Question

An 80 year old woman from the southern part of the United States is one of the patients at the long term care facility. Jack is assigned to provide nursing care but the patient refuses to allow him to assess her.

1.- How does this woman's culture influence her care?

2.- What actions can Jack take to win this woman's confidence and allow him to provide her with appropriate care?

3.- What factors does Jack need to include in his transcultural assessment?

Answer 1

Ans) 1) Women's health in particular is greatly impacted by some of these cultures and traditions in a negative way causing an increase in disease, illness, and death. The origin of cultural beliefs and practices affecting women's health will be identified, as well as the illnesses or diseases caused by these practices.

2) Ways you can support a friend to help build their confidence:
- Give a Compliment. Complimenting somebody is such a simple thing, yet people are strangely afraid of it.
- Take the Time to Listen.
- Support their Leadership.
- Encourage Friends to do Great Things.
- Accept Them For Who They Are

3) Transcultural nursing is the ability to connect with people from different cultures and to bring those cultures together to improve their health. By developing your transcultural nursing skills, you can educate, care for and support people of different cultures, even in the face of language barriers.

- As a challenging health care environment results from new technologies, scientific advances, and cultural diversity, today’s student nurses are faced with uncertainty, unknown boundaries and unfamiliar practice questions. It is crucial that student nurses understand their personal values, culture, and biases, as well as those of their occupation through knowledge and reflection of cultural assessment tools.

- ThisThis reflection will foster cultural awareness and promote competent practices that will allow student nurses to give safe, patient centered care. Nursing curriculum that integrates cultural care theories and conceptual frameworks across the curriculum will give graduate student nurses the tools needed to tackle the challenge of reducing health disparity in the United States. Facilitating cultural competency through reflective awareness, empathy, active listening techniques, and appropriate theoretical frameworks can assist health care providers in delivering culturally safe care .