Cultural Assessment and design of Nursing Care
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15th November 2020
- Part A
For this cultural assessment, I was required to find a client with a culture that significantly defers from mine, implying that I could select an individual from any other ethnic group other than Hispanics. I found Mr. Abdul Laziz, an immigrant from Pakistan, the most appropriate option for the assessment from my pool of friends. By the time of this assessment, Mr. Abdul Laziz had lived in the United States for three years and always identified himself as an Asian-American. His primary and secondary languages were Arabic and English, respectively. Even though he preferred to communicate in Arabic, he could rarely do so in such an English-dominated environment.
Like most Pakistanis, Mr. Abdul Laziz embraced and followed the Islamic religion and traditions to the latter. He believed that Allah was the Supreme Being and had total control over human lives. Living in harmony with Him contributed to good health and vice versa. He was essentially the custodian of good health. The ‘evil eye’ phenomenon was another religious aspect that Laziz expressed a strong belief in. He believed that such an eye was one of the various supernatural origins of diseases and could only be avoided by having charms or blue beads with Koran verses, which are symbols of the Islamic faith. Abdul Laziz equally believed that mental and physical illnesses could be cured through consulting holy men – Fakir or Pir – and visiting tombs and shrines.
As a Muslim, Abdul Laziz believed that pain, suffering, illness, and dying were God’s tests and trials through which one’s sins were removed. Like every other Muslim, he equally believed that it was a religious duty to take care of one’s health. Allah entirely held the decision of when a person should die. Abdul believed that there was life after death, and whenever a person died, they could stay in the grave until judgment day.
- Part B
Having assessed Laziz’s cultural background and identified the unique cultural aspects related to his community, it is essential to design nursing care that would incorporate most elements. Nursing care that would accommodate an individual from the Asian-American culture must be sensitive to their language, religious beliefs, and health perceptions. Nursing assessments should be designed to incorporate major cultural aspects that could influence individual health from the respective community. A nurse should understand various Asian-American communication behaviors, including their body language. They should also understand how Asian-Americans respond when they are happy or upset. They should know all the cultural restrictions associated with medical treatment.
- Part C
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