Autoethnography of Culture and Diversity Presentation
Background and Instructions
In this assignment, you will develop a presentation that is a reflection and analysis of your personal knowledge, background, traditions, culture, perceptions, and beliefs regarding culture and diversity. You will develop a PowerPoint presentation and record it using Kaltura Media or similar software, using the qualitative research method called autoethnography.
Autoethnography is a qualitative research approach of self-reflection exploring your personal experience and helps link your autobiographical story to a wider cultural, political, and social meanings and understandings.
For this presentation:

Include your ethnicity, cultural influences, traditions, beliefs, and values.
Include the factors that influenced how you view yourself and others. For example:

Background.
Experiences.
Cultural traditions.
Belief systems.
Parental, family, relationship, or workplace factors.
Education.
Other beliefs.

Address the following:

How do these factors influence how you view yourself and your interactions with others? Identify relevant culture and diversity issues related to this question.
What personal assumptions and beliefs do you have regarding other cultures and diverse population groups?
Do you feel they have they affected your nursing practice? Explain.

Discuss the personal conflicts you have noted in your interactions with others regarding culture and diversity.
Identify at least one real or potential conflict that may influence how you deliver care to a group. If you cannot identify any personal conflicts, choose one you have observed.
Discuss how this conflict might affect the application of truly competent care for a specific cultural group, or all groups.
Propose at least one solution for the identified conflict that can be applied to an assessment and plan of care for a specific population. Circle and highlight this solution. You will be using it in upcoming assignments.

Grading Criteria
The numbered items below correspond to the grading criteria in this assignment’s scoring guide. The sub-bullets are there as a guide for how you can work to ensure that you meet each scoring guide criterion.

Assess personal assumptions and beliefs regarding culture and diversity (Competency 2).

Evaluate personal assumptions and beliefs about culture and diversity.
Describe you own ethnicity, cultural influences, traditions, beliefs, and values.
Identify and discuss factors that influences how you view yourself and others.
Discuss the personal assumptions and beliefs you have regarding other cultures and diverse population groups.

Explain potential personal conflicts of interest that may impact culturally competent care (Competency 2).

Consider and describe how these factors have affected how you view yourself and your interactions with others, paying particular attention to culture and diversity issues.
Discuss the personal conflicts you have noted in your interactions with others regarding culture and diversity.
Identify at least one real or potential conflict that may influence how you deliver care to a group.

Apply nursing theories and models to professional practice, contributing to the effective use of assessments that help build a foundation for decision making (Competency 3).

Examine various alternatives in health assessments delivering a culturally and ethnically holistic plan of care for specific individuals, groups, and communities.
Propose at least one solution for the identified conflict that can be applied to an assessment and plan of care for a specific population.

Integrate current and emerging knowledge of disease management to provide patient-centered, evidence-based care to individuals, families, and communities (Competency 3).

Recognize the current gaps in practice using appropriate assessment tools.
Determine how specific practice changes will be legal and ethically beneficial for quality patient outcomes.
Evaluate options for closing specific gaps in care.

Write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements and scholarly writing standards.
Apply the principles of effective composition.

Write clearly and logically with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

Determine the proper application of the rules of grammar and mechanics.
Assess the relevance and credibility of information sources.

Submission Requirements
Present the topic to your Capella colleagues in a short Kaltura (or similar software) presentation that is no longer than 5 minutes in length. The presentation should consist of no more than 10 PowerPoint slides, which should include the following:

A narrated Kaltura presentation of your PowerPoint slides.
The full PowerPoint presentation as a separate .ppt or .pptx file, including speaker’s notes in the slides.