Culture paper...need a little help please!

[savita]

Hello fellow student nurses and nurses..

i have a culture paper to do, basically answering a few questions base on your own cultural belief and religion...any who would like to answer can reply to me..thank you :)

What is your culture?

What is your religion? Do u visit a religious temple?

Does you culture or religion has a specific way to dress-clothing?

Does it have a specific way to eat-dietary difference from American diet?

Does your religion or culture value exercise? Do you do relaxation techniques-yoga, medication?

in what country were you born?

In what country were you educated?

What is the status of women, how are career women viewed in that country?

What constitutes an authority figure? Is it acceptable to question or challenge that figure?

What is the status of nurses/ of physicians? How does the salary compare to the USA?

What level of nursing care is given (basic care, skilled care, advanced life support, etc.)?

What are the duties of nurses in the native country?

How are expenses paid? Who is responsible? Who does the decision making in your family?

What is the level of technology? Do u use technology often? What are some of your ways to communicate with family and friends?

What is the culture's view of the elderly? Life support issues? Organ transplantation?

How are time and the use of time viewed?

How is personal space viewed? Touch? Eye contact? Handshakes?

What is the culture's attitude toward illness and the cause of illness? Pain? Expression of emotions? Care of opposite sex??

What are some behaviors associated with your culture? Religion? Developmental levels-child-infant-toddler-adolescent-adults?

What are some health behaviors associated with your culture? Religion? Developmental levels-child-infant-toddler-adolescent-adults?

Do you have children?

Look at family structure. Does culture or religion influence family planning?

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

I believe that these assignments are meant to take the nursing student out of their comfort zones and teach them how to ask difficult questions of a complete stranger. The interview process is the most important assessment tool that a nurse has at her disposal in the appropriate care of her patient for optimal outcomes. There are many verbal and non-verbal clues that can be obtained while interviewing the patient that far exceed any physical assessment.

The ability to deal with people and gain their trust in minute so that they trust a complete stranger with the most intimate details of their lives, things they may not even share with the most trusted person in their lives, so that we can care for them in the most optimal manner....... Is a fine tuned skill. One that I believe, cannot be obtained on an internet forum. One that may or may not be from a real nurse.

That being said.....you might try the international/world forum for a more diverse international community.

https://allnurses.com/international-nursing/

Good luck in school! :paw:

[tnbutterfly - Mary, BSN]

Moved to International Nursing for more response.