Culture is a way to name who you are as a human being. My identification includes being a 21-year-old straight white American female with a Native American and Japanese ethnic background. My parents were teen parents, and I have a single mom raising me. Socioeconomically I have been below the poverty line growing up, and pay for college all on my own. Organizations I am involved with in nursing school are club volleyball, crimson scrubs, and being a student ambassador. When it come to my own personal health care preferences I really appreciate natural medicine. Buddha’s teachings are a very important factor in my life, and it is a way of life that I try to practice. These are the main cultures that I identify with, but there are some misconceptions about them.
Every time I tell someone that my parents had me when they were 17 they look at me funny as if I am not telling them the truth. People think there’s no way you ended up the way you did with teen parents. There are a lot of misconceptions that people who live in poverty have a choice not to. Growing up was hard, and my mom worked three plus jobs my whole life and we still are …show more content…
I think that my results could have an impact on my nursing career because there were certain cultures where I was slightly biased towards. Personally, I feel that I am not biased towards particular cultures. I plan on treating every patient with the same care that they deserve regardless of their culturally background. However, I think that the tests are important because it made me more aware of other cultures than before. To address some of my implicit biases I will make sure I am very aware of how I act around every culture, and I will do my best to give the best culturally competent care that I can