Week 5 discussion

The Course Outcomes covered this week are below

CO2: Communicate effectively with culturally diverse individuals, families, and organizations (PO3)

CO Perform a culturally competent nursing assessment (PO7)

This week

select and read one of the chapters of particular interest to you listed in Assignments under Readings;

discuss what information you should obtain to develop and implement culturally appropriate plans of care for an individual of this group; and

share a brief case study or exemplar as a way to share your formation

Examples:

Childbearing: A young Hasidic mom just emigrated from Israel to the United States She is at term and comes to your Mother/Baby Unit for delivery

Children: Oman is 5 years old His family members are refugees from Syria At the local community center a routine blood sugar test indicated his results were very high He now needs hospitalized for control

Adult: Luca moved to the United States after earning her BSN in Manila, Philippines She works three jobs so that she can send money home to her family She needs a treatment for breast cancer, but taking time off from any of the jobs will create a hardship on her local and extended family at home

Older Adult: KC is 72 years old and came to the United States many years ago from Ghana He is divorced, his children do not live in the area, and you often see him at the senior citizen’s center where you volunteer He has uncontrolled hypertension

Mental Health: Arkady was born in the former Soviet Union He has battled depression most of his adult life and has been hospitalized again in the mental health facility 30 miles from his family for a suicide attempt Although he has health insurance, the benefits for his diagnosis are about to expire