Cultural Differences Essay

and the values our patient’s practice. In the diverse community we live in, we will encounter with patient’s who practice different beliefs, experiences and personal values, other than the one’s we practice. Nurses need to be aware of these cultural differences to be able to provide compassionate and competent patient care (Blais & Hayes, 2011). My chosen culture and value conflict is the use of herbal or nutritional therapy. Throughout my reading from this week’s reading section, I learned…

Without a doubt, international students will encounter many cultural differences. Class work standards may be different from your home country, and classroom etiquette may differ quite a bit, than what you are used to. These cultural differences may, in some cases, affect or interfere with studies. Although college is challenging, I am going to succeed by using advice from experts, by developing strategies, and by taking advantage of the benefits offered by my college. Since I am From Iran,…

An excellent way to illustrate a difference in culture or ethnicity is in an interracial relationship. Established on personal experience, I have concluded that interracial relationships can be very demanding and effortful, particularly when there is a great significance in cultures. An interracial couple who are both from North America may not experience as much work as what I experienced. There may be some cultural differences, but it may not be as significant as a couple from different…

Issues of Healthcare and Privacy When providing care for someone from another culture the nurse must be aware that there are some cultural differences that are upheld by other cultures. The nurse must not impose their cultural views on the patient. And the nurse cannot let his/her views effect the quality of care to be provided. The nurse also must take these differences into consideration while still doing his/her best to provide the finest, culturally appropriate care possible without being…

To practice cultural competence in the nursing field I need to be aware of the fact that many belief systems exist. So, this may mean that at times I don’t understand why people do what they do and it may even seem weird or meaningless, but I know how important it is to to value others differences. It shows patients that we are compassionate and that their needs are our top…

Throughout a family, their are going to be differences that are going to shape for future generations. These differences could consist of cultures, Humor, boundaries, and honesty with the freedom of expression. Family members are going to have to accept each other 's differences if they are going to be close with one another to have a relationship. My great grandmother of my grandmothers side, whom I addressed to as GeeGee, was from Warners NY. She was a very humorous person, and always voiced…

Westerners tend to have very specific episodic memories compared to East Asians and Asian Americans (Dritschel & others, 2011; Wang, 2009). These differences apply to the ways individuals imagine future episodes too (Wang & others, 2011,experience psychology chapter 6 page page 207). Culture can influence the things people can remember in other ways as well. For example, when asked to apportion the first…

The health care field has been revolutionized by advances in genomics and molecular biology which have provided the necessary tools required to identify the hereditary component, susceptibility, disease process, and pharmacological response of numerous diseases. According to Perry, Hockenberry, Lowdermilk, and Wilson (2010), there is a genetic component associated with almost all human illnesses affecting individuals of all ages, socioeconomic levels, race, ethnicity or religious beliefs.…

open all forms of people with no judgement. However, what they fail to realize is that the culture that they grew up in or are currently surrounded by allows their beliefs to correspond with those around them, and all the biases get fused into a cultural or societal norm. To me association means linking terms or beliefs together, and I think that in a society that is bound to happen because people have the desire to fit into their surroundings. This was not necessarily a new term for me, but…

misconstrued. These differences in communication styles build the foundations of the beliefs and values that each culture has and how they communicate with each other and the rest of the world. Culture, in essence, is a society 's shared and systematic ways of living. It consists of the norms and conventions (such as language) that enable us to interact socially and make sense of the world. (Kossen, Kiernan & Lawrence, 2013) This essay will focus on collectivist and individualist cultural…