Question

A nurse educator is preparing an orientation on culture and the workplace. There is a need to address the many cultures that seek healthcare services and how to better understand the culture. This presentation will Examine the role of the nurse as a culturally diverse practitioner.

Choose a culture that you feel less knowledgeable about

Compare this culture with your own culture

Analyze the historical, socioeconomic, political, educational, and topographical aspects of this culture

What are the appropriate interdisciplinary interventions for hereditary, genetic, and endemic diseases and high-risk health behaviors within this culture?

What are the influences of their value systems on childbearing and bereavement practices

What are their sources of strength, spirituality, and magicoreligious beliefs associated with health and health care?

What are the health-care practices: acute versus preventive care; barriers to health care; the meaning of pain and the sick role; and traditional folk medicine practices?

What are cultural issues related to learning styles, autonomy, and educational preparation of content for this culture?

This PowerPoint® (Microsoft Office) or Impress® (Open Office) presentation should be a minimum of 20 slides, including a title and reference slide, with detailed speaker notes on content slides and recorded audio comments on all slides. Use at least four scholarly sources and make certain to review the module’s Signature Assignment Rubric before starting your presentation. This presentation is worth 400 points for a quality content and presentation. I need references

Answer 1

" When I see you through my eyes, I think that we are different, when I see through my heart, I know we are the same."

- Doe Zantamata

Cultural diversity exist in workplace when the employees are of different gender,age,race, color,nationality, languages. When people with different background and cultures work together, they are exposed to different viewpoints and ideas. This helps people to get accustomed to sharing and caring with the different cultures. The hiring and managing employees with diverse culture is an important asset for business companies in the competitive market place that allows expansion of the work world wide.

My culture is of a Christian community and the culture that I would like to study more is Islamic culture as I had been working in one of the Islamic country. As per my observation, the cultural differences from my culture is huge. Christians believed in miraculous healing whereas Islamic teaching believes healing through medications. In Islamic culture, the women donot have as much freedom as in our culture. The Islamic patients often request the patients to be treated by same gender whereas gender of the physician is not an issue among Christians. The treatment choices are different and may change according to their cultural practices. For example: Isalmic patient may refuse medication during fasting or hours of prayer.

Both the culture possessed great similarities but the dissimilarities are also high. The history shows various beliefs regarding presence of One God and the disease to be a punishment for the sin. The Islamic culture believes in simplicity in all aspect especially the way of dressing, eating and communicating with others. With their external appearance one can never identify a economically rich or poor person. The quench for education is also high as the have a competitive spirit and want to make advancements through modern technology. But the education for women is limited among some group of Islams. The Islamic country believes in establishing strong control over the nations who are non-islamic. Therefore they have politically raised standards. The topographical arrangements of this area is also very systematic.

The various interdisciplinary interventions of this culture which may help in disease prevention and promotion of health include no alcohol or drug abuse, strict laws for marriage and assualts, health services free of cost to all its native people, spiritual and psychological support during grief and bereavement.

In case of childbearing, the children are considered to be God'gift. Abortion is prohibited among Islam. The contraceptive methods are also not frequently used by these culture. The culture follows abstinence as the contraception method. The Islamic believe in expression of grief to remain dignified, prohibiting loud wailing, beating chest, shreiking,tearing of hairs or clothes that make Muslim lose faith. Bereavement represents a significant life event often resulting in social, psychological, and spiritual transition. Dead among muslims is considered to be a new beginning rather than a end. They find comfort in prayers and a faith to re-unite with the dead person in paradise.

References:

1. Haley Smith, " Global LT- Advantages of cultural diversity in workplace", March 21, 2017
2. Maria Kristianson, Aziz Sheikh, " Understanding faith considerations when caring for a bereaved muslims", 2012 Dec; 105(12) : 513-517
3. Hannah Osborn " A comparison of Islamic and Christian influences on medicines in middle ages", April 1, 2017