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 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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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 full range
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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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Heritage Assessment Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V 05/19/2013 Before asking the questions from Heritage Assessment tool‚ meaning of Cultural Heritage must be known. Cultural Assessment is legacy of intangible attributes and cultural property of a society or a group that are descended from the past generations‚ maintained in the current generation and carried forward for the betterment of the future generations. Tangible culture such as landscapes‚ buildings‚ books‚ art and artifacts‚ intangible
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Heritage Assessment Cultural competency is an essential part of nursing. Catering to the population of the United States as a nurse‚ one must embrace the cultures of others to provide competent care that will address the needs of the patient in a holistic manner. Beliefs of health management and care differ for all cultures. Being familiar with all backgrounds and cultures is a key factor in providing culturally appropriate care for patients. Illness and the care for illness and disease
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Heritage Assessment and Healthcare Roopneet kaur Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family-Centered Health Promotion The Heritage Assessment device is considered to “give nurses an understanding of the patient’s traditional health and illness beliefs and practices so that culturally appropriate interventions can be initiated. The tool is a series of twenty
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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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Running Head: THE VALUE OF HEALTH ACROSS CULTURES Evaluating the Value of Health and Cultural Heritage across Cultures Claire E. Blystra Grand Canyon University Evaluating the Value of Health and Cultural Heritage across Cultures Culture and values are standards that influence and shape human behaviors‚ decision making processes‚ personal relationships‚ and status of health and happiness. The United States has become a symbol of a multicultural society representing many different ethnicities
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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‚ compare
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