Culturally-Based Care Analysis

Culturally based care guides decisions and actions in clinical matters. Since all cultures have unique care knowledge and practices. As such, the culture specific values provide practitioners with patient roles and expectations, the amount of information needed for treatment, management of death and dying, and the processes for decision-making as well as gender and family roles. This paper discusses a cultural interview carried out between a student nurse and a male client of Indian-American descent. The student nurse was introduced to the client through work relations and the interview took three days to complete. The interview sessions occurred at a healthcare clinic since the interviewer did not get the opportunity to visit the client’s …show more content…
The client was born in the United States and in his 46 years of existence, he has lived in Gas City Indiana but plans to move in with his fiancé since he was not married although he has a son. Further, he stated that his parents were born in the United States. The client stated that he is doing well financially and can afford the essentials of life in addition to health insurance, which is paid from his salary. Regarding education, the client is college-educated and holds a bachelor’s degree. He indicated that he had never served in the military and worked as a propulsion plant instructor at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, a job that he described as safe with no particular health hazards.
From the salient elements of cultural identity, the client provided information consistent with the Indian-American culture. The heritage assessment tool provides nurses with an evaluation of the physical, spiritual, and mental beliefs of a client to determine the health maintenance and restoration methods. Therefore, a student nurse gains knowledge on the aspect of identity, which provide the basis for healthcare