Cultural Assessment The population of the United States is continually rising. The birth rate continues to rise‚ but more importantly‚ the number of foreign-born immigrants that relocated to the United States in 2003 was a staggering 33.5 million‚ and that number rises every year (Jarvis‚ 2008). With such a large immigrant population comes the need for medical professionals that are culturally competent. Being culturally competent means that the caregivers‚ “understand and attend to the
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Running head: CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS Cultural Heritage Assessment in health and Illness Grand Canyon University: The United States has always been an open country with its kindness in welcoming people of other nations into it. The population of the United States is growing notably because of the migration from the rest of the world. This writer lives in Richmond‚ a city in the state of Virginia‚ a multicultural
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This assignment will discuss and define the role of assessment as a vital tool in the provision of nursing care within the Nursing process. The author will describe sources of information which may inform the assessment process‚ identify a specific assessment tool used in my area of practice and identify ways of developing a positive professional relationship with the client‚ during the assessment process. The assessment process may be defined as the organized and systematic collection and assimilation
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Assessment Tool Analysis Paper The nursing process is the framework in providing nursing care. Assessment is an important aspect of nursing care and is the first step in the nursing process. An assessment of the client’s emotionally and psychology health needs must be assessed to ensure a holistic view of the client is obtained. Jean Watson’s theory of caring is the blueprint of the nursing profession. Jean Watson’s theory of human caring focused on establishing a caring relationship with patients
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in the nursing process as “a discipline specific‚ reflective reasoning process that guides a nurse in generating‚ implementing‚ and evaluating approaches for dealing with client care and professional concerns” (Kozier‚ 2008). This definition is imperative to help a nursing student learn how to think in terms of nursing care. Nursing students must achieve a comprehensive understanding of critical thinking in order to understand the nursing process. The purpose for this paper is for nursing students
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I think that every aspects of nursing assessment are challenging and it depends on the nurses’ experience. When we have a new admit patient/resident‚ nursing admission assessment should be completed within 24 hours‚ and I usually would finish it. Working on the night shift‚ I find it challenging to complete the assessment because the patient is already tired and wanting to have sleep. I cannot force them to participate‚ and it is the resident’s right to refuse. When assessing for the Brief Interview
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That day‚ I began to reflect on nursing knowledge‚ previous experiences‚ and I transformed my nursing knowledge into action. I realized that I was very confident and proactive in this situation. I was confident that by arranging a family meeting‚ I was able to help the patient’s’ family to respect the patient’ wishes. My response in this situation was to respect my patient’s wishes and teach the patient’s family. My thought and feelings about this situation is that I felt that I made a difference
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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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In evaluating the Heritage Assessment Tool (HAT) two things became immediately obvious. First‚ the questions provided a fair outline and structure for identifying factors of culture‚ religion‚ tradition and environment and how they may influence the subject family’s approach to health maintenance and health restoration. And second‚ that the medical professional using the HAT must be aware of and sensitive to the scrutinizing nature of the questions and what defensive and evasive responses they
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Heritage Assessment in Evaluating the Needs of the Whole Person. The heritage assessment tool is useful in providing a view or the whole person. Understanding how different people deal with medical issues‚ get medical care‚ and tools they use in different cultures. Culture plays an important role in how medical procedures are done in 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
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