revision without being scored. If the work submitted does not meet the minimum submission requirements by the end of the term, you will receive a failing score.
Minimum Submission Requirements
| Minimum Submission Requirements | MET | NOT YET MET |
| ● Microsoft Word® document | ||
| ● Well-ordered, logical, unified, and original | ||
| ● Standard English (grammar, mechanics, and spelling) | ||
| ● APA-formatted citation and reference for all sources |
NU436 Educational Handout Feedback Form
- Name: ______________________________
- Title: ______________________________
- Do you feel the goals could be implemented at your facility? Why or Why not?
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- Do you feel the populations you most often serve would benefit from this? Why or Why not?
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Signature of Reviewer: ___________________
Date:___________________
Signature of Student: ___________________
Date: ___________________
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