Heritage Assessment Tool Samantha Rich Grand Canyon University May 21, 2013 The Heritage Assessment Tool (HAT) is a way to asses an individual’s ethnic, religious, and cultural heritage as well as health traditions. Using this tool allows healthcare providers to deliver high quality patient care as well as develop a therapeutic relationship and healing approach. Being able to deliver high quality care to patients and families is of utmost importance for nurses. In order to be most efficient in
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Comparison of Another Culture Ronna Cassady NURS 321 Japan is a very respectful country and honors their elders. They will do what they are told without a doubt. They have an honor system and respect each other in many ways, as I will explain to you. Their food base is mainly from the sea, being that they are a bunch of scattered islands surrounded by the sea. The sea is basically a lifeline for them that is why their most popular servings are fish and rice. In Japan a greeting is a very big
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summary of personal learning, this student’s cultural heritage common health traditions, in addition to the differences in health traditions from three different cultures in relation to health maintenance, protection, and restoration. We have to understand our own cultural beliefs, values, attitudes, and practices that are relevant to health and illness before we can understand others (Jarvis, 2012). People have different views on health and illness which is influenced by their cultural beliefs. According
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take over the tradition and culture from generation to generation. Looking at someone’s heritage, it includes traditional health methods how a particular ethnic background people to maintain health, protect health and restore health. I would like to discuss about health traditions; health maintenance, health protection and health restoration among with three different culture; Philippine, Hispanic and Japanese. Health Maintenance Health maintenance deals
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Heritage Assessment Umamaheswari Venugopal Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V November 18, 2012 Heritage Assessment Based on the Study of Different Cultures Heritage could be described as something that has been transmitted from the past or handed over or followed by tradition. Every individual practice and follow their own heritage based on one’s ethnic, religious and cultural background. United States being a open minded country, welcomes all immigrants and is rich with multiracial
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Heritage Assessment Susamma J Charles Grand Canyon University NRS-429V Family-Centered Health Promotion 02-May-2012 (O101) Professor Patricia King June 03, 2012 Heritage Assessment The United States of America prospers on diversity. Every individual should be pleased with where they originally came from because of race, religion, and more importantly, culture. The definition of culture is “the shared knowledge and schemes created by a set of people for perceiving, interpreting,
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respects this culture while she is alive, she continues to haunt Tita even after her death. In her old age and deteriorating condition, Mama Elena was not able to cook for herself and therefore Tita had to do it for her. However, Mama Elena took massive doses of the chemical ipecac, which is meant to protect against poisoning and it kills her. In her depressed state while Pedro marries Rosaura and they move away, Tita begins to see psychologist John Brown who helps her back to health. In this process
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areas as developed or developing. Well-developed nations are considered under the idea that many of the individuals possess many of the human rights, such as high literacy rates, high life expectancies, and good health programs. Many developing nations lack the resources needed to support health programs and educational programs. Though there are many challenges facing development, the most important is the mistreatment. Women make up half of the world’s population and they are mistreated and abused
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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 these traditions and practices. The Heritage Assessment Tool offers information that assists in identifying the best care to administer to a diverse culture of people. The heritage assessment
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Heritage Assessment: Linking Heritage to Health Tricia Wharton Grand Canyon University: 429V August 23rd 2015 Heritage Assessment: Assessing Culture and Health The care needs of patients continue to change, as the United States population becomes more diverse. Nurses will be required to be more knowledgeable and respectful of the differences in cultural and religious beliefs as this diversity continues. The American Nurses Association (ANA) states, “knowledge of cultural diversity is vital
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