Cultural Considerations in Health Care

Introduction One of the greatest things about nurse is that we ca-ca the opportunity to share with different cultures and learn about them. Our affected roles are complex they each have their religion, culture, and life choices. Delivering wellness advice and non knowing much about a patients ethnic background will influence how the patient may perceive the nurses advice.The bind that I did my research on was published in 2011, by Perez-Avila, Sobralske and Katz the name of the article is No Comprendo Practice Considerations When Caring for Latinos With Limited slope Proficiency in the United States Health Care System. In the United States, Latinos form the largest minority. or so of this community has limited English proficiency the purpose of this article is to teach us how Hispanics feel when catered to by English only speaking health compassionate staff.Summary of the Article The article in my opinion was well written, it provides expatiate information in reference to l imited English proficient citizens in the United States. An example of how exposit the study is One study revealed that only 37% of patients with LEP know it is their legal right to have health services offered in their language by a bilingual provider or through the determination of professional interpretation services (Katz & Pares-Avila, 2011, pg. 160).The author could have done a unwrap gambol by providing more cultural information in reference to Hispanics their believes and medical practices. Hispanic families believe that the father of the family is the honcho howalways the spouse takes care of the children. I must add that this is changing as women are sightly more functional in the work force and as professionals. The article focuses on how due to the want of communication and cultural competence, a certain percentage of Hispanics do not benefit from the best practical care.In fact, the article states that Hispanics have more unnecessary tests done to them due to t he lack of communication with health care providers. Mevery health care professionals decide to document that the patients medical history is not available, rather than finding an interpreter to assist them. The article does a nice job describing how this lack of cultural knowledge impacts the Hispanic culture. I chose this article because I find it interesting and of great help to any nursing and health care professional I am Hispanic myself and constantly looking for better ways to help my community.I personally see my grandmother struggling whenever she needs to see her physician, as she sometimes does not understand what him and his staff are telling her. On another note nursing is an ever changing career and the Hispanic culture is growing at an enormous rate, becoming culturally competent does not only provide the patient with good care but tidy sum make the nurses job easier and more rewarding. I do feel that there should be more research on this proceeds the best way to l earn about a patients cultural beliefs is to ask the patient.I moot that the population that the author intended to target is health care professionals however, I know that any immigrant can benefit from reading this article. Conclusion Culture competence is a quality that any nurse should have. The article that I decided to research refers to the impact that language and different cultures have on a patients health. It is the duty of health care professionals to attempt to learn about different cultures and to be peeled to the way patients feel about their beliefs.Once the nurse understands a patients beliefs, the computer program of care can be adjusted to meet the patients individual needs. Reference Pares-Avila, J. A. , Sobralske, M. C. , & Katz, J. R. (2011). No Comprendo Practice Considerations When Caring for Latinos With Limited English Proficiency in the United States Health Care System. Hispanic Health Care International, 9(4), 159-167. doihttp//dx. doi. org/10. 1891/15 40-4153. 9. 4. 159