Patient-Centered Environment

Share an example of a situation in which a patient-centered environment was created by acknowledgement and consideration of a patient’s cultural diversity.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

A patient-centered environment caters to an individual’s health concerns without making assumptions on their cultural context. This kind of environment ensures that the patient feels comfortable enough to seek help from the medical staff without worrying about cultural discrimination, misappropriation, or bias. A nurse should be careful about how they talk around culturally diverse patients, since some actions may be construed as offensive and unnecessary. An example of such a situation is when a nurse chooses to speak slowly and loudly because they serve a patient who seems to be from a different…