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Culture in Nursing Assignment
Culture in Nursing Assignment
Read chapter 11, 26 and 30 of the class textbook and review the attached Power Point presentations. Read content chapter 30 in Davis Plus Online Website. Once done answer the following questions;
1. As eastern cultures, if there any similarity between the Greek and the Hindu heritages. Discuss your point of view.
2. How Cubans see their beliefs related to the delivery of health care.
3. If there any similarity between the Greek and Hindu heritage with the Cuban beliefs in healthcare.
As stated in the syllabus present your assignment in an APA format, word document, Arial 12 font attached to the forum in the discussion board tab title “week 13 discussion question”. You must used at least 2 evidence based references besides the class textbook and post two replies to any of your peers sustained with the proper references. A minimum of 500 words are required.
Culture in Nursing Assignment Resources
Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
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Cuban American Culture
Larry Purnell, PhD, RN, FAAN
Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
Cuban American Overview/Heritage
- The Republic of Cuba is a multiracial society with people of primarily Spanish and African origins.
- Other ethnocultural groups include Chinese, Haitians, and Eastern Europeans.
- Spain, the United States, and the Soviet Union significantly influence Cuba’s history and culture.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
Cuban American Overview/Heritage
- Mistrust of government has reinforced a strong personalistic tradition and sense of national identity evolving from family and interpersonal relationships.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
Cuban American Overview/Heritage
- Desire for personal freedom, hope of refuge, political exile, and promise of economic opportunities prompted migration.
- Cubans in the United States take great pride in their heritage and tend to be conservative, Republican, and anticommunist.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
Cuban American Overview/Heritage
- Many possess a strong ethnic identity, speak Spanish, and adhere to traditional Cuban values and practices..
- The highest concentration of Cubans is in Florida, although significant numbers live in New Jersey, New York, Illinois, and California.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
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Cuban American Communication
- Many Cubans live and transact business in Spanish-speaking enclaves.
- While the second generation speaks Spanish, many converse with friends or peers in “Spanglish,” a mixture of Spanish and English.
- The highly educated are more likely to speak English at home.
Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
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Cuban American Communication
- Many value simpatía and personalismo in their interactions with others.
- Simpatía, the need for smooth interpersonal relationships, is characterized by courtesy, respect, and the absence of criticism or confrontation.
- Personalismo, the importance of intimate interpersonal relationships, is valued over impersonal bureaucratic relationships.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
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Cuban American Communication
- Choteo, a lighthearted attitude with teasing, bantering, and exaggerating is often observed in their communications with others.
- Conversations are characterized by animated facial expressions, direct eye contact, hand gestures, and gesticulations.
- Voices tend to be loud, and the rate of speech is fast.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
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Cuban American Communication
- Touching, handshakes, and hugs are acceptable among family, friends, and acquaintances and may be used to express gratitude to the caregiver.
- Touch is common between people of the same gender; older men and women rarely touch in public.