Health Care Among Germans

A significant emphasis on punctuality is a practice among the German American workers. Working with the German American nurse indicates respect and pride for the work done, delivers high priority of the assigned responsibility and the capability of voicing the opinion and decision of the work. Regarding delivery of health care to the patient, it is important to ask the patients on how to be addressed, providing privacy always and asking permission to enter the patient room is a usual practice among the health care provider.

The Germans endure pain and demonstrates tolerable sickness, as a result, seeking professional medical intervention is delayed. More so, the continuing responsibility to provide care and doing the daily routine for the family regardless of sickness and pain, consequently, development of severe illness and chronic disease occurs. The health care provider to assess the level of pain and degree of pain, experiencing of the German patients to adequately deliver interventions. For the Germans, the rehabilitation process and providing the highest level of functioning is essential.

The prevention and promotion of health among the Germans, which includes regular medical and dental check-up, immunization and routine screening are the health care practices of the Germans.

The Germans are responsible to take care of own health; however, the concern of the society is important. The use of over the counter medication is a usual practice among the Germans until the medication is not working, an individual will further seek medical treatment from the professional health care providers. The use of the over the counter medication will seem like the individual is believed the self-care and the tradition is learned from the family system. The health care provider must assess the use of medication congruently to the prescribed medicine from the professional health care provider that might cause a dangerous

result.
The folk medicine is believed and practiced among the Germans. The midwifery is highly respected among the Germans. The skills of the midwifery are a family based tradition that are passed on from the mother or close female relatives to daughters. The medical intuitionist is defined as a person with no medical practice that can diagnosed by assessing and evaluating an individual. Such alternative medicines including acupuncture and homeopathy is a traditional practice to decrease and eliminate pain and other illnesses.
The Germans continue to control and self-guide own health regardless of the severe illness. The individual’s belief, tradition and practices affect and impede the treatment process. However, the belief and the practices in using the homeostatic remedies and non-western health practices of a various ethnicity is imperial for the health care provider and the staff to understand and acknowledge. In addition, incorporation of such treatment is essential to the intervention and plan of care for the patient to promote effective and efficient measures.