Question

Module 01 written-assessment and health and illness beliefs

Answer 1

HEALTH AND ILLNESS BELIEF:-
- Nurses today provide care, education, and case management to a incredibly diverse patient population involved with cultural, linguistic, and health literacy barriers.
- Nurses will be required to treat people of different backgrounds while providing the same quality of care.
- It is important to be prepared for the challenges this may bring and to be understanding of these differences.
- The illness beliefs of differing heritages can influence the nurse’s assessment of the patient. The patient’s expression and the nurse’s interpretation may be affected by the culture of either part.
- All cultures have their own recognized symptoms of ill health.
        -E.g.-A person of European heritage may respond to the question “how are you feeling today?” much differently.
-Healthcare can be a complex issue. Cultural and language barriers can complicate the situation even more. Assessment of these patients can raise many issues that the nurse needs to be aware of and address in order to come up with a specific diagnosis and an acceptable plan of treatment that respects the patient’s cultural beliefs.