What Culture And How Their Culture Affects Their Healthcare

1. What culture(s) do you personally identify with? Cultures I identify with are I am a female, Slovenian, German, Catholic individual. However, the main culture I identify with is the nursing culture. It’s essential we as nurses, focus on holistic care. This assignment assisted me in completing that; as I was able to learn about my patient’s background and the culture that they grew up in. 2. What are the culture(s) your patient identifies with, and specifically which one(s) will you focus on in this assessment? My patient identifies with multiple cultures such as being Christian, family orientated, part of the culture of having ovarian cancer, and is part of the Yakama nation tribe. I am going to focus on the Yakama Nation Tribe,†¦show more content†¦I did this to ensure understanding of the patient’s background. The patient told me that there are a few traditions that occur in this culture; such as root and huckleberry digging, eating Indian celery, drinking Indian Tea for good health when they have a cold, using ghost nets to go fishing, and praying for wellness. After understanding my patient’s background; I started directing questions that revolved around the six components of the Giger and Davidhizar model. The first concept, was communication. I asked my patient, how their culture predominately communicated with each other? My patient responded, by telling me that verbal communication was the biggest way they communicate. Story-telling, playing drums, and dancin g were other aspects to communication method; story telling engrained lessons into her and her siblings heads. The second concept is time; I observed and directly asked the patient how their culture viewed time. She responded by notifying me that her culture is very much in the present, however, story-telling focuses on the past. My patient also told me that being present with family was another huge aspect of her culture. As demonstrated by the amount of family members that visited her throughout the two days, that I took care of her. For the third concept of space, I observed the way in which my patient and their family interacted with each other. They interacted with each other closely; very similar to the way in which