Having the ability to be culturally competent and culturally agile in any career path that people choose, especially in this century because our society is becoming more and more diverse, is an important skill to have to be able to understand and respond to people in different cultures.
Most immigrant communities believe and use complementary and alternative medicines, but biomedicine have influenced them, especially here in the United States. The amount of immigrants that are willing to try biomedicine or “western medicine” has increased and they are amenable to incorporate this into their culture. Being an immigrant in the United States, they have been influenced and altered to seek biomedicine other than their own traditional or cultural
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Rajender Reddy Health Center at UC Merced to better their patient and cultural therapeutic interaction, and establish a shift in their Health Center’s health promotion to emphasize prevention rather than cure to influence and approach their diverse student body and their families, here are some information that I have found to improve these problems. First and foremost, it is admirable for the Health Center to reach out to the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College to collaborate and integrate some naturalistic health practices that may help their medical staff and their student body. This shows that they are willing to get assistance to have an excellent, culturally agile Health Center that tends to all their population. The medical staff at H. Rajender Reddy Health Center can acquire skills from the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College by educating them and have them attend workshops about the practice of acupuncture and how this is used alongside biomedicine. Although they are not necessarily being taught how to perform acupuncture, learning about the process and its uses may help the medical staff understand this naturalistic medical concept and integrate this into their outreach program. They can also learn how to manage pain in different ways through the help of the AIMC, other than giving pharmaceutical medicine to their patients, by learning about …show more content…
They could train them about medical terminologies and services that their Health Center provide, so that they are able to explain things to the Chinese and Latino/a students and patients clearly. However, they should not limit the medical staff to only provide culturally agile services for these two specific populations. The Health Center also have to keep an open mind, not judge, and be respectful to the beliefs and cultures of their students and their families in order for them to be culturally agile. The medical staff could apply Arthur Kleinman’s 8 questions to collect their patient’s illness narratives. The doctors may ask their patients these questions by Kleinman (Wiley and Allen, 2013):
“(1) What do you think caused this problem? (2) Why do you think this problem started and when did it start?(3) What do you think this problem does to your body? How does it work? (4) How severe is this problem? Will it have a short or long course? (5)What kind of treatment do you think you should receive? (6) What are the most important results you hope to receive from this treatment? (7) What are the chief problems this illness has caused? (8) What do you fear most about the illness/problem?” (p.
This book addresses one of the common characteristics, and challenges, of health care today: the need to achieve a working knowledge of as many cultures as possible in health care. The Hmong population of Merced, California addresses the collision between Western medicine and holistic healing traditions of the Hmong immigrants, which plays out a common dilemma in western medical centers: the need to integrate modern western medicinal remedies with aspects of cultural that are good for the well-being of the patient, and the belief of the patient’s ability to recuperate. What we see is a clash, or lack of integration in the example of the story thereof. Lia, a Hmong child with a rare form of epilepsy, must enter the western hospital instead of the Laotian forest. In the forest she would seek out herbs to remedy the problems that beset her, but in the west she is forced to enter the western medical hospital without access to those remedies, which provided not only physical but spiritual comfort to those members of the Hmong culture. The herbs that are supposed to fix her spirit in the forest are not available in the western hospital. The Merced County hospital system clashes with Hmong animist traditions.
The main idea behind this discussion board is to plan care for patient with diverse background different from mine, describe components of conducting a comprehensive cultural assessment on Latino Americans, reflection of my own culture and how it impacts my attitude toward providing culturally diverse care, and creating of two nursing diagnosis that reflect cultural
Ventola, C. L. (2010, August). Current Issues Regarding Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in the United States. Pharmacy and Therapeutics, pp. 461-468.
An ancient Chinese proverb proclaims, "Nature, time and patience are the three great doctors". Nowadays more and more people choose to be treated by methods that are not based on Western systematic techniques that are the knowledge and practice of medicine which is usual in the West. These methods are known as “Alternative medicine”, which consists of homeopathy, acupuncture, aromatherapy, chiropractic medicine and others. Chinese medicine is also gaining popularity among people. The alternative way of treatment has verified its efficiency and is methodically founded, but, unfortunately, has its little disadvantages and needs a scientific base. For that reason, the alternative medicine is not generally available in all countries, and people have to pay for their individual treatment. Whereas some people consider it an ambiguity and do not dare try it because they consider it might be quite dangerous or insecure, some others just think about it as nonsense and pay little or no attention to it. People who feel anxious or doubtful of it claim that if non-traditional medicine had really worked, then appropriate doctors would have used it. Nevertheless, since the early 1980s, the alternative medicine has become increasingly popular, and although it is not officially accepted by the medical base, some doctors do accept that such methods can be effective in treating some types of illnesses. Moreover, usual medicine has its boundaries, since some illnesses are untreatable and some others which are caused by mental troubles cannot be cured by its methods (Kowalski, 1998).
...are still many obstacles to be overcome, but this is an opportunity to help patients have a sense of whole body well-being through the use of alternative medicines such as Native American healing traditions, and hopefully more physicians and patients will be willing to consider it as an acceptable form of treatment for their medical needs.
Dayhew, M., Wilkinson, M.J., & Simpson, D.M. (2009). Complementary and alternative medicine and the search for knowledge by conventional health care practitioners. Contemporary Nurse, 33(1), 41-49. doi: 10.1089/acm.2011.0364. McCreery, H. (2010).
These services are provided by medical professionals serving U.S. citizens striving to provide the best possible care, but just as we have had a growth of medical knowledge the U.S. population has changed drastically. Minorities should no longer be overlooked as they are the new prospering culture in this day and age, especially for the Hispanic/ Latino people. As a result there has been a shift, a blend, and a creation of new cultures. It is imperative that medical professionals learn to understand culture. Failure to understand this thriving ethnic group can lead to complications such as ineffective communication, loss of trust between patient and medical personnel, and failure to provide proper treatment. That is why it is important to find ways to help Hispanics feel at ease when visiting any medical facility for service.
I realize that understanding of the culture that the people I work with are the key to successful intervention and outcome. Being sensitive to individual’s culture and acquire adequate knowledge about their cultural background enhance the productivity of the interaction I may have with a client that could be family, individual, community or organization. Understanding of one’s cultural background could also prevent and minimize employing biases which potentially harm the clients I work with. In view of this, I have learned that before I engaged in any activities with individual or group I should take the time to understand the cultural backroad of the person to get insight on what is acceptable and not in that culture. Furthermore, I have learned to identify and utilize one’s strength as a tool to aid the change processes the client and I desire for. Due to the dynamic nature of people’s culture updating myself to the emerging changes in a different culture would be one of the area of continued learning I am focusing. For instance, in the contemporary US society, I can see how the immigration brought several people with diverse culture to the US general population structure. Considering this I have been convinced to be knowledgeable and culturally competent to effectively address the needs of people I will work with in different setting.
Cultural Competence is important for many reasons. First, it can help develop culturally sensitive practices which can in turn help reduce barriers that affect treatment in health care settings. Second, it can help build understanding, which is critical in competence, in order wards knowing whom the person recognizes as a health care professional and whom they views as traditional healer, can aid the development of trust and improve the individual’s investment and participation in treatment. Third, our population in the United States is not only growing quickly but also changing, cultural competence will allow us as educators and healthcare workers keep up wi...
research on healthcare practices in a culturally diverse setting has established the importance of cultural awareness, competence, and diversity for healthcare workers.
Nowadays, complementary alternative medicine is very popular in the United States. It is widely used by adults and children. National health statistic reports done in 2007 shows that 38.3% of adults and 11.8% of children use some form of alternative medicine (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2016). But why is this happening? Why is it becoming so popular? Why are more people turning to it? Many times, this is because conventional medicine has not work and they want to try an alternative. That is the case of the author of this paper.
The famous spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi said, "Homeopathy cures a greater percentage of cases than any other method of treatment. Homeopathy is the latest, most refined method of treating patients economically and non-violently” (Malik). However, Homeopathy is only one of the many natural forms of treatment that patients are utilizing in an effort to avoid conventional medicine. A clinic practice model that combines conventional medicine with Naturopathic, Complementary and other forms of alternative medicine all in one setting, is the new health paradigm called Integrative Medicine. With the public’s growing concern of being over-medicated by costly and sometimes violent conventional medicine, I am going to explain the movement towards
Given the magnitude of health costs, both financial and in terms of human suffering, it is essential that preventive interventions be developed and/or enhanced. Nurses, physicians, and other helping professionals are in a good position, by virtue of their training, to add to such preventive efforts. Health is defined as a condition of physical, mental, and social well being and the absence of disease or other abnormal condition. It is not a static condition; constant change and adaptation to stress result in homeostasis (Mosby's Medical and Nursing Dictionary, 1994 p. 742). The fact that we can improve our health and extend our lives by changing our behaviors (i.e., eating well, exercising, not smoking, and reducing stress) supports the incorporation of health education, and prevention programs into a broad variety of settings.
Cultural intelligence is the capability that could give insights on how to cope with multi-cultural situations and how to engage properly in intercultural interactions. It is the individual’s ability to interact effectively in culturally diverse situations (Brislin, Worthley & Macnab, 2006). We could consider the cultural intelligence as constantly improving concept; something we can develop over time and it is not only changes through experience, but also through knowledge as well, which includes communication with other
The Hinduism – The Eternal Religion As we all know that we live in religiously diverse world. While the world’s many religions have coexisted for millennia, only recently, with information shared so easily and travel to even the most remote regions made possible for larger numbers of people. “Religion is not what is grasped by the mind, but a heart grasp” (Mohandas Gandhi, 1956). The study of the religion has also changed a great deal in recent times.