1) Minimum 7 full pages (No word count per page)- Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum three paragraphs per page

           Part 1: minimum 2 pages

           Part 2: minimum 2 pages

           Part 3: minimum 3 pages (Due 48 hours)

           

   Submit 1 document per part

2)¨******APA norms

         All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraph

         Bulleted responses are not accepted

         Don’t write in the first person 

         Don’t copy and paste the questions.

         Answer the question objectively, do not make introductions to your answers, answer it when you start the paragraph

Submit 1 document per part

3)****************************** It will be verified by Turnitin (Identify the percentage of exact match of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks) 

********************************It will be verified by SafeAssign (Identify the percentage of similarity of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks)

4) Minimum 3 references (APA format) per part not older than 5 years  (Journals, books) (No websites) 

Part 3: Include AACN, 2008

All references must be consistent with the topic-purpose-focus of the parts. Different references are not allowed.

5) Identify your answer with the numbers, according to the question. Start your answer on the same line, not the next

Example:

Q 1. Nursing is XXXXX

Q 2. Health is XXXX

6) You must name the files according to the part you are answering: 

Example:

Part 1.doc 

Part 2.doc

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Part 1:  Culture in Nursing  

A 24-year-old Pakistani immigrant woman has given birth to a healthy boy. She expresses sadness that her family cannot be there to see him. The nurse is confused about why the mother is not happy.

1. What is the cultural context of her sadness?

2. What can the nurse do to assist her?

A 55-year-old man is hospitalized for opportunistic infection and asks for his partner to be with him overnight. He stated that previous hospitals did not allow his partner to visit and that is why he chose your hospital.

3. What are the ethical issues and what framework would you use to analyze the situation?

4. Describe the research that may support the request.

Part 2: Culture in Nursing 

A hospital in a religiously and ethnically diverse community invites local religious leaders, including those belonging to religions with significant health-related beliefs and practices, including Judaism, Islam, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormonism), and Roman Catholicism, to participate in a panel discussion on religion and health care practices. The panel is asked various questions about health-related beliefs and practices such as diet; medications; medical procedures; practices related to birth, reproduction, and death; religious organizational infrastructure for visiting the sick; healing rituals; specific needs during illness and hospitalization; and other health-related issues.

1.  Are spirituality and religion the same? 

a. Explain the rationale for your answer.

2.  What is meant by ethnoreligious beliefs and practices? 

a. Provide an operational definition using your own words.

3.  How are a client’s religious and cultural practices interconnected?

4.  What scientific evidence is there that clients’ religious beliefs and practices influence their overall health, prevent or alleviate certain diseases, and/or contribute to longevity?

5.  How does your knowledge of a client’s health-related cultural beliefs and practices influence your nursing care for him or her?

Part 3:  Culture in Nursing  

 

Purpose:

The purpose of this XXX is to provide the student an opportunity to reflect on selected RN-BSN competencies acquired through the course.  

1.  Introduction (1/2 page)

Introduces the purpose of the reflection and addresses  BSN Essentials (AACN, 2008) pertinent to healthcare policy and advocacy.

2. Course Reflection 

Reflect and reflect on your learning from the Culture in Nursing course on

a. “Assess protective and predictive factors, including genetics, which influence the health of individuals, families, groups, communities ,and populations.

b. Conduct a health history, including environmental exposure and a family history that recognizes genetic risks, to identify current and future health problems.

c. Assess health/illness beliefs, values, attitudes, and practices of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations.

d. Use behavioral change techniques to promote health and manage illness.

3. Conclusion (1/2 page)