ADVOCACY AND ITS ROLE IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY

M5 A10 WA: INSTRUCTIONS – ADVOCACY AND ITS ROLE IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Overview

This week you will examine how to be a patient advocate for all individuals, particularly those who are from a different culture than your own.

1. First, consider an ethical dilemma that you have encountered in your own nursing practice—choose one that was caused by a misunderstanding between people from different cultures. Describe that situation clearly.***use PAT or PACU
2. How did each group or individual perceive the dilemma? (Present both sides, objectively.)
3. Identify the conflicting values and belief systems held by each group.
4. What data was missing—what information did the health care providers not have about the patient’s culture?
5. Next, define culturally congruent care.

Intro and conclusion- conclusion 4-5 well developed sentences

Headers

APA

Points:  40

Due Date: Sat, Mar 27 by 8:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the US 

References

Minimum of four (4) total references: two (2) references from required course materials and two (2) peer-reviewed references. All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information)

Peer-reviewed references include references from professional data bases such as PubMed or CINHAL applicable to population and practice area, along with evidence based clinical practice guidelines. Examples of unacceptable references are Wikipedia, UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations, insurance recommendations, & secondary clinical databases.

Style

Unless otherwise specified, all the written assignment must follow APA 7th edition formatting, citations and references. Click here to download a Microsoft Word APA template. Review this annotated student sample paper guide which draws attention to relevant content and formatting in 7th edition APA style. Make sure you cross-reference the APA 7th edition book as well before submitting the assignment. Refer to the ‘LEARNER SUPPORT’ tab for more information regarding APA 7th edition with comparisons to 6th edition.

Number of Pages/Words

Unless otherwise specified all papers should have a minimum of 600 words (approximately 2.5 pages) excluding the title and reference pages.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Role of Advocacy in Cultural Diversity

Introduction

Every day nurses are confronted by ethical dilemmas in their work, requiring them to make ethical decisions. According to Andrews and Boyle (2016), cultural diversity, due to the different socioeconomic capacities of clients, complicates the ethical decision-making process. Irrespective of the challenge posed by cultural diversity, nurses must be patient advocates in every situation. The assignment will describe an ethical dilemma I have encountered in my workplace as a result of cultural differences, explaining how each party perceived it. The paper also tackles the conflicting values and belief systems held by each group.   

Ethical Dilemma While working at a community hospital in Hawaii, I encountered an ethical dilemma on the issue of patient autonomy. A 43-year-old female patient of Filipino ethnicity reported to the clinic with chief complaint of pain in the lower abdomen. Tests…