Overcoming barrier(s) to cultural competence with pediatric patients.
Describe a pediatric patient and/or their family members that you have cared for who is deemed by healthcare professionals to be ‘difficult’.
To what extent do you think that cultural factors, e.g. beliefs, values and customs common to a group, might have been implicated in this situation?
What are one or more barriers to culturally competent care that are specific to the nurse relationship with pediatric patients?
List at least one strategy that a nurse can employ to overcome barrier(s) to cultural competence with pediatric patients.
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