Discusss the Element of patient-centered care and cultural competences.
As health care providers we have to be mindful not to unwillingly place our patients under certain preconception of a certain group, race, or religious category just by their physical traits (Ball, et. al, 2015). In the medical practice it is imperative to understand the diversity of culture. It is imperative to focus on the patient as unique individual, while taking into account of the patients needs (dogmas, cultural preference, social economic and values.) ball, et. al, 2015). Another element, knows how to obtain information as to how our patient we are caring for receive and understand information (i.e. there perception of their disease) (ball, et. al, 2015) …show more content…
The patient was receiving chemotherapy that depleted his counts. With most patients we cared for we would replenish their blood counts with blood transfusions. However, with this particular patient, was a Jehovah witness whose religion dictates that they cannot receive any blood transfusions.. As nurses we had to understand and respect that this is his belief. We had to be aware and be sensitive to his religious culture. In order to accommodate the patient instead of drawing labs on him everyday which can add to his dropping the count we monitored every other day.
Discuss how the nurse could create a cultural response when factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic barriers, or disability are present.
Nurses need to be able to acknowledge their own bias that they may have on certain culture and need to be mindful not to portray that bias on the patient they are caring for. The nurse should be sensitive to the person’s beliefs and have to understand their beliefs by obtaining more information by interviewing the patient. this helps the nurse see the individual that the patient is in addition to how they practice in their cultural background(Ball et. al,
As health care providers we have to be mindful not to unwillingly place our patients under certain preconception of a certain group, race, or religious category just by their physical traits (Ball, et. al, 2015). In the medical practice it is imperative to understand the diversity of culture. It is imperative to focus on the patient as unique individual, while taking into account of the patients needs (dogmas, cultural preference, social economic and values.) ball, et. al, 2015). Another element, knows how to obtain information as to how our patient we are caring for receive and understand information (i.e. there perception of their disease) (ball, et. al, 2015) …show more content…
The patient was receiving chemotherapy that depleted his counts. With most patients we cared for we would replenish their blood counts with blood transfusions. However, with this particular patient, was a Jehovah witness whose religion dictates that they cannot receive any blood transfusions.. As nurses we had to understand and respect that this is his belief. We had to be aware and be sensitive to his religious culture. In order to accommodate the patient instead of drawing labs on him everyday which can add to his dropping the count we monitored every other day.
Discuss how the nurse could create a cultural response when factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic barriers, or disability are present.
Nurses need to be able to acknowledge their own bias that they may have on certain culture and need to be mindful not to portray that bias on the patient they are caring for. The nurse should be sensitive to the person’s beliefs and have to understand their beliefs by obtaining more information by interviewing the patient. this helps the nurse see the individual that the patient is in addition to how they practice in their cultural background(Ball et. al,