Cultural Diversity in Nursing Care Rhonda Dilks Grand Canyon University Family Health Promotion NRS 429V November 01, 2010 Cultural Diversity in Nursing Care Health in all cultures is an important aspect of life. A person’s cultural background, religion and/or beliefs, greatly influences a person’s health and their response to medical care (Spector, 2004). These diverse cultures guide decisions made in daily life; what food eaten, living arrangements made, medications taken and medical
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Heritage Assessment With the increase in diverse population in the United States, the nurses in America need to Know the importance of culture and heritage importance in health care. .People from different parts of world carry different cultures . Each culture overview health in different ways. Understanding the culture make it easy to provide quality health care to individuals and families. Every culture have their own health belief
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I believe nurse’s assessment of family is very important. In order to understand the health-related conditions of a person, one must first acquire detailed information of the family. We must look at families not only as a group but also the way members interact with one another (Ward& Hisley, 2009). Nurses develop broad understanding of the surroundings and family structures with visitation and their thorough evaluation of these families help foster the basics of health development (Kaakinen
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Outline I: Family Assessment Summary findings of the family Assessment Watson’s Theory of human caring-Influences clinical thought and action in community and public health nursing II: Diagnosis according to the Family Assessment results Nutritional guidelines-Overweight, Blood pressure and diabetes Link each diagnosis to a Healthy People 2020 LHI. Conducting a comprehensive and holistic assessment of participant family with consideration of the windshield Survey and Current research
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practice and enhance the delivery of care in district nursing practice. Barbara Brush Student number: B00628470 Word count: 2084 Due Date: 3rd February 2015. Introduction. Due to the increasing demands on the Health Service the “Transforming your care “ report (Department of Health Social Service and Public Safety, (DHSSPS) 2011a) made recommendations to increase care in the community, making home the centre of care aiming to reduce the strain on limited resources and give value for money. Within
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Cultural Heritage assessment Culture is defined as, “the behaviors and beliefs characteristics of a particular society, or ethnic group, which differentiate one society or ethnic group from another”. Heritage assessment is an important step which helps the health care professionals to be client-centered and cross-culturally competent. Cultural/heritage assessment will help health care providers to know the traditional health care methods used to protect, maintain, and restore health and give more personalized
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Linda’s Heritage Assessment Paper Cultural differences abound in America today. Approaches to health also differ from one culture to another. People are shaped by their traditions and use traditional ways to satisfy their needs for better health (Agec, 2012). America is a melting pot of different cultures. This cultural diversity comes with differences in health traditions and health decisions. It could be a religious approach to health or a cultural tradition
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Heritage Assessment Tool Samantha Rich Grand Canyon University May 21, 2013 The Heritage Assessment Tool (HAT) is a way to asses an individual’s ethnic, religious, and cultural heritage as well as health traditions. Using this tool allows healthcare providers to deliver high quality patient care as well as develop a therapeutic relationship and healing approach. Being able to deliver high quality care to patients and families is of utmost importance for nurses. In order to be most efficient in
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Assessment of Heritage Grand Canyon University September 7, 2014 Assessment of Heritage Heritage Assessments There are so many different types of people in this world. As nurses work in their everyday environment they run into many different cultures and people. Utilizing an assessment tool to help guide one in the
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GUIDELINES THE HEALTH HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION PURPOSE As you learned in NR302, before any nursing plan of care or intervention can be implemented or evaluated, the nurse conducts an assessment, collecting subjective and objective data from an individual. The data collected are used to determine areas of need or problems to be addressed by the nursing care plan. This assignment will focus on collecting both subjective and objective data, synthesizing the data, and identifying health and wellness
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