I am giving you some idea for Item#1 and Item#3 which you will need to formulate answers. You may need to expand both of these items so it is adequate.

How To Complete: MN552_Unit1_DB_Topic1

Topic 1: Getting to Know You and Cultural Competence

Hello Brian… There are six items which we need to address for this discussion board topic. I am giving you some idea for Item#1 and Item#3 which you will need to formulate answers. You may need to expand both of these items so it is adequate. But please make sure that at the end we need to have all items 1-6 properly addressed and meets rubrics.

Item #1: Provide Brief Description……

(Brian, can you please add or modify this paragraph. I am just giving you a

highlight)

Hello My Name is Esma L and I have been working as a Nurse for the last 5

years at St. Johns. Prior to joining to St. Johns I was working in a long term care I have been

privileged to become a nurse where I can help patients as well as their loved ones.

Working in a different aspects of Nursing is giving me diverse experience in helping

patients in times of joy and sadness makes my job very pleasurable. There is a definite

flexibility that comes with every aspect of the nursing profession and some of which can lead

to a more balanced career and a great family life.

Item#2: Review the Office of Minority Health … (Brian, please follow web resources)

Item# 3: Discuss your ethnic/cultural background (health perception and practices)

I am Muslim and practice Islam………(Brian, you need to add rest of the

information)

Item#: 4 Choose a different culture

Brian… You choose

Item#5: Apply at least one CLAS

Brian… You choose and follow web resources link!

Here is a sample of a peer who submitted INTIAL post. This would give you

some idea especially about: Item #1 and Item# 3.

Hello class My name is Stephanie Jones. I Live in Charlotteville. I do not have a special area

that I current work at r Hospital Flex team. I prefer to float from one unit to the next, after

seventeen years of nursing settling down in one unit is no longer an option for me. I believe

that all cultures are the same in what they belief and think. One culture may belief in the

supernatural to cure illness and other culture nay belief that spirits cause illness. I am a

Haitian descent and I grew up in a culture that believe in both white and black magic and that

herbal and bush medicine is the cure for all sickness. To be cultural competent we must first

understand one’s own cultural background.

Due to increase diversification globally, there has been an increased number of

culturally and linguistically different ethnic groups relocating from their countries of birth to

other nations. Indians are one of the different ethnic groups in the United States comprising of

people whose origin is India a country located in South Asian. In healthcare perspective,

Indians have proven to require cultural as well as linguistic assistance while seeking for health

services. This is highly promoted by the fact that Indian reveals diverse health beliefs, for

instance, it is a health believe that Indian men should not reveal the extent of pain, which

affects the patient care in terms of pain managements. Besides, most of the Indian are less

educated and reveals an ascent while communicating in English making it difficult to

converse efficiently leading to linguistics challenges while addressing the patient.

CLAS principle standard number five on Communication and Language Assistance is

one of the vital principles that would intensify the capacity of the Indian ethnic group in

receiving equitable care in a different cultural background (OMH 2016). The standard states

that “Offer language assistance to individuals who have limited English proficiency or other

communication needs, at no cost to them, to facilitate timely access to all health care and

services.” The standard is appropriate when dealing with the Indians because the highest

percentage are not able to express their needs using proficient English.

Advanced practice nurse plays an imperative role in the future of the health services

and cares for the patients. They comprise of various groups of registered practicing nurses

such as the nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, clinical nurse’s specialists as well as the

midwives (Newhouse, Stanik-Hutt, White, Johantgen, Bass, Zangaro, & Weiner, 2011).

Advanced practicing nurses are in most cases the primary care providers and leads in the

forefront in course of providing care to the ailing individuals. This promotes the instances at

which the nurses interact with people from different cultural and ethnic background.

Culturally sensitive care enhances the respect, knowledge as well as skill to the practicing

nurses providing the chance for offering effective care (Majumdar, Browne, Roberts, &

Carpio, 2004