Discussion 4: Absence of health care coverage

Discussion 4: Absence of health care
coverage
Discussion 4: Absence of health care coverage
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source.
Cultural Competence is described as a provider having mastered
a set of skills in order to be aware and sensitive to cultural
situation (Green & Reincken, 2013). Cultural competency is an
imperative concept for nurses to master in order to best serve
their patients and provided patient-centered care (Green &
Reincken, 2013). When speaking of cultural competence disparity
and diversity (Green & Reincken, 2013) are two components that
affect health care. With our nations growing population and influx
of diversity, it is not possible for health care providers to ignore the
need to become culturally competent. A common disparity in
these groups is low socioeconomic status, these patients are
usual not educated; therefore, they cannot get quality jobs nor
health insurance (Green & Reincken, 2013).
“The absence of health care coverage deprives the individual of
proactive measures and access to preventative care and in past
years forced over 100 million Americans to seek refuge in
Emergency Departments (EDs) around the country (Green &
Reincken, 2013).” I work in the ED and have seen this every single
day. Until I read this article I really didn’t understand why patie