Heritage Assessment Dianna Freeman Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotions NSG-429V December 20, 2014 Heritage Assessment “Health is influenced by culture and beliefs” (NRS-429V, 2011, p. 1). In order for the nurse to properly care for the patient, she must know and understand the patient’s culture. “Cultural care is a comprehensive model that includes the assessment of a client’s cultural needs, beliefs, and health care practices” (NRS-429V, 2011, p. 1). It is not enough
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Family Health Assessment Wilson K. A Nyamwatta Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V (NRS- 429V) Family Centered Health Promotion November 25, 2012 Page 1 There are three methods of data collection employed by community nurses to obtain community assessment data. They include observation, interviews and measurement; the observation method also referred to as the windshield survey that includes the use of all the senses i.e. sight, touch, smell, hearing and taste to ascertain community appearances
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Health Traditions and Practices as it Relates to Health Maintenance in The Culturally Diverse. M. Gabrielle Kuehl (aka Maria Kuehl) Grand Canyon University NRS-429V August 17, 2014 Promoting a health wellness plan to that effectively addresses the needs of a culturally diverse community, requires heritage based evaluations and considerations to address the varying diverse values, traditions or practices within the family unit. Understanding the family’s cultural heritage in addition to health
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Running head: Health Promotion Health Promotion Tina Butler Grand Canyon University Family-Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Kimberly Stout July 28, 2012 Health Promotion The responsibility to increase quality and years of healthy living can be challenging, each individual as well as the United States Health Care Delivery System plays an important role in improving our Nations health. “Health promotion is defined as helping people to discover the interactions between their core passion
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Family Health Assessment NRS-429V-0501 After interviewing the family, compile the data and analyze the responses. In 1,000-1,250 words, summarize the findings for each functional health pattern for the family you have selected. Identify two or more wellness nursing diagnoses based on your family assessment. Wellness and family nursing diagnoses are different than standard nursing diagnoses. A list of wellness and family nursing diagnoses, from J. R. Webers Nurses Handbook of Health
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HERITAGE Heritage Assessment Lara Abdallah Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family Health Promotion June 30, 2011 Heritage Assessment Different approaches to health care differ from one culture to another and are evident in the human race. In the health care field, having the knowledge that different people are usually shaped in life through the traditions that they were brought up with, some do use these traditional ways of health maintenance for their need for better health status. Due to
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Culture: How It Is Related to Health Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Shauna Wise September 7, 2014 Culture: How It Is Related to Health As nurses we encounter people every day from a variety of cultures, in healthcare our understanding of each patient’s cultural values will help guide us in providing care that is individualized and respectful while at the same time providing evidence based care that is safe for our patients. To provide culturally competent
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Cultural Diversity in Nursing Care Rhonda Dilks Grand Canyon University Family Health Promotion NRS 429V November 01, 2010 Cultural Diversity in Nursing Care Health in all cultures is an important aspect of life. A person’s cultural background, religion and/or beliefs, greatly influences a person’s health and their response to medical care (Spector, 2004). These diverse cultures guide decisions made in daily life; what food eaten, living arrangements made, medications taken and medical
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Heritage Assessment NRS-429V | Culture and Cultural Competency in Health Promotion John Thomas 3/24/13 The Heritage Assessment tool is primarily used as a device to evaluate health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration of a person’s cultural beliefs and values (Spector, 2006). This assessment helps aid in providing quality patient care in that it helps to meet and respect the needs of different types of people and their respective backgrounds (Spector, 2002). This particular
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Running head: Heritage Assessment Heritage Assessment Caridad Doucet Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family Centered Health Promotions Melva Bost RN, MS August 26, 2012 Heritage Assessment The United States has become a multicultural country. Everywhere you look, you see a plethora of cultures that range from Hispanic and African to Asian and American Indian. The varied traditions and beliefs of a multicultural country impact how nurses implement patient-centered
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