Essay 1 CHCDIV001 Essay For this assignment, you are required to discuss the questions listed in the instructions related to Mature-aged workers. answer the following prompts in relation to your chosen group of diverse people: 1. Discuss what subject you have studied. In your answer, you should include why you have chosen this subject. Is there a personal reason, just an interest, or part of the group decision? 2. Discuss different healthcare issues that this group may experience; for example, the mature age group may have more chronic disease and need to work shorter hours. 3. Discuss the behaviour and communication (e.g. touch, eye contact practices, gender issues) of your diverse group that you studied. 4. Provide some examples of sensitive and appropriate management specific to this group. 5. Are there other resources available in the community to assist these people in Melbourne/Victoria/Australia? This essay needs to be 1.5 spacing in Arial size 12. It should be 800 words with in text citations and a reference list. The second essay: CHCDIV001 – Work with diverse people – Reflective Essay. This task requires you to submit a short reflective piece that details an interaction or conversation with a person of a diverse cultural background. This interaction or conversation needs to have occured in either the simulated or real clinical setting. Within the reflection, you must include details of any misunderstandings and how you recognised and corrected this. It must be an interaction or conversation in which you felt like you needed improvement. Instructions The essay should be between 400 and 600 words with line spacing using Arial 12point. Use Gibbs’ reflective cycle to structure your essay as follows: description of the experience feelings and thoughts about the experience evaluation of the experience, both good and bad analysis to make sense of the situation conclusion about what you learned and what you could have done differently action plan for how you would deal with similar situations in the future, or general changes you might find appropriate. Essay 3 – CHCDIV002 – Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Straight Islander cultural safety. This task requires you to submit a short reflective piece in which you examine your personal experience of working with culturally diverse groups of people, and reflect on your own social and cultural biases. Working as an enrolled nurse, you need to recognise and respect diversity, and understand that everyone must be treated with courtesy and respect regardless of their race, religion, gender, beliefs or culture. You need to recognise and understand different cultures and how cultural differences can affect your work. Instructions The essay should be between 400 and 1000 words. Use Gibbs’ reflective cycle to structure your essay as follows: Description Think of a recent incident where you were working with a socially and/or culturally diverse person or group of peopleit would be great if it was an Aboriginal person or group of people. This may have been at your work place What happened? Feelings What did you already know about the background of this person or group of people? What did you think and feel at the time? Evaluation Were these good or bad thoughts and feelings? Why or why not? Analysis Were these thoughts and feelings realistic? On what do you base this opinion? Do you think you could have reacted in another way? Conclusion What do you conclude about this situation and your reaction to it? Action plan If it happened again, what might you do differently? Why?
