Heritage Assessment Case Study
Heritage Assessment
Applying a heritage assessment in evaluating the needs of the whole person is useful in many ways. They may assist nurses and healthcare professionals in understanding the social positioning of the diverse cultural groups for whom they deliver care. This will allow for care based on an individual’s cultural values, beliefs, and practices, and to use this knowledge to give culturally specific nursing care to each patient. Let’s take a look at and compare health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration of three families from different cultures. First let’s start by offering a little bit of background on each of our families. Miss Montejo is a single female who moved to the United States, along with her sister, …show more content…
Unfortunately, regular exercise and adequate sleep are poorly managed. With one family member working night shift and along with the busy schedules of the others, sleep and exercise remain overlooked. While all three family members are currently healthy and have a BSI within normal limits, the possibility of developing health issues is increased.
Health Protection Miss Montejo believes individuals must follow guidelines set forth by their physicians in order to maintain health. Healthcare providers are expected to have all of the answers and therefor she avoids questioning any providers. The evil eye is a look or excessive compliments (especially of a young child) that is perceived as being harmful to one’s health (Radford, 2013). With the “evil eye” being concerning to her culture she wears a special beaded necklace for protection from it. Excessive compliments of a child requires the person giving the compliments to touch the child to reverse the effects.
The Ping family heavily relies on healthcare providers to provide specific guidelines to aid in maintaining and protecting health. Healthcare providers are seen as the “all …show more content…
She also believes in the use of rosaries, holy pictures and crucifixes, depending on the illness. These symbols are for praying and warding off evil spirits and restoring health. While this may not be widely accepted by all, it is important to respect her beliefs and allow her to practice them so long as it does not interfere with patient care or becomes detrimental to the patient.
The Ping family feels following the plan of care given to them by their healthcare team will restore their health. If healing does not occur, trust in the healthcare team begins to diminish and a new team is sought out. They feel restoring balance is essential.
After seeking medical care, the MacAllister family are optimistic the plan of care along with praying will restore health if it be God’s will. When a family member’s prognosis looks to be bleak their minister is called to the bedside. They believe God can perform a miracle and restore health even if health care providers say there are no more options as long as they hold on to
Applying a heritage assessment in evaluating the needs of the whole person is useful in many ways. They may assist nurses and healthcare professionals in understanding the social positioning of the diverse cultural groups for whom they deliver care. This will allow for care based on an individual’s cultural values, beliefs, and practices, and to use this knowledge to give culturally specific nursing care to each patient. Let’s take a look at and compare health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration of three families from different cultures. First let’s start by offering a little bit of background on each of our families. Miss Montejo is a single female who moved to the United States, along with her sister, …show more content…
Unfortunately, regular exercise and adequate sleep are poorly managed. With one family member working night shift and along with the busy schedules of the others, sleep and exercise remain overlooked. While all three family members are currently healthy and have a BSI within normal limits, the possibility of developing health issues is increased.
Health Protection Miss Montejo believes individuals must follow guidelines set forth by their physicians in order to maintain health. Healthcare providers are expected to have all of the answers and therefor she avoids questioning any providers. The evil eye is a look or excessive compliments (especially of a young child) that is perceived as being harmful to one’s health (Radford, 2013). With the “evil eye” being concerning to her culture she wears a special beaded necklace for protection from it. Excessive compliments of a child requires the person giving the compliments to touch the child to reverse the effects.
The Ping family heavily relies on healthcare providers to provide specific guidelines to aid in maintaining and protecting health. Healthcare providers are seen as the “all …show more content…
She also believes in the use of rosaries, holy pictures and crucifixes, depending on the illness. These symbols are for praying and warding off evil spirits and restoring health. While this may not be widely accepted by all, it is important to respect her beliefs and allow her to practice them so long as it does not interfere with patient care or becomes detrimental to the patient.
The Ping family feels following the plan of care given to them by their healthcare team will restore their health. If healing does not occur, trust in the healthcare team begins to diminish and a new team is sought out. They feel restoring balance is essential.
After seeking medical care, the MacAllister family are optimistic the plan of care along with praying will restore health if it be God’s will. When a family member’s prognosis looks to be bleak their minister is called to the bedside. They believe God can perform a miracle and restore health even if health care providers say there are no more options as long as they hold on to