DISCUSSION POST #1.1—EXPLORE ANOTHER CULTURE:
Discussion Introduction
After you have completed readingLesson 1.2: Cultural Assessmentand your
textbook reading, you should complete this discussion on exploring another
culture.
Initial Post
For this discussion, you should explore a culture (other than your own).
Listthreeconcerns that can affect your practice of obtaining a health
history as it relates to the culture you have researched and explored. In your
discussion post, clearly articulate what those concerns are to your peers.
Ideas of Cultures To Explore:
Here are some possible cultures you can consider, but you are highly
encouraged to think of additional cultures to explore beyond these cultures
presented.
Muslim
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Queer, etc. (LGBTQ+)
Hispanic
Jehovah's Witnesses
Korean
So many more....
Hispanic patients run into many barriers when trying to receive care from
providers, and often the biggest blockade that they face umbrellas around
language barriers that are often present. Language barriers pose challenges in
terms of achieving high levels of satisfaction among medical professionals and
patients, providing high-quality healthcare, and maintaining patient safety” (Al
Shamsi et al., 2020, pp. 1). Patients with limited English language proficiency (LEP)
must rely on interpreters to communicate with health care providers who do not
speak their language or be subjected to impaired communication (Morales et al.,
2006). Although federal guidelines issued by the Department of Health and Human
Services Office for Civil Rights encourage federally funded entities to develop and
implement plans for improving language access to health care, professional
medical interpreters can often times be unavailable for health care encounters,
leaving clinicians and LEP patients to communicate with little or no common
language, making the provider feel the need to rely on untrained family members,
bilingual medical staff, or other ad hoc interpreters (Morales et al., 2006). With this
being said, it is vital for nurse practitioners and other healthcare providers to
become aware of not only their entities interpreting services available at their
