Nursing and Healthcare Assignment
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1Running head: NURSING Nursing Name of student:Name of university:Author note:
2NURSING Culture has been indicated to be a significant factor in determining healthcarepreferences guiding care practices. The requirement for upholding transcultural nursing istherefore undeniable. The impact of culture on nursing practice has gained immense attentionwhile care givers strive to use analytic skills for planning, designing and implementing careplans. It is vital for nurses to be culturally knowledgeable, culturally skilful, culturally aware,and seek cultural encounters. Acknowledging the cultural differences between patients whocome from diverse backgrounds, and between healthcare professionals is imperative fordelivering comprehensive care (Giger 2016). The present paper discusses the impact ofculture in nursing practice. The aim is to explore the ideas of culture and professionalism andunderstand the importance of culturally competent and culturally responsive practice. Culture is kept alive by communication, through both verbal and nonverbal means.However, most nurse professionals face challenges while engaging in effectivecommunication with the patients. Communication modes tend to show increased variationbetween cultures. While some patients might be speaking standard English other might not.The language also differs depending upon social class, ethnicity and region. Non-verbalcommunications play an important role for a certain section of the patient population. Forexample, some patients would use different non-verbal modes of communication to putforward their concerns. Eye contact is regarded as a sign of honesty and trust, and it is anorm. Emotional expression also varies between cultures. It is important for a nurse tounderstand these aspects and respect them. Nurse might also find that a certain group ofpatients have a cooperative attitude and answer all questions raised by nurses. Such patientsbelieve in expressing their concerns and pain as a response is expected early. Effectivecommunication with healthcare professionals from same or different fields allows fordiscussions that form the basis for the therapeutic plan. Against this backdrop nurses mustundergo training for cultural competency and improve own skills for representing the patient
3NURSING and advocating for him, as well as negotiating a plan with other professionals andrecommending strategies. Maturity is to be shown by concise and slow speaking, politeness,simplicity and civility (Douglas et al. 2014). Karatay et al. (2016) highlighted that space is a crucial aspect while dealing with adiverse group of patients. Invasion of personal space is a concern while interacting withpatients. Territoriality is the attitude and feeling towards the personal area of an individual.All patients have their own territorial behaviour. Violation of the intimate space of the patientor feelings of territoriality leads to discomfort for a patient and eventual refusal of the patientfor receiving treatment. While some populations need personal space, some prefer minimalphysical contact with the care giver. Gender, however, plays a role in this respect as womentend to seek care from female professionals and same for men. In such a case a nurse musttake the lead given by the patient. This implies that if the patient is not keen on physicalcontact, such form of contact is to be avoided. The boundaries of coming in contact with thepatient are to be respected. Jeffreys (2015) argue that social organisations of a patient and the value of culture inthe individual’s life are to be understood by a nurse. For example, Americans view theirfamily members as providers of care for sick behaviour and administration of medications.Members of the family act as an important part of healthcare planning. It is common for themto get adequate support from family members and discuss important issues with them. Owingto this reason nurse must engage the family members of the patient in the process of outliningcare plan for the patient. Shen (2015) in this regard states that a nurse must have highsensitivity towards religious practices and beliefs of the patient and the family members. It isthe duty of the nurse to not impose nay personal beliefs on the patient under anycircumstances. The nurse must be in quest of knowledge at the fundamental level. Exposureto different cultures is a suitable learning mechanism.
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