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TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING

LEVEL III – CULTURAL DIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT

NAME: _____________________________ DATE: _______________

TWO CULTURES: ___________________________________________________

This is a formal written paper documenting the student's understanding of cultural issues affecting the healthcare of two different cultures. The two cultures must be examined, analyzed, compared and contrasted throughout the formal paper. Discuss cultural practices that are healthy and promote health promotion. Discuss cultural practices that are unhealthy and detrimental. Neither the American culture nor the student’s own culture may be used as one of the two cultures.

The student must use a variety of references to document the information presented in the formal paper. Internet, journals, books and personal communication with an individual of the culture may be used as resources. The student must reference resources in the body of the paper according to modified APA format.

The student must choose from the list of cultures posted on Blackboard. Only one culture per continent/region of the world may be used. For example, if the student chooses an African culture the other culture must be from Asia, Europe, North America, South America or Australia.

The bullets below should not necessarily be used as specific paragraphs. This is a formal written paper. Be sure to read the specific criteria before writing the paper. After completing paper, read the criteria and check it is done correctly. Have someone read the paper prior to submitting for grading who can identify spelling and grammatical errors; is able to assist the student to determine if all objectives have been met and the paper is written according to the "Check Sheet for Writing Papers."

I. Cultural Assessment

• Primary language spoken by the people in the culture

• Expected roles of family members (man, woman, husband, wife, children, grandparents, aunts and uncles)

• How the people in this culture define health and maintain health

• How the people in this culture define illness, what the root cause of illness and disease is and how an individual in this culture is expected to act when sick

• Key individual in the family/community who usually makes health related decisions

II. Healing Practices and Rituals

• Health promotion activities, healing ritual or practices this culture believes promotes well-being or hasten recovery from illness.

• Religious healing system predominately practiced by people in this culture.

• Role of religious beliefs and practices during health and illness, the role of significant religious representatives during health and illness

• Special rites or blessings for those with a serious or terminal illness

• Acceptable treatment options such as traditional medicine, holistic medicine, surgery, blood transfusions, organ donation, and advance directives in this culture (do not limit this to these treatment options only)

• Complimentary Alternative Medicine (CAM) in this culture; the attitudes, values, beliefs about specific life events such birth, marriage, aging and death about individuals in this culture

• Cultural beliefs about afterlife beliefs about burial and funeral preferences

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Concepts of nursing practice as they relate to cultural diversity must be included in the paper.

J:LevelIII Concepts/ Cultural Diversity Instructions Revised 5.14

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