Racial and ethnic groups tend to vary in their death beliefs and practices. While some racial and ethnic groups are fairly similar in terms of their practices and beliefs surrounding death, others can be quite different. This can be challenging for healthcare professionals who have different beliefs than their patients regarding death. By understanding different groups, it can be beneficial to all individuals, and especially to individuals in healthcare institutions.
Buddhism is quite unique in their death beliefs and practices, especially compared to the Lutheran religion that I was sort of taught growing up. It is different from Lutheran beliefs in the fact that Buddhism has an emphasis on rebirth and an understanding that death is not the
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Their own beliefs can affect how they see other groups and interact with them. They also need to be aware of how they interact and provide information in medical situations in culturally appropriate ways (Sanders, 2016). It is important not to push their own beliefs onto the dying individual or their family so as not to alienate them from the medical system. It is also crucial to follow the religious and spiritual beliefs of the dying or deceased individual so as to not make the situation even more stressful for the family (Sanders, 2016). For example, if a Buddhist individual died in a hospital and strictly followed the no contact aspect of the religion, it is important to follow those wishes even if it does inconvenience the medical staff. Sometimes beliefs may not even be a part of a specific religious practice. For example, some individuals take comfort in the fact that someone, whether that someone was a human or an animal, was with them at the time of their death (Dosa, 2010). The idea that an animal could sense the impending death of an individual was something that many individuals took comfort in (Dosa, 2010). This belief was hampered by Dr. Dosa in the beginning when he actively denied that the cat could intuit when the individual was going to die (Dosa, 2010). This made it harder for some individuals as it could have been a sort of coping mechanism or a way to provide relief to the grieving
Cultural consideration must be taken into account when discussing end-of-life issues with patients and family members. One cannot assume that cultural affiliation equals a deep connection to cultural beliefs and affiliation with one or more groups should not be used as an assumption about
In the last twenty years, the rising number of disparities in health and healthcare has increased simultaneously with the influx of minorities within the population (Baldwin, 2003) A4. As the size of an ethnically diverse population steadily continues to increase, so will the level of complexities of patients’ health needs, which nurses and other healthcare staff will be expected to address (Black, 2008) A1. The issue of racial, ethnic and health disparities for minorities exists for several complex reasons, however, even with this being widely known, very little action has been taken to try and correct it (Baldwin, 2003) A4. Research findings suggest that without actively implementing cultural diversity within the healthcare workforce, quality in healthcare will decline while health disparities continue to rise (Lowe & Archibald, 2009) A3. So although the shortage of nursing staff should be a high-priority for change in the U.S., the need for more registered nurses with racially
Understanding the hierarchy of the family is imperative in understanding the functions of the family unit. With some familiarity with the different cultures in a given community, a medical professional will be able to ascertain who the head of the household is. The head of the household differs from culture to culture, as such, “misunderstandings which include but are not limited to the involvement of the male in all aspects of health care
Critically analyse one of the main challenges, barriers, and enablers for cultural competence in health care when working in a cross-cultural environment.
The United States is a nation of immigrants; they have virtually every culture of the world within its borders. Due to this reason, there must be a certain level of cultural competency within its people. A comparison and contrast will be made to compare the Hispanic cultural views on medical care to the American cultural views toward medical care. I chose to explore Hispanic culture because of my background but most importantly due to its richness of unique characteristics. I will provide an overview on how heredity, culture, and environment can influence behavior in the medical office. Furthermore, I will express my opinion about why a medical assistant,
HELTH AND SOCIAL CARE (P1) unit 7 TASK 1: Equality and Diversity Ferniengh Residential is a Care Home for adults and elderly with learning disabilities. In Ferniengh care homes the main important rule to follow is Equality and Diversity. • Diversity is recognising that there are differences in society and considering all of them without preferences. In the world as in any care home you can find lot of diversity such as religions, races, gender, disabilities, cultures, features, weight, height and even way of thinking or acting and the job of a carer is to treat all service user as individuals with their own needs and duties.
Cultural diversity in the health care setting is increasing each year. Knowing how to care for patients of different religious and spiritual faiths is essential to providing high-quality, patient-centered care. The author of this paper will research three lesser-known religions; Taoism, Sikhism and Shamanism. Through this paper, she will provide a brief background on each of the three religions and present information regarding spiritual perspectives on healing, critical components of healing and health care considerations associated with each religion.
The United States’ population is currently rising exponentially and with growth comes demographic shifts. Some of the demographics shifts include the population growth of Hispanics, increase in senior citizens especially minority elderly, increase in number of residents who do not speak English, increase in foreign-born residents, population trends of people from different sexual orientation, and trends of people with disabilities (Perez & Luquis, 2009). As a public health practitioner, the only way to effectively eliminate health disparities among Americans, one must explore and embrace the demographic shifts of the United States population because differences exist among ethnic groups (Perez, 2009). We must be cognizant of the adverse
In Health and Social Care settings, it is crucial that all practitioners work in such a way that promotes equality and diversity for all other staff and service users. Equality does not suggest that we should treat all individuals the same, as everybody has different needs and requirements that must be took into consideration, but means that we must offer all individuals equal opportunities, and not treat any individual or group of individuals less favourably on the basis of their protected characteristics; such as race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, beliefs and cultures, etc. Diversity is the concept of recognising, respecting and accepting everybody for their differences, and promoting an inclusive environment for all staff and service users associated with the setting. Practitioners should always work in a way which
Working in health care you are going to be experiencing many different cultures, religions, and beliefs. When dealing with patients from different cultural you need to be aware of what
One of the greatest things about nursing is that we have the opportunity to share with different cultures and learn about them. Our patients are complex; they each have their religion, culture, and life choices. Delivering health advice and not knowing much about a patient’s cultural background will influence how the patient may perceive the nurses’ advice. The article that I did my research on was published in 2011, by Perez-Avila, Sobralske and Katz; the name of the article is “No Comprendo: Practice Considerations When Caring for Latinos With Limited English Proficiency in the United States Health Care System”. In the United States, Hispanics form the largest minority. Most of this community has limited English
The nursing profession has a long history of assessing and placing patient needs first when giving care. The tenets of nursing practice include meeting those needs using individualized care by collaborating with the patient, family, and health care team members. (American Nurses Association, 2010). The concept of transcultural nursing aligns with these tenets because it calls on nurses to provide patient-centered care by taking into account the patient’s background, beliefs, culture and values. In this paper, I will identify the factors that made it necessary to develop the transcultural nursing theory, describe the meaning of diversity and its relationship to the field of nursing, and explain three ways that I provide culturally sensitive care to my patients.
Today when people move across continents with the help of technology their culture and heritage moves along with them. Almost each and every continent is populated with people from different nations who have diverse traditions and cultures. Thus knowledge of health traditions and culture plays a vital role in nursing. People from different cultures have a unique view on health and illness. Culture-specific care is a vital skill to the modern nurse, as the United States continues to consist of many immigrants who have become assimilated into one culture. I interviewed three families of different cultures: - Indian (my culture), Hispanic and Chinese. Let us see the differences in health traditions between these cultures.
Nursing can also be considered a cultural group; whereby the role of a nurse within the healthcare settings is strongly influenced by cultural beliefs about the importance of caring for those who are ill (Rogers-Clark et al., 2005). It is essential to provide effective nursing care in making cultural sensitivity, where health beliefs and practices may vary from culture to culture (Chan and Yau, 2009). Singapore is a multicultural Asian country which consist of Chinese, Malay and Indian ethnicities (Naser et al., 2012). Therefore, nurses working in a multicultural healthcare setting, must show respect towards patient’s custom of practice in order to provide an appropriate care (Tung, 2010). On the other hand, one should not make assumptions based on the patient's responses about religious preferences.
Health in all cultures is an important aspect of life. A person’s cultural background, religion and/or beliefs, greatly influences a person’s health and their response to medical care (Spector, 2004). These diverse cultures guide decisions made in daily life; what food eaten, living arrangements made, medications taken and medical advice listened to. A nurse must be knowledgeable and respectful of these diverse cultures and understand their importance when providing care. This understanding helps to build a strong nurse/patient relationship, increasing patient compliance, which ensures positive outcomes are met. Patients who are satisfied