What health issues may be better addressed by a diverse health care staff

Read chapter 12 of the class textbook and review the attached PowerPoint presentatation.  Once done, work on the following exercise;

1.  Write a one-page summary of the advantages of having a diverse nursing and health care staff.

               a.  Include the benefits to both health care providers and patients.

               b.  What health issues may be better addressed by a diverse health care staff?

As stated in the syllabus present your assignment in an APA format word document, Arial 12 font attached to the forum in the discussion tab of the blackboard titled “Week 12 discussion questions” for grading and in the tab titled “Week 12 assignment” in Turnitin to verify originality which 1 point value.  If the originality exceeds the percentage of plagiarism allow by the University points will be deducted.  A minimum of 2 evidence-based references besides the class textbook must be used.  You must post two replies to any of your peers sustained with the proper references and make sure that the references that you use in your assignment are properly quoted in it.   A minimum of 800 words is required. 

Chapter 12: Cultural Diversity in the Health Care Workforce

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Diversity in the Nursing Workforce #1

Workplace diversity is the collective, all-inclusive mixture of human differences and similarities that provides an organization with a large pool of people with knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives.

Creating a more diverse health care workforce has value for the people being served and the health care organization from the perspective of its employees and leaders.

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