Heritage Assessment Kyler G. Merrill Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V 01/18/2015 Heritage Assessment Tool Today in society there are many diverse culture and ethnic backgrounds, each with their own habits, traditions, preferences, and of these includes health. Different needs of the whole person should be evaluated in detail. This paper will discuss results from three different cultures through the interviewing of them using the Heritage Assessment Tool. It will also review
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vary according to the heritage a family is part of. The Heritage Assessment Tool helps evaluate the family whom is interviewed in order to develop a plan for health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration. Each culture offers a different set of traditions and beliefs that contribute to the health care practices they participate in and how the traditions of that heritage are incorporated into the health practices present in the United States. The three families that were interviewed
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Where you come from is part of what makes you you. Some families pass down heirlooms and others may just share stories. Quilts are another easy way to keep something from your family history going. We see how quilts are able to store these family histories in the story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker. And also in the story “The Keeping Quilt” By Patricia Polacco. Both of these authors use quilts to represent and keep their family heritage alive. While reading the short story “Everyday Use” by Alice
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Dee claims to appreciate her heritage, but in reality, she is the one who misunderstands it the most. Truly, her mother and sister, Maggie, are the ones who understand their heritage because they use relics of their past everyday. Through her name change, obsession with appearance, and infatuation with family heirlooms, Alice Walker shows clearly that Dee is, in fact, the one who does not understand her heritage. One way Dee shows how she does not understand her heritage is through her name change
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Heritage Assessment Tool Stacey Howard Grand Canyon University 4/20/2014 Heritage Assessment Tool The Heritage Assessment Tool is useful in determining how connected an individual is to their specific culture which enables the culturally competent practitioner to identify health traditions, evaluate needs, and create appropriate plans for health maintenance, protection and/or restoration of the patient. Heritage and culture are interchangeable words that represent the concept
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Culture, Heritage & Health Culture & Cultural Competency in Health Promotion Culture, Heritage & Health This paper will discuss culture and the cultural characteristics that can be associated with various groups and the affect it can have on one’s health in aspects of health protection, maintenance and restoration. It will also discuss the usefulness of a heritage assessment tool in providing better care for patients. The differences will be viewed based on culture in health protection
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Heritage Assessment: Comparing Cultural Differences Between Diverse Families Rashawn Llewellyn Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V 01/24/2016 Heritage Assessment: Comparing Cultural Differences Between Diverse Families Understanding the differences and similarities of cultures can be a challenging task for many. Nurses interact directly or indirectly with individuals and families of different backgrounds daily. The biggest concern for many health professionals is to provide the best care
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family’s heritage. At the end of the story, it shows that the younger daughter, Maggie, gets to keep the quilts which the older daughter, Dee, wants most. Despite the fact that the older daughter’s education is superior to the younger daughter’s education, Maggie knows more about her heritage than Dee does. They may both have a liking for their heritage, but Maggie likes her heritage because it brings back memories of her loved ones, while Dee likes it because she wants to use her heritage for selfish
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Impact of My Heritage and its Effect of my Career Path When addressed with the topic of my how my heritage molded me in to the person I am today, I had to first address how my upbringing and location made me Anne O’Hara. Now that’s not to say I wouldn’t be Anne O’Hara if I didn’t grow up the way I did; but it’s safe to assume I wouldn’t be the same person. Most of my family is relatively new to the United States. Being a genetic “mutt” might have skewed the way I view my heritage. My family
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Many heritages from around the world have their own ethnicity, which makes them unique. However, coming from Hispanic heritage is a sentiment which can’t be described, I being able to justify it. My family, the school I attend has been able to shape the world I live today and it has affected how the Hispanic heritage has critically changed my life. My family has being the most important figures in my life growing into adulthood. My mother significantly has taught me to value the world and has enriched
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