This article is related to Unit 1 lecture on Ethics and Values taught by Mrs. Townes. To provide optimal care for individuals of different religious cultures, practices and beliefs nurses must be skilled in identifying best practices when caring for patients. Understanding a patient’s religious beliefs and values will determine if that patient receives efficient and standard care based on their own beliefs. Buddhist may deny certain medication based on the make-up or components of the medication and whether medications will alter their normal state of mind. The best care for a patient of Buddhist ethnicity is to provide them with a calm environment that will allow patients to meditate, practice relaxation techniques, and chanting rituals.
Benchmark Assignment-Heritage Assessment The Heritage Assessment Tool is used by clinicians to assist them in understanding a patient's ethnic, religious and cultural background. The writer completed three Heritage Assessment Tools interviews where two of the people were of different backgrounds and one of similar background to the writer. For health care workers to provide competent care, it is important to have an understanding of the barriers to adherence for the patient. Patients may hold strong to a belief or ritual that may affect their health care.
In nursing school, students were introduced to the idea of cultural competence. It is a concept that I am familiar with due to my cultural background. Being respectful and aware of the beliefs and values of other traditions cannot be neglected and ignored. We are all global citizens that hold different views and perspectives, therefore leaders must equip themselves with the understanding that people expect and will act differently based on their cultural beliefs.
If nurses lack of understanding regarding community demographics and cultural differences, they can have unintentional bias, and stereotype patients due to a lack of awareness of the cultural demographics of the community they serve (Camphinha-Bacote, 2011). Cultural competence is the understanding of different cultures and how that impacts the provision of patient care. Cultural competence in nursing is defined as one willingness or the desire to understand a patient’s culture, the ability to learn about a defined cultures belief system, and to work effectively as a healthcare provider understanding the dynamics of the patient’s culture as it relates to their relationships and care (Kardong-Edgren et Al.,
The main reason that lead the American colonist to get into a conflict with the British Parliament, was the lack of proper communication between the America and England. Although the sail boats sailed regularly and scheduled back and forth between London and different colonial ports of America, the trip to the Atlantic took huge time. I think that the relationship between England and the American colonies could not been saved, because of their basis relationship. England practiced a policy to rule their own colonies, which American colonies had took an advantage of it and created their own form of self-government. The relationship stayed as long as the Americans would provide materials and revenue to the British and the British would leave
As such, cultural competence is an important practice for improve patient and community health and promoting justice for all clients and professional peers. Duly, nursing leaders learn and education cultural integrity as an effective tool in advocating for individual rights. Sources: [1]
Cultural competence is essential in providing proficient patient care. The Jewish population has endured anti-Semitic attitudes for decades, yet continues to pass on the traditions and values that encompass the people. The Jewish Museum of Florida provides a wonderful glimpse into Jewish culture. In attending one of the museum’s events, a better understanding of the culture was gained. This paper will discuss the event, including a reflection upon the experience, the values and beliefs identified within the culture, and finally, the implications of these lessons in advanced nursing practice.
(Douglas, Rosenkoetter, Pacquiao, & Callister, 2014). Thus Madeline Leininger’s theory which emphasizes that nursing as a transcultural care discipline has a central purpose to serve human beings in all areas of the world and that when culturally based; nursing care is beneficial and healthy. She believes that in order to provide cultural care these three modes have to occur. The first is culture care preservation which include supportive and professional act that helps to retain or preserve culture. An example that this standard is met is when we provide meals for the patient’s based on their culture that is acceptable.
According to Andrews and Boyle (2016), cultural assessment is the method that nurses use to assess the needs of each patient. The intention of an effective cultural assessment is to obtain the facts that will help health care providers better understand and focus on particular health needs of the patient (Andrews & Boyle, 2016). Completed cultural assessment is the base for developing patient’s plan of care, helps develop mutual goals, and recognizes the special needs of the patient (Andrews & Boyle, 2016). Cultural assessment is completed upon admission to the health care facility. Major components of a cultural assessment are cultural affiliations, values orientation, communication, health-related beliefs and practices, nutrition, socioeconomic considerations, kinship and social networks, education, religion,
Holistic, Cultural, & Spiritual Nursing Sandra Chavez Issues and Trends in Professional Nursing February 17th, 2018 Holistic, Cultural, & Spiritual Nursing In my hospital we provide service to a great number of Vietnamese patients. Some aspects of their culture are fascinating. They dress in colorful clothes and their food is so different that trying to feed them our standard hospital food is always challenging.
Madeline Leininger’s Cultural Care Diversity and Universality Theory, deals with the impact of culture on health and healing. In health care today, a nurse must deal with people from many backgrounds, cultures, and ethnic origins. Transcultural nursing is practiced throughout nursing when caring for people from different cultures. The purpose of Leininger’s theory is to produce knowledge related to nursing care of people from diverse nationalities, who value their ethnic heritage and culture. Leininger’s theory recognized and understood cultural differences and similarities while caring for patients of different backgrounds.
Cultural competency: Indians Culture competency is defined as one has the knowledge, the abilities and the skill to deliver care congruent with the patient’s cultural beliefs and practices (Purnell, 2013). As a nurse or a health care provider, increasing ones consciousness of culture diversity improves the possibilities for health care practitioners to provide competent care (Purnell, 2013). Nurses and all health care providers should be aware of other cultures to provide the best care that they can for that individual. Developing a relationship with diverse cultural groups involves good interpersonal skills and the application of knowledge and techniques learned from the physical, biological, and social sciences as well as the humanities (Purnell, 2013). I am choosing to select the Indian culture for my first assignment.
For example, people living areas during periods of social unrest and government chaos, most likely lack a lot of internal and external resources to be able to manage their health. As future nurses I believe we must keep in mind that there are different degrees of health and we should build trust with our patients, one way to do that is to respect the cultural values and beliefs of our patients. In my belief, an overall physical and psychological wellness of a patient is what I consider important aspects of their
Our society is made up of people from different regions, ethnicities, and cultures. “To ensure efficiency of service delivery, it is important for nurses to acknowledge the fact that patients have different perceptions, beliefs and cultural values regarding certain issues like those relating to medical procedures” (Flint, 2008). For example, most Hindu patients are vegetarians, which means that they are likely to turn down receiving any prescribed drug having animal byproducts. This example makes it is clear that cultural values have a major influence on patients’ care plan. Because of this, professional nurses
Culturally competent nurses advocates for patients regardless of cultural differences. Hollinger-Smith (n.d) “A health care professional who has learned cultural competence engages in assistive, supportive, facilitative, or enabling acts that are tailor-made to fit with individual, group, or institutional cultural values, beliefs, and lifeways in order to provide quality health care” (p. 2). Nurses look to profit from a better health care system and practice mutual respect, formality, thoughtfulness and overall good
