GCU HLT324V All Weeks Discussions Latest 2020 October

HLT324 Transcultural Health Care 

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 "Variant characteristics of culture" include nationality, race, age, color, religious affiliation, educational status, socioeconomic status, occupation, military experience, political beliefs, urban versus rural residence, enclave identity, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, gender issues, physical characteristics, immigration status, and length of time away from the country of origin.

Reflect on your own cultural background and family origin. Share with the class some details of your family history. What are variant characteristics of your culture you identify with? Has this changed from when you were growing up?

DQ2 How does cultural competency occur? What can one do to become culturally aware? Describe an effective approach to using The Purnell Model when working with subcultures (immigration status, gender, political beliefs, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, educational status, etc.).

HLT324 Transcultural Health Care 

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 From your readings in Chapter 4, choose one of the organizational systems such as social, ethical, religious, spiritual, educational, ecological/environmental, political, economic, technological, and legal systems. Discuss how this organizational system can prepare you to care for individuals from other cultures.

DQ2 If health care practitioners cannot communicate to the patients in their language, how important is it to find a translator? Whose problem is it, the health care provider's or the patient's? Why?

HLT324 Transcultural Health Care 

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 Select and identify a culture other than your own. In what ways will you have to modify your communication approach, your nursing tasks, and your patient education in formulating a culturally competent plan of care for this patient?

DQ2 What factors influencing nutritional practices in the United States could be changed to improve health?

HLT324 Transcultural Health Care 

Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 Describe the spectrum of death and dying rituals and practices across cultures. Why are death and dying rituals so significant?

DQ2 Select a culture other than your own and explore their death rituals. Using Ray’s Transcultural Communicative Spiritual-Ethical CARING Tool from Chapter 6 page 179, discuss how you would adapt your nursing care in this culturally dynamic situation.

HLT324 Transcultural Health Care 

Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 If you were caring for a child who could be cured if given blood transfusions, but whose parents refused permission to give the transfusions due to religious beliefs, what would you do?

DQ2 Some parents are refraining from giving certain immunizations to their children. How will this affect diseases in the United States in the future? How as medical professionals can we embrace these nontraditional practices?