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Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Selected Works

Cross-cultural Communications

Publication Year

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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences

An Ethnographic Exploration Of Cultural Communication To Reduce Errors, Luanne Linnard-Palmer Jun 2014

An Ethnographic Exploration Of Cultural Communication To Reduce Errors, Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

No abstract available


Power Distance, Cultural Communication And Medication/Medical Errors: The Avoidance Of An Ethical Dilema, Luanne Linnard-Palmer Nov 2013

Power Distance, Cultural Communication And Medication/Medical Errors: The Avoidance Of An Ethical Dilema, Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

No abstract available


Negotiating With Cultural Sensitivity To Reduce Medical Errors: An Ethnographic Study (Poster), Luanne Linnard-Palmer Aug 2013

Negotiating With Cultural Sensitivity To Reduce Medical Errors: An Ethnographic Study (Poster), Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

By 2042, racial and ethnic minorities will account for 50% of America’s population (Mather & Pollard, 2009). About 10% of the countries counties have crossed the 50% mark or reached the “tipping point”, thus having a “majority-minority” status (Mather & Pollard, 2009). The demographic change continues to have a considerable impact on the healthcare sector, which is currently characterized by culturally diverse patients as well as healthcare practitioners (Hearnden, 2008). It is now critical to have an understanding of the cultural background and elements of communication to avoid medical and medication errors and attain successful treatment negotiations. Culture and religion …


An Investigation Of Cross-Cultural Communication In Nursing Education For The Reduction Of Medical Errors And The Improvement Of Clinical Outcomes, Luanne Linnard-Palmer Jul 2013

An Investigation Of Cross-Cultural Communication In Nursing Education For The Reduction Of Medical Errors And The Improvement Of Clinical Outcomes, Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Learning Objective 1: Critially evaluate how culturally sensitive communication can assist nurses in a variety of practice settings to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the potential of errors. Learning Objective 2: Describe how ethnography was used to discover culturally sensitive communication by capturing nurse's successful and unsuccessful communication patterns related to reducing errors and improving adherence. Purpose: This multi-disciplinary ethnographic study was conducted to capture the clinial experienes of RNs on their culturally sensitive communication and medical errors. Current literature describes how communication remains the number one influencing factor medical and medication errors. Researchers invesitgated how experienced RN's describe their …


Cultural Communication And Medication Errors: Improving Negotiation And Providing Safe Care, Luanne Linnard-Palmer Jan 2013

Cultural Communication And Medication Errors: Improving Negotiation And Providing Safe Care, Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

No abstract available


Cultural Communication, Power Distance And The Reduction Of Medical And Medication Errors (Poster), Luanne Linnard-Palmer Dec 2012

Cultural Communication, Power Distance And The Reduction Of Medical And Medication Errors (Poster), Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

No abstract available


Negotiating With Cultural Sensitivity: Reduction Of Medical And Medication Errors Through Meaningful Cross-Cultural Communication, Luanne Linnard-Palmer Sep 2012

Negotiating With Cultural Sensitivity: Reduction Of Medical And Medication Errors Through Meaningful Cross-Cultural Communication, Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

No abstract available


Cultural Communication: Reducing Errors Through Effective Communication (Poster), Luanne Linnard-Palmer Sep 2012

Cultural Communication: Reducing Errors Through Effective Communication (Poster), Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

No abstract available


Cultural Sensitivity, Communication, And Negotiation: Transcending Differences And Barriers Toward Better Healthcare Outcomes, Luanne Linnard-Palmer Aug 2012

Cultural Sensitivity, Communication, And Negotiation: Transcending Differences And Barriers Toward Better Healthcare Outcomes, Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

No abstract available


Saying No: Parental Refusal Of Medical Treatment Based On Religious And Cultural Beliefs (Poster), Luanne Linnard-Palmer Mar 2002

Saying No: Parental Refusal Of Medical Treatment Based On Religious And Cultural Beliefs (Poster), Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

No abstract available