Want to learn how to better meet the needs of patients from different cultural backgrounds?
Want to make sure you uphold federal requirements for providing culturally appropriate health care services?

Working with people from different cultural backgrounds is an exciting challenge nurses take on every day. Effective communication with professionals and patients from diverse cultures is crucial. Becoming aware of how your own cultural values correspond with the values of others will enrich your understanding of diversity in health care.

For only $36, you will receive three weeks of unlimited, 24-hour access to the course materials, earning 6.0 contact hours. Sign up today and begin to increase your nursing cultural competence

Gain Knowledge about Nursing Diversity in an Interactive Setting:

• Utilize helpful features such as key terms, “Links to Knowledge” and visual/graphical aides as you explore the online course content.
• Solidify your knowledge by completing fun interactive exercises including multiple-choice and matching.
• Reflect on what you learn in the downloadable workbook, which includes short-answer and essay questions. Completion of the workbook may be necessary to meet board of nursing requirements.
• Evaluate your understanding of key concepts by completing the Post-Test. Score 75% or above to receive your contact hours!
• Guide yourself through the course and complete assignments at your leisure in the self-paced class format. Access the Access the Diversity: Building Cultural Competence course syllabus here (PDF 116kb).

Learn to Practice Diversity Healthcare

Cultural diversity in health care strongly impacts communication between doctors, nurses and patients. This course will help you practice more effectively with people of cultures different than your own.

Come Away with a New Level of Nursing Cultural Competence

Master these course objectives:

• Identify your own personal beliefs and attitudes related to diversity.
• Better understand diversity in health care by studying the cultural composition of the U.S. today and projections for the future.
• Identify the characteristics of cultural competence in a healthcare setting.
• Put into practice standards set by the Office of Minority Health for culturally and linguistically appropriate practices (CLAS) in minority health care.
• Distinguish which cultural practices may influence health care for various populations.
• Meet client and family needs better by recognizing cultural and religious issues that must be considered.
• Understand issues of gender and relationship diversity that impact your dealings with clients and families.
• Utilize techniques to work effectively with cultural diversity in health care workers.

Online registration is easy and your three weeks of unlimited access begins immediately after you register. Sign up for Diversity: Building Cultural Competence today!

More About Your Diversity Authors

NCSBN and VCampus Corporation developed this course based on content written by Linda L. Blair, RN, MEd, BSN and Tonnie L. Renfro, PhD, MBA. Linda Blair has been the Dean at Spencerian College since 1999 and in nursing education for 30 years. Dr. Tonnie L. Renfro has been a faculty member at Spencerian College since 1998. As faculty, Dr. Renfro has distinguished herself as an instructor, Student Counselor, Faculty Advisor, and Workplace Violence Coordinator. She has a strong background in Sociology and Social Psychology.