Positive Learning Experience

In this discussion, a Hispanic or Latino group is considered. While the statistic is not available for the city of Cleveland, in Ohio this group represents a 3.7% of the total population as of July 1, 2016 (USCB, 2018). The Hispanic/Latino group represents people from Cuba, Latin America, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Caribbean and other Spanish cultures, regardless of race (Juckett, 2013). While a treatment plan in hospitals is the same for all the patients, the perception varies in different ethnic groups or races. Thus, a health care provider need to be aware of Hispanic/Latino cultural beliefs and implement this knowledge into a daily routine.

1. Describe personal attributes you possess or life experiences you have had that will enable you to better understand patients with a culture different from your own. Please include your self-reflection on how this experience has changed your insights, beliefs, and/or values. (1000 characters)

Having identified all the above challenges and illnesses, the following goals have been formulated to help improve the health condition of the patient.

I believe that the objective was not met due to the fact that we did not present specific information of long term and short term effects within the PowerPoint to give to the participants, instead we just gave them information on the general effects of smoking. The knowledge present was not shared successfully enough for the participants to memorize the information given. If I was to repeat this health promotion again I would not change the objective itself but I would ensure that the PowerPoint specified the information exactly, such as having a slide dedicated to long term effects and short term effects separately. This would ensure that this objective was met

1. Describe personal attributes you possess or life experiences you have had that will enable you to better understand patients with a culture different from your own. Please include your self-reflection on how this experience has changed your insights, beliefs, and/or values. (1000 characters)

The first short-term goal is to decrease obesity. Interventions for this goal are nutrition education, weight loss programs, and increasing physical activity. The second short-term goal is to decrease the incidence of hypertension. Interventions for this goal are regular blood pressure screenings, treatment of people with hypertension, and improve medication access. The third short-term goal is to decrease cholesterol. Interventions for this goal are regular cholesterol screenings, diet education regarding high risk foods, and treatment of people with high

Inputs are resources needed to operate the pre-operative smoking cessation program. Inputs usually include the human, financial, organizations, and community resources a program has available to direct toward doing the work (W.K. Kellogg Foundation, 2004). Inputs for this pre-operative smoking cessation program includes: (a) utilizing the clinical practice guideline for treating tobacco use and dependence, (b) administrative support, (c) physicians, (d) nurse practitioners, (e) smoking status on patient charts, (f) smoking cessation reading booklets, (g) online/hotline resources for smoking cessation and (h) follow-up system. All of these resources are integral part of the pre-operative smoking cessation program and enable activities to take place.

Our workshop will present a model implemented by our program where the driver of education is a resident-led learning. It will show our experience of residents and staff sharing particular aspects of their upbringing, their cultural uniqueness, their religious (or lack thereof) worldview that informs other residents that come from different ethnic, cultural, or religious worldview. These shared experiences become the basis to share clinical cases, many

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

A visit that I would like to talk about is with my 44 years old Hispanic male patient at his workplace. He has a history of diabetes and prehypertension, so the purpose of my visit was to evaluate how he was doing, and to educate him about nutrition and exercise to maintain good health. My patient is married man and has three children (8, 12, and 16 years old). His wife is a stay at home mother, and he is the only person working (as a car mechanic) in the family. He is a Spanish speaking patient, so a translator and one of my classmates accompanied me for this visit; however, he was able to speak and understand English decently. In the Hispanic population, heart disease, cancer, unintended injuries, stroke, and diabetes are the top causes of death (Allender, Rector, & Warner, 2014). Also, hypertension and obesity are major concerns in this population, and Hispanics are twice as likely as Whites to be diagnosed with diabetes (Allender et al., 2014). More Hispanics live at the poverty level, have lower level of education, and have higher uninsured rates compared to other racial groups

The intervention can be measure by a cardiovascular risk factor questionnaire, dietary changes questionnaire and vital signs such as weight, height, cholesterol levels, blood pressure. Patient can self-report on diet changes and smoking secession behaviors (Germane, Sloan, Shepherd & et al. 2014).

Recognizing differences, preferred values and expressed needs of patients from diverse backgrounds is necessary to provide care consistent with patient’s individual cultural beliefs and lifestyles. I had the experience of working with a patient who was of Russian descent. One of the main differences encountered was the primary language spoken of the patient. The patient neither spoke nor understood English making treatment sessions more challenging. When working with this particular patient, I could tell that it was important for her to be able to express and be able to convey her emotions and feelings. When asked how she was doing she used very descriptive and passionate words to describe how and what she was feeling. She was also very attentive

My strongest learning experience was to be patient. I used to not be very patient towards people, when it comes to common sense or little things like saying your phone number or date of birth. I easily forget that in different parts of the world the date of birth is given differently. In some countries, the month is first just like here others the year is first but in most Latin countries the day is first. Having to asked numerous times during the day for the date of birth of individuals and for their phone numbers, and they are giving me these numbers in so many ways use to drive me insane. at the end of the day I would find myself almost screaming on the phone, saying no, no, that is not the way you suppose to say it. After reading the

The first topic that interest me is the theory of cultural care diversity. Today, more than ever, a nurse must learn how to effectively communicate and provide care to patients from many different backgrounds. It is important to realize that every person is an individual in their way of thinking and their expectations of care provided. According to the U.S. Census Bureau (2013), minorities are

Participations in small in-class groups which purpose was to accomplish a task assigned to us by our Professor, were the most powerful learning experiences for me. In developing common focus, as stated in Gitterman and Germain (2008), members need to establish group rules and also remember to “build on one another’s contributions, identify and focus on salient collective themes, invite expression of differences” (p. 174), as well as welcome opinions which are contradictory or different from the majority.