HERITAGE ASSESSMENT GRAND CANYON UNVERSITY FAMILY-CENTERED HEALTH PROMOTION NRS-429V-0506 February 13, 2015 HERITAGE ASSESSMENT America having been a very welcoming nation with welcoming people continues to experience immigrants from other parts of the world in search of better living standards and employment opportunities, hence has a high growing population with diverse cultures .This writer is a new immigrant from Africa .For that reason it is important for nurses to learn the health practices
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Heritage Assessment Brian Kinder Grand Canyon University NRS-429V Shauna Wise Heritage Assessment Introduction The Heritage Assessment Tool is a questionnaire consisting of more than 20 questions. The purpose of this assessment is to help the nurse learn about health and illness beliefs from individuals from different cultures. A heritage assessment was performed on three different persons from different cultural backgrounds. This paper will outline cultural beliefs regarding health maintenance
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Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Revathy V. Anderson NRS 429V Grand Canyon University Instructor: Cherryl Llanos March 15, 2012 Family Health Assessment Family health assessment helps to collect information on different aspects of life of a family and recognizes the risk factors before it progresses into a complication. Gordon’s 11 functional health models “is a tool used in collection and organization
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Heritage Assessment Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Common health traditions are influenced by our ethnic and religious upbringings. Nurses strive to meet the needs of their patients and be respectful of their culture. The three ethnic groups analyzed were Native American, Black African American and Hispanic. Each culture faces a unique set of circumstances regarding health promotion. Using a heritage health assessment offers insight on each person individually. Applying a heritage
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Heritage Assessment Maria Spencer Grand Canyon University Family-Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Marcy Engebretson August 11, 2013 Heritage Assessment The Heritage Assessment tool consists of questions used to examine one's ethnic, cultural, and religious heritage. It defines how someone associates himself with a particular custom. It assists in comprehending someone's cultural beliefs. (Pearson Education, 2012) People who belong in a traditional ethno cultural heritage may have
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VARK Analysis Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family-Centered Health Promotion September 21, 2012 L earning is only complete when an individual can reproduce the knowledge gained from educational institutions, self-study and observance. Retention of knowledge depends on the way students have gained the knowledge; learning style varies from person to person. One method that may be highly appealing to a particular student may not be appealing to another student. So learning style
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Heritage Assessment and Implementation in Nursing Taiba Alfred Grand Canyon University: NRS- 429V August/30/2015 The usefulness of applying heritage assessment tool in nursing is to help nurses to be aware of the different cultural norms and values of individual patients. Heritage assessments also help nurses to be cultural competent. This writer will discuss the heritage assessment of three families from three different countries, how health insurance affects their health decision, and how
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Robbins-Bagby Grand Canyon University NRS 429V August 27, 2012 Review of Literature Health promotion involves the whole person who includes person, family, community, and population. “Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions.” (World Health Organization [WHO], 2012) Health involves physical, mental, spiritual
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Heritage Assessment Heritage Assessment Grand Canyon University NRS-429V January 22, 2011 Heritage Assessment Heritage is as individual as a fingerprint when it comes to some cultures. Every individual has their own heritage, and this is very different between different cultures. Heritage consists of determination of one’s ethnic, religious, and cultural background (Spector, 2009). When we look at someone’s heritage, we look at traditional health methods used to maintain health, protect
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Heritage Assessment: Applying The Heritage Assessment Jake Freeman GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY: NRS - 429V 10/31/2011 Applying the heritage assessment can be useful with integration into the health care system. First impressions go along with the proper approach. If you look at it this way first impressions are important in every culture. With the plethora of cultures out there and each family shaped by these values and beliefs a good approach is always an informed one
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