Recognizing the Need for Cultural Change

The term culture is defined as “the thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups” (Potter & Perry, 2013). With the increase of culturally diverse populations in the United States, it is important for nurses to practice cultural competence. Cultural competence is the ability to acquire specific behaviors, skills, attitudes, and policies in a system that permits “effective work in a cross-cultural setting” (OMH, 2013). Being culturally competent is essential because nurses who acknowledges and respects a patient’s health beliefs and practices are more likely to have positive health outcomes (OMH, 2012). Every culture has certain views and attitudes concerning

After his lunch break, Tom didn’t have long to wait before the paramedics burst in through the swinging double-doors of the ambulance bay wheeling in a young man on a gurney. Edward, a veteran EMT, recited the vital signs to Tom and Dr. Greene as they helped push the gurney into the trauma room,

Uncle Jake and Aunt Leah were playing golf last week. On the sixth hole, Jake told Leah that he was having unusual pain in his left arm and chest. All of a sudden he felt weak and complained that his shirt was much too tight. A dentist playing one hole behind them examined Jake and found he was short of breath, pale, and sweating. He called 911 on his cell phone and told Jake to lie down and wait for the ambulance. The paramedics rushed Jake to the hospital where he was evaluated by a cardiologist. The tests showed that he had four clogged arteries. He was scheduled for surgery the next day.

He seemed very restless and started weeping while repeating names of those that were with him. He kept talking about the incident going back and forth in Spanish and English. He became pale, diaphoretic, and started gasping for air. All of a sudden his blood pressure plummets, heart rate begins to slow, within seconds 90 to 60 to 30 then flat line. The nurse yells “Call code blue”, I ran for the crash cart, monitors attached. I was told to rotate in compressions, within seconds the code team arrived and took over as I stepped back. I remember the adrenaline rush, my heart beating so hard, the dry mouth, while

In Chapter ten the history of Hinduism is discussed in America and India. Instead of illustrating the religious doctrines of Hinduism. The author lists statistics about the livelihoods of Asian Indians. For example, there are eighteen different official languages in India. As the author emphasizes that doctrines have nothing to do with Hinduism, but the actions that individuals commit. The orthodoxy is a set of responsibilities that Hindus must carry out. If they wish to be reincarnated into a higher caste. In addition, the origin of Hinduism is mentioned within the chapter. That Hinduism is the only major religion that does not have a founder and has no beginning as there is not a specific known date of when it originated. Moreover, Hinduism is the oldest major religion and is the only polytheistic faith among the five popular creeds.

The resident looked at us, took his glasses off, and then said, “According to the X-rays, he has a spot right on his heart. It to be examined further.”

some machinery and he ended up being in the ICU for two weeks. The doctor had ordered for

Clipboard and stethoscope in hand, I walked toward the double doors that flashed emergency in bright red letters above. It was my first clinical shift as an EMT student, and first day jitters fluttered around in my stomach. I had no idea what lay ahead of me. However, I was not expecting to witness the fragility of life. About a half an hour into my shift the rapid response alarm blared through the emergency room. I turned to my preceptor and quizzically asked what this meant. “A rapid response is a patient who is in need of immediate medical care and intervention. As an EMT who is part of the rapid response team you will be expected to assist with vitals and chest compressions. Let’s head toward the recess room, and I’ll explain more there.”

An hour or so into my first day at my internship and my mentor gets a call from the Emergency Room about an elderly patient who came in complaining of chest pain. After running some tests and EKGs, the ER staff finds some abnormal results which slightly suggest that the patient might be having a heart attack. The patient is rushed into the cath lab while my mentor has to leave to attend a case at another facility so he leaves me with his partner Dr. Fernandez to watch the case. Dr. Fernandez starts the procedure of cardiac catheterization in which he plants a stent in the patient’s heart in roughly 30 minutes. Although the patient suffered no heart attack, Dr. Fernandez found some narrowing the patient’s heart. That was my first day of my

He rushed off and I followed him. We went in to see Ralph. He had his eyes rolled back in his head and the vet grabbed something off the desk and shot it in his chest. Suddenly the monitor gave a beep and his heart rate steadied.

The assigned nurse explained to the patient about pain management/ pain scale after surgery and how he will be waking up in the Intensive Care Unit where he was going to have chest tubes to remove the extra fluid from the chest cavity; he confirmed understanding and was ready to move on with the procedure.

He got up and was getting ready to leave when he fell to the floor weakly and started coughing up blood. We knew exactly what this meant. He had the

Michelle fainted and was lying on the ground with blood all over her hand. I was scared. I called the ambulance. Then I ran to go to make the bandages like I would do every single day. I grabbed the cotton tape and gauze, and put them together like I usually do.

American society is becoming increasingly culturally diverse. The 2010 Census indicates that the racial and ethnic makeup

I am here to present on the topic ‘Language in Indian Writing in English’. Basically I will be talking about the usage of language, the writing style, of blending language and culture and my analysis of it in the text - The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.