Assignment: Cultural Assessment Nursing /Cultural Assessment

Assignment: Cultural Assessment Nursing /Cultural Assessment

Cultural Assessment nursing /cultural assessment

Identify a person from a culture example include (African, Native American, Asian, Pacific Island, and Latin American and Middle eastern American) with an illness or chronic condition. The illness needs to be such that it impacts the person’s life. Please keep in mind that the person with an acute illness may be under too much stress to answer questions. You may not interview a member of your own family. You will use eight questions as defined by Arthur Kleinman to shape your interview. Be cognizant that you are incorporating therapeutic communication techniques throughout the interview.
Once you choose the person you would like to interview, obtain verbal agreement and be sure to let him or her know that you will maintain confidentiality throughout this project. Ask the person which cultural group he or she identifies with. Read about that culture so you will be prepared for the interview.
In 300 words review what is known about the cultural values of the group.
During the interview, you may have others present if the person requests. If so, you will want to look for and recognize the family dynamics within his or her culture.
Complete the interview and submit the typed paper in APA format. A minimum of two references must be used.
Eight Simple Questions by Arthur Kleinman

The Kleinman questions, developed out of medical anthropology research, are designed to elicit health beliefs and expectations, or concerns, about the illness and treatment. You should be familiar with these questions before conducting the interview. Using the eight simple questions provided by Arthur Kleinman, you should be able to individualize care and understand the person you are caring for. You will interview the person concerning the health problem that he or she considers the most significant. Arthur Kleinman’s eight questions for eliciting the person’s explanatory model (EM) of his or her illness are as follows:

1. What do you call the problem?

2. What do you think has caused the problem?

3. Why do you think it started when it did?

4. What do you think the sickness does? How does it work?

5. How severe is the sickness? Will it have a short or long course?

6. What kind of treatment do you think you should receive? What are the most important results you hope to receive from this treatment?

7. What are the chief problems the sickness has caused?

8. What do you fear most about the sickness?

The paper must include the following items, as well as general elements of a well-written paper (clear, specific introduction and conclusion, good transitions between paragraphs and new ideas/points, proper APA format, etc.):

500 words Interview

Date and time of interview
Setting: physical surroundings and location (be specific)
Cultural group identified by person (and cultural group identified by interviewer, if different)
Interviewee’s age, gender, general physical appearance, any observable physical limitations
Interviewee’s description of his or her health problem using the Eight Questions by Arthur Kleinman (you may list these in question and answer format)
Answer Arthur Kleinman’s Eight Questions from your own cultural viewpoint to compare and contrast with your interviewee’s responses
500 words Reflection

· Discuss whether his or her responses are consistent with common knowledge and information about specific aspects of his or her culture. What was consistent and what was inconsistent?

· Did this experience help you clarify your own views in any way? If so, what and how?

· Discuss what you learned about conducting a culturally sensitive interview.

· If you heard any comments or beliefs that were different than your own views, knowledge, or beliefs, did you respond to what you heard? If you responded, do you think it was the most useful way to respond? If so, how, if not, what would you do in the future?

· In the future, if you conduct an interview with someone from a different culture, what would you do the same and why? What would you do differently and why?

· What did this contribute to your understanding of the healthcare values, beliefs, and/or practices of different cultures?

500 words Evaluation

Consider if you could have learned what you learned in a different or more effective way.
Describe what went well during this process and what could have gone better.
Describe what were the most difficult and the easiest aspects of this assignment and why.
Describe what you liked or didn’t like about this experience and why.
Cultural Assessment Rubric

Content

Points Possible

Points Earned

Interview

· See required items as listed above in the assignment description

40

Reflection

· See required items as listed above in the assignment description

40

Evaluation

· See required items as listed above in the assignment description

20

Structure

· Clear introduction and conclusion, reference page, well organized, proper APA format, minimum of two references, correct grammar, correct spelling

20

Total:

120

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You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.