Running Head: 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
Words: 1213 - Pages: 5
Heritage Assessment The United States (US) is a multicultural society. People from all over the world reside in the US. There are many customs, religion, values, beliefs, and so forth, in the US. To be in the healthcare profession, it is vital and necessary to be culturally aware and competent to provide culturally appropriate, holistic care. One of the ways to learn about a person’s heritage is by using the Heritage Assessment (HA). The HA tool has 29 questions and is a reliable method used to
Words: 1477 - Pages: 6
Heritage Assessment Tool Devona Myrick Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Teaching and Learning Styles 10-11-2014 Heritage Assessment Tool Identified over 20 years ago in the USA the use of the heritage assessment proves to be useful in the supporting the national health along with the cure and prevention of a number of diseases (Edelmam & Mandle, 2010). It is reliable in helping the medical staff to talk with their patients and families about different
Words: 1064 - Pages: 5
Heritage assessment Danielle Sumner Grand Canyon University Heritage assessment Introduction The Heritage Assessment Tool can be adopted as a dependable tool to gauge, health maintenance, restoration and safeguard of personal, cultural beliefs. The adoption of health assessment tool helps meet the prerequisites of diverse patient populations to offer quality all-inclusive care. The following paper reviews the assessment of three culturally dissimilar families, and demonstrate how a nurse would
Words: 1259 - Pages: 6
patients. The Heritage Cultural Assessment is just the tool needed when assessing the cultural diversities. This assessment allows for medical professionals to learn about the patients’ ethnicity, religious preference, health traditions, as well as their cultural heritage. In my paper, I will discuss three culturally diverse families, the Latin American, Jewish American, and Native American. I will compare and contrast the different health traditions, religious beliefs and evaluate how families apply to
Words: 267 - Pages: 2
Heritage Assessment Mary DeCastro Grand Canyon University NUR 429V Lori James July 7, 2014 Heritage Assessment Health care professionals deliver cultural competent care on a daily basis. In 1969 Campinha-Bacote was pursuing an undergraduate degree in nursing. At the same time relationships between the Caucasians and Blacks were strained. Parties of either side felt compelled to identify with ethnic background. It was at this time that Campinha-Bacote laid the developmental stages of her
Words: 1122 - Pages: 5
Heritage Assessment February 17, 2013 Heritage Assessment Cultural heritage is the representation of artistic or symbolic signs that are delivered to the future generation in every culture to keep its distinctiveness to whole human beings. The corner stone for any cultural policy is the preservation and presentation of the cultural heritage. The heritage assessment tool helps us evaluate and study the cultural experiences of people from various cultures. This assessment tool allows us to
Words: 1206 - Pages: 5
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
Words: 1218 - Pages: 5
head: THE HERITAGE ASSESSMENT OF HISPANIC, ASIAN AND The Heritage Assessment of Hispanic, Asian and African American Families B.Cohran Grand Canyon University The Heritage Assessment of Hispanic, Asian and African American Families The Heritage Assessment Tool (HST) is used to “investigate a given patient’s or your own ethnic, cultural, and religious heritage…it can help determine how deeply a given person identifies with a particular tradition”. (prenhall.com). This assessment of 29 questions
Words: 1515 - Pages: 7
Heritage Assessment In 2012 the United States Census Bureau estimated there will be roughly 20 million new immigrants living in the U.S. over the next two decades (Plumer June, 2013). The results will be an increase of different cultures and traditions which healthcare workers will need to consider within their practice. The goal of this paper is to show the reader the usefulness of the Heritage Assessment tool when it is used to evaluate the individual’s needs in relation to culture and tradition
Words: 1422 - Pages: 6
