Functional Assessments and Cultural and Diversity Awareness in Health Assessment

Week 2: Functional Assessments and Cultural and Diversity Awareness in Health Assessment
In this Discussion, you will consider different socioeconomic, spiritual, lifestyle, and other cultural factors that should be taken into considerations when building a health history for patients with diverse backgrounds. Your Instructor will assign a case study to you for this Discussion.
My scenario:
TJ, a 32-year-old pregnant lesbian, is being seen for an annual physical exam and has
been having vaginal discharge. Her pregnancy has been without complication thus far.
She has been receiving prenatal care from an obstetrician. She received sperm from a
local sperm bank. She is currently taking prenatal vitamins and takes over the counter
Tylenol for aches and pains on occasion. She has a strong family history of diabetes.
Gravida 1; Para 0; Abortions 0.

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• Reflect on the specific socioeconomic, spiritual, lifestyle, and other cultural factors related to the health of the patient assigned to you.
• Consider how you would build a health history for the patient. What questions would you ask, and how would you frame them to be sensitive to the patient’s background, lifestyle, and culture? Develop five targeted questions you would ask the patient to build his or her health history and to assess his or her health risks.
• Think about the challenges associated with communicating with patients from a variety of specific populations. What strategies can you as a nurse employ to be sensitive to different cultural factors while gathering the pertinent information?

References must be within last 5 years

SAMPLE SOLUTION

The behavior of patients, in most cases, is driven by their beliefs, culture, sexual orientation, and other lifestyles they lead. In this case, special attention and consideration should be used to conduct a health assessment to ensure care is provided without having to compromise their | GET AN EXPERT FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT /competence to be defined as knowledge integration and transformation concerning individuals or groups based on their policies, standards, attitudes, and practices within a specific cultural setting to boost the quality of the service (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015), thus generating better outcomes. Taking care of the patients with differences in culture requires practitioners’ sensitivity, especially towards patients like…