• understand the purpose of an ethics committee’s role in health care delivery systems; and,
• assume accountability for the quality of one’s own practice and client care outcomes related to nursing care.
Human Diversity
Human diversity includes understanding the ways cultural, ethnic, socioeconomic, linguistic, religious, and lifestyle variations are expressed. The CNL is able to apply knowledge of the effects these variations have on health status and response to health care. The CNL is well prepared to care for the aging population and to help all individuals and families make decisions about life-extending technologies and treatments within the context of their values, as well as physical, emotional, and spiritual health parameters.
Skills in a second language are highly desirable for the CNL. Opportunities should be provided for students to learn languages and to integrate language skills into clinical practice.
Course work or clinical experiences should provide the graduate with the knowledge and skills to:
• understand how human behavior is affected by culture, ethnicity, language, religion, gender, lifestyle and age;
• provide holistic care that addresses the needs of diverse populations across the life span;
• work collaboratively with health care providers from diverse backgrounds;
• understand the effects of health and social policies on persons from diverse backgrounds, particularly vulnerable populations;
• advocate for health care that is sensitive to the needs of clients, with particular emphasis on the needs of vulnerable populations;
• perform a community assessment, using appropriate epidemiological principles;
• differentiate and compare the wide range of cultural norms and health care practices of diverse groups;
• define, design, and implement culturally competent health care;
• ensure that systems meet the needs of the population(s) served and are culturally relevant;
• recognize the variants in health, including physiological variations, in a wide range of cultural, ethnic, age, and gender groups that may influence the assessment and plan of care; and
• practice in collaboration with a multicultural work force.
Global Health Care
Global health care knowledge includes an understanding of the implications of living with transportation and information technology that link all parts of the world. Information about the effects of the global community on such areas as disease transmission, health policy, and health care economics is required. Global health care also includes an understanding of and ability to share information with health care providers across disciplines, cultures, and geographic boundaries.