Cultural Competence Flashcards
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Cultural competence
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Attitudes, knowledge and skills necessary for providing quality care to diverse populations. Accepting and respecting differences. General and specific knowledge.
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Purnell Model of Cultural Competence
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Four levels of learning:
- Unconscious incompetence: most dangerous, not aware of lack of knowledge
- Conscious incompetence: aware of what you don’t know
- Conscious competence: novice, trying to be aware
- Unconscious competence: expert, knows all culturals
