Understanding and Applying the Heritage Assessment tool Dana Eldridge Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V November 10‚ 2013 Heritage Assessment Understanding and Applying the Heritage Assessment tool Nurses have to be culturally competent‚ they need to assess their individual values and beliefs about health and health care; otherwise‚ nurses might assume that all cultures share western premises and values. In order to be considerate to an individual‚ nurses must remember
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on the usefulness of applying a heritage assessment in assessing the needs of persons as a whole‚ three different family’s opinions on health maintenance‚ health protection and health restoration. Moreover‚ the writer will identify health traditions as regards to cultural heritage of the writer‚ then how the three families interviewed in this paper practice their traditions and how important their rituals and practices are to them. The Usefulness of Applying a Heritage Assessment “Heritage is the
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Definition Heritage Assessment is who we are‚ our history‚ and where we come from. Heritage means ones background or tradition. Heritage Assessments are unique for each nation; it is a part to the overall nursing assessment. At any time at any place‚ there are many different groups of people that live in that particular place and all these people have diverse believes about health‚ illness‚ disease‚ birth and death‚ which are directed by their culture. Ones heritage includes information
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Heritage Assessment Cheri Montoro Grand Canyon University NRS-429V Linda Gobin August 06‚ 2013 Heritage Assessment This paper will assess and discuss the usefulness of applying the Heritage Assessment tool to evaluate three different families each one from different cultural backgrounds consisting of Greek‚ Italian‚ and Hispanic ethnicities. This paper will also compare similarities and differences related to health maintenance‚ health protection and health restoration and the cultural
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Heritage Assessment Culture is a pattern of behavior and values shared by an ethnic group. Cultural heritage is a set of traditions within the culture that is hand down from the older generation to the younger generation within the family. These traditions influence the family’s decisions in relation to their diet‚ education‚ daily living activities‚ religious beliefs and practices and also health and illness beliefs. In this paper‚ the author will focus on the usefulness of applying a heritage
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Assessing Family Health Patterns: Evaluating the Usefulness of a Heritage Assessment Tool Sarah Potter Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V-0191 October 5‚ 2014 Assessing Family Health Patterns: Evaluating the Usefulness of a Heritage Assessment Tool In the United States today cultural diversity is growing more prevalent every day. The report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM: Unequal treatment‚ 2002) presented information that racial and ethnic minorities of all ages receive lower
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patient’s cultural heritage is a significant approach to understanding a patient’s cultural background. good Usefulness of Applying a Heritage Assessment Spector (2000) designed a Heritage Assessment Tool which helps health care providers determine how a person adheres to his or her tradition. I was born and raised in China. When I immigrated to America‚ I was in my middle age. Therefore‚ I believed that I’ve instinctively absorbed a great deal of Chinese culture. The Heritage Assessment Tool helped
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Heritage Assessment Cultural heritage plays a big role in the economic‚ social and health promotion of the individual. The use of heritage assessment tools helps healthcare providers evaluate and look at someone’s heritage‚ as well as traditional health methods used to maintain health‚ protect health‚ and restore health; by applying these concepts it helps healthcare professionals deal with a person’s physical‚ mental‚ and spiritual beliefs. Different cultures have different values and beliefs
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Home Page » Other Topics Heritage Assessment In: Other Topics Heritage Assessment Heritage Assessment Latasha Rice‚ WCC- RN Grand Canyon University: NRS 429v Date: 8/31/2012 What is a heritage assessment? A heritage assessment is a subpart to the overall nursing assessment. Assessing a patient’s heritage allows the nurse to obtain more information about a patient’s culture‚ including beliefs about health and values
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Heritage Assessment NRS-429V | Culture and Cultural Competency in Health Promotion John Thomas 3/24/13 The Heritage Assessment tool is primarily used as a device to evaluate health maintenance‚ health protection‚ and health restoration of a person’s cultural beliefs and values (Spector‚ 2006). This assessment helps aid in providing quality patient care in that it helps to meet and respect the needs of different types of people and their respective backgrounds (Spector‚ 2002). This particular
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