Family Health Assessment Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V May 21, 2013 Gordon’s functional health patterns has been used since the late 1980s and serves as a guide for nurses in the nursing process. It was created by Marjory Gordon to help provide a framework to aide in the promotion of family health (“Gordon’s functional health, 2013”). Gordon’s functional health patterns consists of 11 categories that help nurses determine how each individual functions. An interview was conducted on a Caucasian
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Cultural Competence Culture and Cultural Competency in Health Promotion Valsamma Xavi Grand Canyon University: NRS 429V Family and Health Promotion 09-13-2014 In today’s society, nurses interact and care for many individuals from various cultures. Nurses are responsible for understanding and valuing culture and upholding the rights and dignity of each individual. Cultural competence can be defined as “the level of knowledge-based skills required to provide effective clinical care to patients
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(Benchmark Assessment) Heritage Assessment Paper Michelle U. Ghitkammanee Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V March 8, 2015 Maintaining, Protecting and Restoring Health among Filipino American Culture The health maintenance among the Filipino Americans characterized by bodily awareness of the sign and symptoms related to their chronic illnesses. Three major chronic illnesses that the majority of the Filipino Americans have are diabetes, hypertension and cerebrovascular accident or stroke.
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How do I learn Best? Angela Patterson Grand Canyon University NRS- 429v Family-Centered Health Promotion March 9, 2015 When beginning the Verk assessment you may wonder why the professor would require the class to complete this assessment. Then as the learning style was presented it was shocking and very interesting. It was unbelievable how just a few questions could paint a picture of your learning skills. The Verk assessment stated that one’s learning style is as follows, auditory learner
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Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Mary.Mattappally Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family-Centered Health Promotion December 18, 2011 Family Health Assessment: Family health assessment is a great tool utilized to develop health care plan for the whole family in a holistic approach for the most effective health outcomes. Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns are used to obtain systematic collection of information
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Heritage Assessment Grand Canyon University NRS-429V Family Centered Health Promotion Times have changed when it comes to diversity of cultures in healthcare. In the past physician’s worked in communities with patients that had similar racial backgrounds and culture. (Bussey-Jones & Genao, 2003) In these cultures diversity is present when it comes to different beliefs and practices and it is important to evaluate these individuals to ensure their plan of care is focused on their needs as
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Heritage Assessment Rajasree Prasannakumar Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Martha Schlagel August 4, 2013 The world is filled with many cultures and it is important for healthcare professionals to understand most of them, therefore understand their patient. The heritage assessment includes the many factors that may influence a patient’s medical decision such as their religious beliefs and cultural background (Spector, 2009). The heritage assessment is very useful in understanding a patient’s
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Family Assessment: Functional Health Patterns Pamela Obiadi Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V-O507 May 10, 2015 Family Assessment: Functional Health Patterns The selected family is the Nguyen family, who are originally from Vietnam. They came to America in 1993; and have lived in the U.S. for over 20 years. Their family consists of father, mother, two boys and two girls. Given that this family has been in the U.S. for a long time, it is interesting to evaluate their health patterns from
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Heritage Essay Ike Gill Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V July 27, 2014 Using the heritage assessment I was able to see the differences in religious background, and also how that religious and cultural background influences the health care decisions. The three I choice to use were Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims. The reason being I am Sikh and most of my neighbors are Hindus and Muslims. Even though we all come from different background we are still very close and consult each other when we need
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Heritage Assessment Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V-0102 Heritage Assessment In building cultural competency, the differences of Hispanic, Puerto Rican, and American heritage are compared in this paper, analyzing health maintenance, health promotion, and health restoration in these cultures is based on the use of a culture heritage assessment tool. This tool consists of twenty nine questions about culture, “the greater the number of positive responses
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