Cultural Humility Concept Analysis

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The Concept Analysis of Cultural Humility
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Indisputably, all too many families find themselves making the difficult decisions to place their loved ones in a nursing home facility. In that stressful atmosphere, family members may be tense, and conflicts may arise. Occasionally, patients and family members can be burdensome and may place their frustration toward the nursing staff. Consequently, some nurses seek to suppress such tension, only to find that it spills over into other areas of life. Others even suffer emotionally, giving way to frustration and despair. The concept of cultural humility will be discussed throughout this paper as an open and aware mentality, the quality and knowledge necessary for the nursing staff to …show more content…

Second, the concept of cultural humility can be the core component and foundation that the nursing staff needs when it comes to dealing with frustration on the job and remain professional and happy. Lastly, to remain culturally humble, it is important to understand that the process is ongoing and it requires sustained openness of hearts and minds in order to gain appreciation of another's perspective without judgment (Brown, Vesely & Dallman, 2016). A clear conceptual definition of the concept of cultural humility and the identification of its defining attributes, antecedents and consequences will be developed throughout this …show more content…

Regrettably, people at times are more rigid than adaptable and more unreasonable than yielding. People often refuse to adapt to changing needs and circumstances, sometimes because of pride. It is therefore crucial to understand cultural humility as defined by many authors as a process of openness, being egoless, and incorporating self-reflection and critique after willingly interacting with diverse individuals, which achieves the results of mutual empowerment, respect, partnership, optimal care, and lifelong learning (Foronda et.al, 2017). It is important since cultural humility is a way of being in every interaction with each person; and it does occur within the work environment both intraprofessionally and interprofessionally. Cultural humility means being aware of power imbalances, especially those that foster the social determinants of health responsible for health inequities (Gruppen,

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