Cultural Diversity in Healthcare Organizations

Cultural Diversity
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Introduction
Health care organizations have people for example, staff or patients who come from different cultural background. For the hospital to achieve its goal there is the need for it to uphold cultural diversity. When the Human resource manager is dealing with the staff he or she should give equal chances to all people regardless of their cultural background so long as they have the qualifications needed. Cultural diversity helps in creating an environment that will encourage diversity, and also equality (Spector, 2004).Florida hospital of Tampa has a vision of providing all people globally with the pre-eminent health care that is based on faith. The mission of the hospital is extending the healing of Christ. Values involve Excellence, integrity, teamwork, Stewardship and compassion. The mission, values and vision of the hospital enhances cultural diversity; it also ensures that all patients who come to the hospital are given the same level of services without disparity, regardless of their race, age, religion, religion or their disability. Staffs in the hospital are encouraged to treat their patients and colleagues with care and respect without discriminating (Keita & Hurrell, 2004).Senior leadership and board of directors have made efforts in promoting workforce diversity by ensuring that all people are given equal chances without discrimination. All the segments of population should be represented equally. Board of directors should provide financial resources required in training the hospital staffs for example, training them how to embrace diversity when dealing with the patients or with their colleagues (Cowen & Moorhead, 2011).Human resource manager should hire staffs that are from multicultural backgrounds t...