Stereotypes And Beliefs

A few ways you can interact with an individual in an inclusive way could be allowing them to be fully involved in their daily life, allowing them to make their own decisions about their own care needs. You should take a genuine interest in the individual and be respectful towards them. You should try be open to a person’s needs, beliefs, wishes, culture and views, don’t be judgmental and assume you know the individual.

During my placement during at an aged care facility, it was an important process to ensure that nursing interventions were carried out to ensure a respectful behaviour of a resident’s dignity, culture, values beliefs and

Both articles express how important it is to be culturally self-aware and in touch with your personal beliefs, views, and morals. If you aren’t aware of what your cultural beliefs are you won’t be able to provide you patients with the cultural care and respect that they require in their recovery to become healthy again. In addition, the two articles (Newson 2009, Byrson 2012) both talk about how important it is to be open minded with people who may have a different opinions and views on certain things. If you aren’t open to treating you patients in the cultural way that they want to be treated, your patient will feel disrespected and unimportant. Therefore, their health will suffer because of your incompetence to accommodate their cultural needs. A nurse needs to be culturally self-aware, they need to know what their own personal views are first so they can understand that not everyone’s views will be the same. This means they need to be capable of being open and accepting to other people’s cultural wants and needs. By being these two things you will be able to provide people of all cultures with the respect and treatment they

For a supportive relationship to be effective, it requires the professional to respect who the individual is and their beliefs, culture, lifestyle and choices in life. When a professional shows interest and respect in the individual’s culture and beliefs, then the individual feels more trusting and more comfortable around the professional. It is important that a professional provides the necessities in order to support the individual’s beliefs (e.g. if an elderly person from a residential care home was vegetarian, then the professional must assure that a vegetarian meal is served to the person). Often in residential care homes, some residents do not wish to be treated by a worker of the opposite sex, this means that the professional

Child life specialists are aware of personal values, beliefs, and biases when interacting with a family(Thompson). They also model, teach and reinforce culturally competent care. Cultural competence is the ability to teach others who come from cultures other than our own(National Institues of Health). Child life specialist value diversity. They understand, accept, and respect different cultural customs and backgrounds, different ways of communication, and their traditions. For example, some cultures greet a certain way. In American it is common and respectful to greet others with a handshake, a smile and a “hello”. But there are some cultures that allow no physical contact or eye contact. There are some cultures that kiss on the cheek when the meet. It is important to know all of this before meeting and greeting the family. As a child life specialist this can help when making a culturally sensitive plan of care for the family and the

The nursing profession is known for being a caring and compassionate career path that is loving and accepting of all individuals. The traits of many of us are based on our cultural background and therefore it is important to be culturally aware of different traditions and preferences pertaining to cultures that we directly interact with. Both taking into consideration the patient’s culture and recognizing the impact of one’s own personal beliefs are competencies that a nurse should demonstrate and are listed under the first standard of practice according to the American Nurses Association (ANA, 2015).

The space between a carer and a resident is an important issue when communicating as it can often show how friendly a conversation is. It is important to respect the resident’s personal proximity because if the carer assumes that it is alright to get close to the client without asking them, then the resident may feel dominated by the carer and the resident may seem aggressive. It is also important to remember that people of different cultures have ideas about what would be appropriate space. A carer has to be careful not to judge personal space by what their own cultures think. Respecting a resident’s personal space is also important in many situations. For example, if a carer is dealing with a resident who has suffered from abuse in the past, the resident is obviously going to feel vulnerable, therefore, the carer would have to make sure he or she did not invade the resident’s personal space because it may make them feel threatened or intimidated.

When culturally competent nurses interact with other cultures, they observe how members of the culture communicate, watching for verbal and non-verbal cues. Eye contact is important to identify. For some cultures direct eye contact is not polite. Touch for some cultures is prohibited. If needed, nurses should explain the reason for touching the patient before proceeding. In some cultures males cannot be caregivers of females. Silence doesn’t always mean miscommunication or patient apathy. For some cultures is a positive non-verbal cue or a sign of respect or agreement. Space and distance is very important when providing care. Patients can place themselves close or far from the nurse based on their culture. Healthcare beliefs also vary from cultures. Some cultures are compliant with cares while others may not be very cooperative. Based on these observations, nurses can plan their plan of care based on the patient’s needs (Maier-Lorentz, 2008 Journal Of Cultural Diversity). Nurses also need to observe pain non-verbal cues, food preferences, family arrangements and general norms and interactions.

traditions calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves.

In my counseling the older adult class we discussed in great detail the different types of culture, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc. and how it affects the way we as health care providers of helpers should approach a person. I’ve learned in my ongoing time here at CMC that there are all kinds of diversity within the healthcare field, amongst the doctors, case managers, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and others caregivers. There is also a lot of diversity within the patients’ in the hospital. Some patients’ come from within the community and some may just be visiting or coming from surrounding communities. Along with the difference in community and backgrounds that the patients’ come from they also vary by illness or healthcare need. At first it is hard to realize the difference among those that come

care. Nursing care for any individual should not be compromised because of ethnicity, gender, spiritual values, disability, age, economic, social or health status, or any other grounds. Respect for an individual’s needs includes recognition of the individual’s place in a family and the community. For this reason, others should be included in the individual’s care. Respect for an individual’s needs, beliefs and values includes culturally sensitive care, and the need

The strategy for this aspect is I will treat that person like how I would treat myself. I believe every person have the right to be treated the same regardless of who they are. As for cultural encounters is “the process that encourages the health care provider to directly engage in cross-cultural interactions with clients from culturally diverse backgrounds” (Campinha-Bacote 182). The strategy for this aspect is I will communicate with clients in a respectable and mannerly way with a heart-warming tone. Because in the healthcare system, giving and treating people with respect is one of the importance step that one needs to acquire. Lastly, cultural desire is “the motivation of the health care provider to want to, rather than have to, engage in the process of becoming culturally aware, culturally knowledgeable, culturally skillful, and familiar with cultural encounters” (Campinha-Bacote 182-183). As for this aspect, I will put myself into the client situation and be understandable and let him/her know that I really want to do my best to care for him/her. In the healthcare system, I want to provide the best care for my client/patients regardless who they are, I want everyone to be healthy and

Greetings and respect are also essential to effective cultural sensitivity care provided by the nurse and other health professionals. ‘Bula’ is

What may have been the norm for one may not be the norm to another, especially when it comes to the cultures of foreign lands.   Cultural norms often are so strongly ingrained in an individual's daily life that the individual may be unaware of certain behaviors. Until these behaviors are seen in the context of a different culture with different values and beliefs, the

While working in the medical field I have become close to many of my patients. I treat my patients with respect, kind, and I let them know that I do care for them and their personal wellness. I have had so many patients come to me with open arms and want to include me into parts that they hold very special and scared in their lives. Growing up my parents practice two different religions and taught me to always have an open mind towards all different cultures and religions. A couple that have been patients of mine for two years are from India. I have learned a lot regarding their culture and traditions regarding how they care for themselves medically.