be aware of the cultural and value diversities that exist in our patient population as well as the nurse’s own value and belief system. In order to provide a thorough care to the patients and their families‚ nurses must recognize the value of transcultural values. Being culturally competent allows for a better patient experience and thus they feel valued and respected. Understanding cultural competency will allow nurses to create an accurate teaching plan/nursing care plan which will facilitate a
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Cultural Assessment Presentation : • Select a cultural group other than your own‚ and interview a family of this cultural group for information‚ if possible. ADOLESCENT Describe transcultural concepts and theories for application on diverse families. Conduct a family cultural assessment using an existing or refined cultural assessment tool. Develop solutions to cultural or lifestyle problems affecting health related behaviors and family function. Assignment Grading Criteria Grading Criteria:
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Historical development of Nursing Timeline Iva Sandford HCS 513 January 30‚ 2011 Jenna Hasenour Historical development of Nursing Timeline Nursing has not always been a respected profession. In fact‚ it was a job reserved for the women of “ill repute.”A publication once read that a nurse should not be subject to headaches or easily “knocked up” (Hutchinson‚ 1998). However‚ as the timeline below shows‚ nursing has evolved over time because of the many contributions of those before us have
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Prostate Cancer in African American Men Prostate Cancer is the gland below a man ’s bladder that produces fluid for semen. Prostate cancer is common among older men. Prostate cancer is a silent killer‚ and because it grows slowly‚ many men have no idea it ’s there It is rare in men younger than forty. Risk factors for developing prostate cancer include being over sixty five years of age‚ family history‚ being African American‚ and some genetic changes. There is an estimated of 241‚740
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different countries. Using an assessment tool enables you to get a more complete picture of the individual. The practice of using a variety of questions to more fully assess people give us a picture of the whole-person. Leininger‚ has defined transcultural nursing as “the humanistic and scientific area of formal study and practice in nursing which is focused on differences and similarities among cultures with respect to human care‚ health‚ and illness based on people’s cultural values‚ beliefs‚ and
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Topic: The effects of Indian residential schools Annotated Working Bibliography Bombay. A.‚ Matheson‚ K.‚ & Anisman‚ H. (2011). The impact of stressors on second generation Indian residential school survivors. Transcultural Psychiatry‚ 48 (4)‚ 367-391. doi: 10.1177/1363461511410240 In this article Bombay et.al. writes about the effects of residential schools. Many Native children were forced to attend Indian Residential School (IRS) and suffered trauma‚ neglect‚ abuse‚ and much more
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The increasing cultural evolution that is occurring throughout the world is making it imperative for health care professionals to achieve and implement cultural competent congruent care (Jeffreys‚ 2015). The purpose of this discussion is to define cultural diverse assessments‚ describe the key components of a comprehensive cultural assessment in my own words and identify the five communication skills that facilitate culturally competent care. Cultural diverse assessment is a culturally responsive
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Patient presenting with Motor Neuron Disease suffering with a Decubutis Ulcer: A Care Study. Word count: 4‚800. Table of contents Introduction...............................................................page3 Patient presentation..................................................page4 Diagnosis....................................................................page Overview of nursing models and nursing process.....page Roper‚ Logan‚ and Tierney Model................................
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Understanding Pratt After talking to students in classroom who were assigned to do a project on Pratt‚ getting a frequent response “I didn’t read it‚ it’s too hard to comprehend” was an ordinary thing. Therefore‚ writing a response to Pratt’s essay in a language that is comprehendible by regular people can be very helpful to those struggling students. In "Arts of the Contact Zone" Pratt discusses the mix of two different cultures in one area. Where one person is born and lives in a "contact zone"
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Every day nurses interact with numerous people; the most important of these are their patients. For this interaction to be meaningful and have a positive impact on the health outcomes of the patient‚ the nurse needs to build interpersonal connections with the patient to form a therapeutic relationship. The nurse also needs to be aware of the patient’s culture and practice in a culturally safe way when establishing this relationship. In this essay the main characteristics of both interpersonal connectedness
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