Discussion: Patient’s definition of health
Discussion: Patient’s definition of health
First one must assess what the patient’s definition of health is and get an understanding of their definition. The provider must consider the patient’s definition of health, culture, beliefs, and values. After all of this is obtained, the provider must initiate an education plan. Within this education plan one must include the various learning styles. “Present health belief models/systems that different cultural groups use to explain health and illness”, Singleton, K., Krause, E., (2009). Per Singleton, K and Krause, E. (2009), To be health literate in the US, one needs to be able to effectively apply a variety of skills to accomplish health-related tasks that are often very demanding. In order to overcome different points of views regarding health promotion and disease prevention, the provider must put their own beliefs to the side and not be biased by their own views and or beliefs. For example a patient that is spanish speaking only is actively dying and in the Hispanic culture, their belief is not to withhold nurishment/hydration from the patient. In this case the provider must get the family to see the risk of feeding a patient that unable to swallow. In this case the family becomes upset, because they feel that the patient would not want to be starved. The provider must be empathetic with the family’s concern and be culturally sensitive in order to instill the education needed in the family. The nurse must paint a mental picture and explain, what happens when a patient has difficulty swallowing.
References
Singleton, K., Krause, E. (2009). Understanding Cultural and Linguistic Barriers to Health Literacy.
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