Meeting Patient's Cultural Needs
Caring Role of the Nurse
Topic : Meeting Patient’s cultural needs.
Cohort : March 2005
Date of submission : 14th November 2006-07-30
Seminar Group: 3
Number of words: 1600 words
Chose TWO patients from different cultural backgrounds and discuss how you were able to meet their needs.
The purposes of this essay is to chose two patients from different cultural backgrounds and discuss how their needs were meet whilst on my placement at Chase Farm Hospital. I will highlight how I used good communication and interpersonal skill to meet the patient’s needs.
The first was a woman of Somalia origin who was admitted for chest pain and shortness of breath. The other, was a woman with Jewish beliefs, who was admitted with Glycosuria. A scenario will also be incorporated to provide a clear aim on the topic in question. The patients’ identities will remain confidential in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council, (2002) which states that information about patient and client must be treated with confidence, and only be use for the purpose for which it was given. For this sake, the patients will be referrred to as Muyinat and Mary throughout the essay.
The rationale behind choosing this particular topic is that it is significant in today nursing and care of patient. We live in a multicultural society and at least one in every three patients admitted to hospital will be people from the ethnic background. A multicultural society like Britain comprises of people with different views about the causes and treatments of illnesses, when to seek treatment, whom to consult, and what treatments are appropriate for them.
Caring as a concept has been extensively analysed, such analysis has suggested that caring is not simply a series of actions, but a way of acting which is both contextually dependent and value bound. Respect and dignity should be incorporated in this care giving to provide nurse-patient relationship, which is viewed as central or
Topic : Meeting Patient’s cultural needs.
Cohort : March 2005
Date of submission : 14th November 2006-07-30
Seminar Group: 3
Number of words: 1600 words
Chose TWO patients from different cultural backgrounds and discuss how you were able to meet their needs.
The purposes of this essay is to chose two patients from different cultural backgrounds and discuss how their needs were meet whilst on my placement at Chase Farm Hospital. I will highlight how I used good communication and interpersonal skill to meet the patient’s needs.
The first was a woman of Somalia origin who was admitted for chest pain and shortness of breath. The other, was a woman with Jewish beliefs, who was admitted with Glycosuria. A scenario will also be incorporated to provide a clear aim on the topic in question. The patients’ identities will remain confidential in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council, (2002) which states that information about patient and client must be treated with confidence, and only be use for the purpose for which it was given. For this sake, the patients will be referrred to as Muyinat and Mary throughout the essay.
The rationale behind choosing this particular topic is that it is significant in today nursing and care of patient. We live in a multicultural society and at least one in every three patients admitted to hospital will be people from the ethnic background. A multicultural society like Britain comprises of people with different views about the causes and treatments of illnesses, when to seek treatment, whom to consult, and what treatments are appropriate for them.
Caring as a concept has been extensively analysed, such analysis has suggested that caring is not simply a series of actions, but a way of acting which is both contextually dependent and value bound. Respect and dignity should be incorporated in this care giving to provide nurse-patient relationship, which is viewed as central or