A culture fair: a creative, fun, and informative method of cultural awareness education.
Nursing has long realized that the impact of a person's culture is an important component of planning the care of individuals. Recently the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations has begun to require evidence that healthcare workers have knowledge of the impact of cultural background on patient and family response to health and illness. An education fair is a creative and fun method of educationg large numbers of employees with consideration for cost, time, and resource management. This article will address how to assess and utilize available resources for organizing and setting up a culture fair.
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006277:Health Fairs / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011380:Programmed Instructions as Topic; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education*