Nursing Japanese cultural assignment

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Outline for Comprehensive Cultural Assessment

Jennifer Gonzalez

St. Thomas University

NUR 505-AP6

Dr. Darline Francois, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, ENA, RRT

July 7, 2024

Outline for Comprehensive Cultural Assessment: Japanese Cultural Beliefs and Practices

I. Introduction

· The brief history of Japanese culture

· Cultural background is one of the essential principles of healthcare

II. Japanese Cultural Beliefs and Practices

· Family and community roles

· Importance of family decision-making

· Respect for elders

· Concepts of health and illness

· Culture (e.g., conventional thoughts of disequilibrium of body, mind, and spirit).

· Integration of Africa’s traditional medicine practices with modern approaches.

· Dietary customs and restrictions

· Common dietary practices

· Effect on the diet management in healthcare.

III. Impact on Healthcare Decision-Making

· Decision-making process

· Individual versus Collective decisions

· Family’s participation in consent and care planning

· Trust in healthcare professionals

· Importance of building trust

· Honor for superiors and knowledgeable people

IV. Treatment Adherence

· Patient's expectations and beliefs on medication and treatment

· Preferences for non-invasive treatments

· Possible fallback on traditional treatments

· Factors influencing adherence

· Family support and encouragement

· Awareness of treatment advantages and disadvantages

V. Communication Strategies

· Language barriers and preferences

· Interpreters or translators are employed, providing translation services or any other bilingual personnel.

· The significance of mutual understanding and effective manner of speaking to one another

· Non-verbal communication

· Body movement and nonverbal communication are important.

· The norms of an individual’s culture determine how they feel or convey pain/discomfort.

VI. Cultural relevant intervention

· Culturally sensitive care plans

· Drawing on the traditional practices when it makes sense

· respect diet and lifestyle choice.

· Involving family in care

· Family members should participate in the care of their sick ones.

· Implementing family-focused service provision

VII. Patient Education

· Tailoring education materials

· Incorporation of the local language and examples

· Make some of the items so they can be easily understood by people with poor reading and writing skills.

· Awareness on health and nutrition

· Focusing on possibilities of warding off diseases and providing comprehensive medical treatment

· Addressing cultural practice that people have toward the management of their health

VIII. Conclusion

· Summary of key points

· Since culture is a dynamic concept, cultural competence must be developed and maintained continuously.

· Promising cultural respect to patients

IX. References

Cite a list of sources on Japanese cultures and practices in healthcare.