Being a nurse, one has the pleasure of caring for many different cultures throughout a lifetime career. Cultural competence is vital in caring for a person from another culture. Leininger’s Cultural Care Diversity and Universality Theory (McEwen & Wills, 2014, p. 233) states “demonstrating to nurses the importance of considering the impact of culture on health and healing.” McEwen & Wills, (2014, p.233) reports “the goal for application of Leininger’s theory is to provide culturally congruent nursing
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heritage assessment proves to be useful in the supporting the national health along with the cure and prevention of a number of diseases (Edelmam & Mandle, 2010). It is reliable in helping the medical staff to talk with their patients and families about different health prevention, cultural practices and beliefs. The aim of this paper is to compare the American, American Indian and Ecuadorian health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration.
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Heritage Assessment Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V-0102 Heritage Assessment In building cultural competency, the differences of Hispanic, Puerto Rican, and American heritage are compared in this paper, analyzing health maintenance, health promotion, and health restoration in these cultures is based on the use of a culture heritage assessment tool. This tool consists of twenty nine questions about culture, “the greater the number of positive responses
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Benchmark Assignment: Epidemiology Paper Grand Canyon University Concepts in Community and Public Health NRS-427V-0501 Benchmark Assignment: Epidemiology Paper Hepatitis B The definition for Hepatitis changes with whom you ask. To some it means a horrible painful way to die while others are able to look at it as a disease. The word Hepatitis means liver inflamation. The liver is a large, glandular, reddish-brown organ located in the upper right side of the abdomen. It consists of
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resources. Why Health Promotion? The World Health Organisation (WHO) acknowledges the growing evidence that health promotion and preventive health approaches are effective in improving overall health and wellbeing, reducing the burden of chronic disease and injury, addressing health inequities, facilitating the better use of resources and enhancing economic productivity.1 2 3 4 Striking a balance between investments in a health promoting approach that addresses the increasing burden to the healthcare
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American, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.) In an essay of 750 -1,000 words, compare and contrast the health status of the minority group you have selected to the national average. Consider the cultural, socioeconomic, and sociopolitical barriers to health. How do race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and education influence health for the minority group you have selected? Address the following in your essay: 1. What is the current health status
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Communication Opinion Paper Nikia Matthews HCS 320 May 13, 2013 Sandra Anderson Communication Opinion Paper The definition of communication is the importing or exchange of information or news. The most effective communication begins with two or more people, the person spoken to through verbal speech from one doing the speaking. This act is made successful when the people collaborate with one another. The tone and style of a person’s speaking is a factor that influences the understanding
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the US population as a whole." --National Center for Cultural Competence Population addressed Population addressed In 1950, U.S.-born whites made up about 90 percent of the U.S. population. By 2000, this number declined to about 75 percent, and by 2050 non-Hispanic whites will be in the numerical minority (U.S. Census Bureau 2001, 2002). This rapid diversification requires healthcare organizations to pay closer attention to cross-cultural issues if they are to meet the healthcare needs of the
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The health status of this cultural group is one of concern, however. Hispanics are expected to be uninsured by 300% more chance when equated to non-Hispanics, and are 50% more likely to die from liver disease and diabetes than non-Hispanic whites. (CDCa, 2015) Being uninsured is a complication within healthcare for Hispanics that can lead to greater problems and the
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bringing harmony, respect and balance amongst the human community and the natural world, each illustrates these beliefs differently depending ones cultural values, knowledge and worldviews. American Indian tribes can differ from one another in many ways relating to ceremonies, prayers, songs, medicine, and other rituals, expressing their own unique cultural values. Their homelands, as well as the mountains, caves, and rivers all carry some kind of symbolic meanings and purposes relating to their culture
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