Course Code: REL-ALL-0-RDBPIC
Hours: 0.5
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2028
Learning Objectives:
Identify key religious groups and their healthcare-related values, practices, and considerations.
Recall best practices for culturally competent care when working with people from diverse religious backgrounds.
Outline:
Section 1: Healthcare Considerations for Key Religious Groups
Religious Diversity in Healthcare
Overview
How Religion Affects Healthcare Choices
Overview of Major Religious Traditions
Review
Key Takeaways
Section 2: Best Practices for Culturally Competent Care
Respecting Religious Beliefs in Healthcare
Overview
Cultural Competence
Addressing Religious Accommodations in Healthcare Settings
Balancing Religious Beliefs with Care
Helping Coworkers with Religious Needs
Making Healthcare Fair for Everyone
How You Can Make a Difference
Review
Key Takeaways
Section 3: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
References
Subject Matter Expert: Tameka N. Warren MSN, RN, CLC
Tameka N. Warren, MSN, RN, CLC, earned her Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing degrees from Indiana University School of Nursing at IUPUI, and her Associate of Science in Nursing from Ivy Tech College. She has over 20 years of nursing experience in public health, regulation, home health, leadership, education, maternal child community health, and long-term care environments. Tameka has served as a leader in home healthcare practices, quality improvement, and education as a community health nurse and a Public Health Nurse Surveyor (Home Health & Hospice) certified by CMS for a State Agency. She has served as a maternal and infant mortality advocate in managing home visiting services, supporting legislation to improve maternal child care in diverse communities, and as an ALPP Certified Lactation Counselor. She has also served as an Adjunct Clinical Professor to further awareness about the importance of community health nursing. Tameka’s passion is to serve the most vulnerable populations affected by health disparities and to inspire a new generation of nurses to do the same successfully.
Reviewer: Amanda Gayle, Ph.D
Amanda Gayle received her PhD. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee. She completed a pre-doctoral internship at the University of Georgia in the Counseling and Testing Center. She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Duke University Medical Center in the Occupational Health Department working in both the internal and external employee assistance programs. She is licensed in North Carolina, where she was in private practice for 15 years, serving primarily adults in individual and couples counseling with many presenting issues. Her focus was on cognitive behavioral therapy to treat anxiety, mood disorders, grief, relationship difficulties, stress management, self-esteem, and parenting. She joined Relias as a subject matter expert writer for behavioral health in 2021.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: All Staff; in the following settings: All Healthcare Facilities.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.