Diversity

to me diversity does not just refer to skin color or race it could mean skills or personality. in a hospital setting there has to be a wide variety of personalities to deal with the wide variety of patients coming in to receive treatments. skills do not have to be technical skills learned for the hospital setting but skills with dying patients, kids, or special needs people are all necessary in a hospital. championing diversity will help me in my career because it makes me less likely to say no to different experiences in my line of work and it will allow me to gather the best resources around myself.

http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/diversity-and-inclusion
http://www.henryford.com/body_careers.cfm?id=50319
http://www.stmichaelshospital.com/programs/ich/diversity.php
http://www.mkgeneral.nhs.uk/work/equality_diversity_policy.asp
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diversity/

all of these sources talk about race and skin color as being part of diversity but only a couple mention skills as part of diversity. i think that when most people are asked about diversity the firs thing they think of is skin color, however this is not the only kind of diversity that people should be aware of. my values tend to go towards more of a skill and personality kind of diversity, while i understand that some white people are more comfortable talking to white people and the same goes for other cultures, i dont think that hiring people for skin color will allow them to connect with the patient any more than a person with different skin color and a similiar personality could.