Essays on Betancourt

Video in Opera Stage

Introduction Advances in technology and the corresponding creation of digital technologies have significantly impacted the performing arts (Poole & Ho, 2011). Opera has not escaped the technological advancements and as such, new forms of opera have emerged in both digital and virtual formats (Symonds & Karantonis, 2013). Salter (2010) explains that since the 1990s, the scenography of opera has emerged with technological advancements transforming stages into video and monitor accompaniments. The obvious payoff is an enhanced experiential, virtual reality of the opera’s stage. The new technologies blur the lines between the opera’s stage and the motion picture common in ...

Cultural competence in medicine is the ability of health facilities and health professionals to take into considerations the cultures and beliefs of other people apart from one’s own (Horvat, Horey, Romios, & Kis‐Rigo, 2014). Cultural competence is necessary within the health sector because it will assist in understanding the attitude and perception of patients towards certain illnesses. In addition, cultural competence will help in determining the right medication and diagnosis of patients in accordance with beliefs and values of different societies. As a leader in the health care, it is appropriate to think of the most suitable strategies ...

Nursing Theory Analysis Paper

Many researchers globally have researched on the discipline of nursing and developed some theories aimed at explaining some health care phenomenon. Theories of nursing play a critical role in influencing the outcome of different areas of practice including research, education, administration, and nursing informatics. Nursing theories fall under the mid-range theory or grand theory classifications. The analysis below discusses the theory of Transcultural Nursing by Madeleine Leininger that falls under the mid-range category of nursing theories.

Analysis of the Transcultural Nursing Theory

Background Leininger is well-recognized psychiatric and mental health professionals of the 1950s. Earned her first diploma in nursing in 1948, advanced to a ...

MULTICULTURAL PROJECT PLANNING

Such unfavorable situation can be easily noticed, for instance, in Chechnya, which has suffered two bloody conflicts in the past two decades, resulting in more than 10,000 civilian deaths, moreover, the region is still rebuilding after a period characterized by widespread violence, family separation and loss, and massive population displacement (Betancourt, 2008, n.p.). In order to perform one’s duty of active, open-minded and conscious citizen, it is efficient to take part in some charity organisations. Being interested in the struggle in Chechnya, I participate in a refugee relief organization, one of direcrtions of the work of which ...

Abstract

Diversified care is a huge issue in the healthcare administration. One of the reasons for this is funding, another is that patients are becoming more aware of the medical advances that exist and are more demanding in regards to the treatment that they obtain. This has a huge impact on a hospital’s finances and strongly affects how they operate. Nonetheless, there are many ways that the issue can be addressed and avoided by both looking at the needs of the community and enabling the institution to change and implement the technological advances as they come about. One way ...

Introduction:

Healthcare professionals work in the community and members of the community have diverse cultures. There are practices that are acceptable in different cultures and those that are not. It is important for a healthcare professional to be aware of the cultural factors of healthcare professionals so that they can remain respectful of the consumer’s culture as they provide their services. Furthermore, according to Lie, Lee-Rey, Gomez, Bereknyei & Braddock (2011) it helps improve patient outcomes. Description of the relevance and relationship between culture/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and cultural competence: Cultural competence is the awareness that a person possesses about different ...

Health care disparities are the differences that exists in health and health care among people. Heath disparities denote a higher burden of disease, disability, injury, or mortality exposed to a specific population group comparative to another (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2012). On a broad perspective, health care disparities are the existing differences among groups regarding the coverage of health insurance, accessibility and affordability of care, and the quality of care. In the contemporary world, the differences in health and health care disparities are difficult to explain by variations in patient preferences, health care needs, and treatment recommendations. These differences can ...