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LGBTQIA+ Healthcare - Internet Resources

National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
Provides educational programs, resources, and consultation to health care organizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost-effective health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and all sexual and gender minority (LGBTQIA+) people

Cultural Competence in Healthcare - Internet Resources

EthnoMed
EthnoMed is a website that provides information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other topics related to the health care of immigrants and refugees.
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The website was developed for clinicians and health care providers working with immigrant and refugee populations. EthnoMed offers information about immigration, cultural norms and values, experience with Western medicine, culture- specific information and tools pertinent to the clinical encounter.

Library eBooks - Cultural Competence

Handbook for Culturally Competent Care (2019)
This concise, easy-to-read book tackles the potentially awkward subject of culture in a direct, non-intimidating style. It prepares all health professionals in any clinical setting to conduct thorough assessments of individual from culturally specific population groups.
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Based on the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence, it explores 26 different cultures and the issues that healthcare professionals need to be sensitive to. Each chapter offers specific instructions, guidelines, tips, intervention strategies, and approaches specific to a particular cultural population.
Understanding End of Life Practices: Perspectives on Communication, Religion and Culture (2023)
This book is an exploration of issues that are essential in end of life care. Understanding end of life practices across cultures and religions is important in the delivery of patient-centered end-of-life care. This book helps healthcare professionals understand the various end of life practices in their patient populations, further contributing to providing empathetic and compassionate end-of-life care to patients.
Clinician's Guide to LGBTQIA+ Care : Cultural Safety and Social Justice in Primary, Sexual, and Reproductive Healthcare (2021)
This unique text offers abundant examples, case studies, recommendations, and the most up-to-date guidelines available for treating LGBTQIA+ patient populations.
Caring for and Understanding Latinx Patients in Health Care Settings (2020)
This concise and instructive guide outlines the specific challenges faced by the Latinx population in US health care, and shows how healthcare professionals can support and care for this population in a way that acknowledges and understands the distinct characteristics of Latinx culture.
Patient-Centered Clinical Care for African Americans : A Concise, Evidence-Based Guide to Important Differences and Better Outcomes (2020)
This title is an easy-to-read guide outlining specific differences in communication, clinical therapies, medications, protocols, and other critical approaches to the care of African Americans.
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The book discusses a wide range of disorders impacting African Americans and takes a comprehensive and evidence-based approach to the clinical support of providers that see African American patients.

Library eBooks - Communication Skills

Emotional Intelligence in Nursing: Essentials for Leadership and Practice Improvement (2021)
The first book on emotional intelligence (EI) written for nurses, this comprehensive resource demonstrates how EI skills can and should be applied to any practice setting in nursing to improve patient outcomes.
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Each chapter presents case studies which illustrate the implications of EI on key nursing challenges such as burnout, patient safety, staff retention, conflict management, ethical decision-making, quality and safety, and wellness.
Toxic Nursing: Managing Bullying, Bad Attitudes, and Total Turmoil, 2nd Edition (2021)
The nursing profession is prone to workplace conflict, incivility, bullying, and meanness. And while nurses observe and experience this conflict daily, too few have been trained in its resolution. Toxic Nursing aims to change that with strategies, tools, and techniques to help nursing professionals defuse conflict, turn around toxic situations, and create positive, healthy work environments.
Motivational Interviewing for Healthcare Professionals: A Sensible Approach, 2nd Ed. (2020)
This book identifies critical interactional dynamics to assist healthcare workers in developing a conversational “flow” with patients, enabling them to communicate with patients in a clear, concise, and sensible way.
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It provides a practical, step-by-step approach to the use of motivational interviewing skills/tools in all practice settings, that will encourage patients to make positive behavioral changes and improve patient outcomes.
De-Escalating Violence in Healthcare (2020)
The most beneficial method of preventing healthcare violence is de-escalation--using therapeutic communication and interventions to defuse emotional tension. This text provides tools and techniques to help nurses and other healthcare professionals manage aggressive behavior and foster a safer workplace.
Critical Conversations in Healthcare, 2nd Ed. (2019)
Provides scripts and scenarios to facilitate better, more effective communication in healthcare settings. Chapters feature do's and don'ts, reflective questions, and practical tools to help you improve your on-the-job interactions.

Nursing and Health Sciences - Statewide: Culture & Communication

LGBTQIA+ Healthcare - Internet Resources

Cultural Competence in Healthcare - Internet Resources

Library eBooks - Cultural Competence

Library eBooks - Communication Skills