Heritage Assessment Research Paper
Heritage Assessment
Dwayne Brown RN CPAN
Grand Canyon University
Family Centered Health Promotion
NURS-429v
Renita Holmes
July 13, 2014
Heritage Assessment
Being present in one of the world’s largest medical centers allows for a nurse to experience multiple cultures in the care of patients and communities. The heritage assessment tool can be utilized by nurses to understand differences among cultural values as they relate to health maintenance, health promotion and health restoration. Collecting data in regards to a patient’s culture is an essential part of a cultural nursing assessment (American Nurses Association website, n.d.). The relevance of a cultural assessment can’t be neglected. This paper will speak to the …show more content…
The participant came to the USA at age 22 without his parents, who remains in India today, although he lived with his parents while growing up in India. Within Indian society, extended family members usually live together as a single-family. With increased urbanization, this type of family unit is slowly advancing to a nuclear family comprised of parents and their children only (Bhungaglia et al., n.d). The subject has maintained contact with his extended family, however he has not visited within the past year. The subject’s religious preference was Hinduism which is consistent with more than 80% of India’s population. The subject does not consider himself as an active member and participates only during religious holidays. He does practice his religion at home by praying, diet and holidays. Nurses must understand the important religious beliefs that impact health and …show more content…
This type of health delivery is holistic and focuses on the individual and the environment and they cannot be separated from one another. The subject responded during the interview that adaptation to western views is considered, but maintains a strong tradition to his traditional heritage, especially as it relates to herbs and diet in health maintenance. The subject is currently working on a PhD in pharmacy and is cognitively aware of health maintenance and
Dwayne Brown RN CPAN
Grand Canyon University
Family Centered Health Promotion
NURS-429v
Renita Holmes
July 13, 2014
Heritage Assessment
Being present in one of the world’s largest medical centers allows for a nurse to experience multiple cultures in the care of patients and communities. The heritage assessment tool can be utilized by nurses to understand differences among cultural values as they relate to health maintenance, health promotion and health restoration. Collecting data in regards to a patient’s culture is an essential part of a cultural nursing assessment (American Nurses Association website, n.d.). The relevance of a cultural assessment can’t be neglected. This paper will speak to the …show more content…
The participant came to the USA at age 22 without his parents, who remains in India today, although he lived with his parents while growing up in India. Within Indian society, extended family members usually live together as a single-family. With increased urbanization, this type of family unit is slowly advancing to a nuclear family comprised of parents and their children only (Bhungaglia et al., n.d). The subject has maintained contact with his extended family, however he has not visited within the past year. The subject’s religious preference was Hinduism which is consistent with more than 80% of India’s population. The subject does not consider himself as an active member and participates only during religious holidays. He does practice his religion at home by praying, diet and holidays. Nurses must understand the important religious beliefs that impact health and …show more content…
This type of health delivery is holistic and focuses on the individual and the environment and they cannot be separated from one another. The subject responded during the interview that adaptation to western views is considered, but maintains a strong tradition to his traditional heritage, especially as it relates to herbs and diet in health maintenance. The subject is currently working on a PhD in pharmacy and is cognitively aware of health maintenance and