German Cultural Culture

German Cultural Practices Related to Birth Germany is located in western Europe. Its total land mass is 357,022 square kilometers. Germany has four main geographic regions: the broad lowlands, the central uplands, the wide valley and gorge of the Rhine River, and the forested mountains. Germany started World War I in 1914 and World War II in 1939. After the World War II, Germany was split into Western and Eastern zones, and those zones were occupied by the Western Allies and Soviets. The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 by the Eastern zone, which was called German Democratic Republic and was controlled by the Soviets. The wall was torn down in 1989, and the two zones reunited into the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990. In 1957, West Germany

Attitudes towards wellness during pregnancy and childbirth are taken very seriously in Germany. “Germany: History” (2018) states that a pregnant woman and her partner are encouraged to participate in courses, which prepares them for the birth of their child. Some German couples view birth not as illness and that is why they think they should not go to the hospital to have a baby there (Simon & Welle, 2014). Others German couples are more concerned about safety and the health of both, mother and child. They think that it is less safe to have a baby at home than in the hospital. Even though some couples (less that 2%) deciding to have a baby in their own house, most babies are born in the hospitals (Simon & Welle,

First of all, nurses can advocate for their patients to receive booklet detailing course of their pregnancy, if that is an important aspect for German women. If a woman were to travel back to Germany it would be very important to have a record because it is like a passport that tracks the progress of pregnancy and has all pertinent information, including the results of all tests and examinations made during the pregnancy. This is an important document since the doctor who performs perinatal examinations in the United States might not be the one delivering the baby. Secondly, if the nurses in the United States do an assessment of a pregnant woman’s attitude to the childbirth process, they would provide the patient with better nursing care as well as a better outcome of labor. Additionally, this assessment would play a very important role in caring for a woman in the postpartum period as well. With regard to the pain management, German women tend to underestimate the pain level to minimize pain medication. If nurses in the U. S. are aware of this, they can offer alternative pain-reducing therapies. The practices to consider might be heat or cold treatments, massage, acupuncture, positioning, and birthing