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2026 Cultural Competency

The following course will outline cultural diversity and competency and how to translate a better understanding of cultural diversity into your daily practice. This course will review cultural respect, cultural competence, health disparities, health-related experience, complementary approaches, patient-centered care, trans-cultural communication, and skilled-centered approaches to care. A link to a blueprint for individuals and health care organizations to implement culturally and linguistically appropriate services to combat health disparities is included.
2 CEU hours Patsy Barnes, RN, BA Free retakes
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Course Overview

The following course will outline cultural diversity and competency, and how to translate a better understanding of cultural diversity into your daily practice. This course will review cultural respect, cultural competence, health disparities, health-related experience, complementary approaches, patient-centered care, trans-cultural communication, and skilled-centered approaches to care.

A link to a blueprint for individuals and health care organizations to implement culturally and linguistically appropriate services to combat health disparities is included.  There is also a three-question tool for healthcare professionals to use in their daily practice and cultural competency as it relates to children, those with mental health problems, seniors, and veterans.
 

Dual relationships are increasingly becoming a problem due to “communities” and the healthcare professionals who are part of them.

Diversity has been a topic recently, but there are advantages and disadvantages to diversity. In the United States, there is a drug culture that is increasingly involving medical professionals to understand and treat.

Course Format

This course is online. All course material is available online and is accessible immediately after purchase from your account homepage. Certificate of Completion is available immediately upon passing the exam.

Course Objectives

  1. Explain what cultural respect and cultural competence are and how they are important to healthcare providers.
  2. Present the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services standards and their use in healthcare.
  3. Discuss healthcare disparities in the United States and how healthcare providers can improve these.
  4. Present a process for developing cultural competence.
  5. Discuss cultural competency as it relates to children, those with mental health issues, seniors, and veterans.<br />
  6. List some CAM practices specific to cultural competence.
  7. Explain the patient-centered care process.
  8. Discuss the difficulty of dual relationships in communities.
  9. Discuss some advantages and disadvantages of diversity.<br />

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First chapter, narrated audio.
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Course Outline

9 sections · final assessment · downloadable certificate

1
Overview of Cultural Respect and Competence
2
National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care
3
Process for Developing Cultural Competence
4
Healthcare Disparity
5
Cultural Competency as it relates to children, those with mental health issues, seniors, and veterans
6
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practices
7
Patient-centered Care Model
8
Dual Relationships and Communities
9
Multiculturalism Advantages and Disadvantages
Final assessment
Unlimited retakes

Approvals & accreditation

AAACEUs is an approved provider for the following boards. This course counts toward continuing education for 19 credentials.

Credential Board Hours
ACM Accredited Case Manager 2
CA BRN California Board of Nursing 2
CCAPP California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals 2
CCLCP Certified Canadian Life Care Planner 2
CCM Certified Case Manager 2
CDMS Certified Disability Management Specialist 2
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CE Broker Provider Florida Board of Nursing 2
CLCP Certified Life Care Planner 2
CMCPS Certified Medical Cost Projection Specialist 2
COHN/COHN-S Certified Occupational Health Nurse / Certified Occupational Health Nurse with Specialty 2
CRCC Certified Rehab Counselor 2
CRRN Certified Rehab Registered Nurse 2
CVE Certified Vocation Evaluation Specialist 2
CVRP Certified Vocational Rehab Professional 2
Delaware BON Delaware Board of Nursing 2
MCBAP-Related Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals 2
MSCC Medicare Set-Aside Certification 2
NAADAC The Association for Addiction Professionals 2
RNs Colorado Nurses Association 2
2026 Cultural Competency
$16 · 2h

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