Assignment for a BSN on line class

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Specializes in neuro/ortho med surge 4.

Hi All,

I am taking a family health care/transcultural nursing class on line. My class requires me to immerse myself in an ethnic community and them take those experiences and do a powerpoint presentation on line. I chose the Vietnamese community to focus on. One of the immersion experiences that I must have is to interview a caretaker of Vietnamese peoples. It can be an MD or a nurse. I have tried setting up appointments at a local community health center to talk to someone and so far I have not received any phone calls back. I know how busy it can be in the healtcare industry so I do not like to push.

I am hoping someone on line can help me out with a few questions.

1. How is the best way to care for someone in the Vietnamese community?

2. What would a nurse have to do to take culturally competent care of this community?

3. What diseases are prevalent in this community?

4. Any other information would be appreciated also.

Thank you

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Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care by Purnell & Paulanka is a great reference for the types of questions you are asking and also gives you a good reference instead of saying "got this from allnurse forum readers."

I know buying another book may not be an option, but maybe your college/local library might have a copy!

Good luck on the assignment!

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Specializes in Critical Care.

You may want to consider contacting a temple or church servicing primarily a Vietnamese population, they may have a practitioner you can speak with. Or, if you know of an area with a strong Vietnamese population, I'd contact some homecare agencies. They frequently deal with many types of communities and maybe able to better assist you than a clinic.

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Specializes in M/S.

Hello,

This is the link to Kaiser Permanente web video series Language and Culture: The Vietnamese patient.

http://nursingpathways.kp.org/national/learning/webvideo/programs/lcs_viet/index.html

Hope it works for you and helps.

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Specializes in neuro/ortho med surge 4.

Thank you so much for the help. I appreciate it.

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