The ANA Cultural Competency Standard and Evidence-based Practice

Assignment Details

The American Nurses Association (ANA) Standards of Practice describe a competent level of nursing care as demonstrated by the critical thinking model known as the nursing process. Standard 8 of the ANA, Culturally Congruent Practice, states that “The registered nurse practices in a manner that is congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.” (Marion et al., 2016). Healthcare is a universal need and it transcends differences with respect to culture. In response to the need to address cultural competence, the ANA’s Process for Competency Enhancement/Development lists competencies for the registered nurse as well as competencies for the graduate-level registered nurse.

Reference:
Marion, L., Douglas, M., Lavin, M., Barr, N., Gazaway, S., Thomas, L., & Bickford, C. (2016). Implementing the new ANA Standard 8: Culturally congruent practice. The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 22(1). https://ojin.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-22-2017/No1-Jan-2017/Articles-Previous-Topics/Implementing-the-New-ANA-Standard-8.html

This assignment has three sections.

This may be nurses and or staff of diverse backgrounds and experience working together, differences among generational groups and/or educational levels, or stakeholders with unique cultural beliefs and practices.

Section Two: From the ANA Standard 8, Culturally Congruent Practice, choose one competency for the graduate-level prepared registered nurse or one competency listed for the advanced practice registered nurse and discuss how effective communication can be used to address that competency in the implementation design process of your EBP project.

Section Three: From the Processes for Competency Enhancement and Development, (Marion et al., 2016), detail how two of the steps below apply to and can be integrated into your EBP project to establish goals. Create a plan to achieve these goals.

a. “Establish competency goal or goals, e.g., a timeframe within which competency will be more fully enhanced or developed”
b. “Create plan to achieve competency goal”

Your plan should be designed in a way and with enough detail that the goals are realistic, quantifiable and achievable.

Your writing Assignment should:

• follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
• be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
• be 5–7 pages in length, not including cover or reference page;
• display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and;
• use APA formatting and citation style.

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Submit your assignment to the unit Dropbox before midnight on the last day of the unit.

Introduction

Subheading One (Section One)

– Cultural Considerations of the evidence-based practice project’s stakeholders

Subheading Two (Section Two)

– Graduate level competency: (Fill in the chosen competency) and effective communication skills

Subheading Three (Section Three)

– Applying two of the ANA Competency Standards’ goals to the EBP project

Conclusion