Instructions
Cultural Self-Assessment Assignment (200 points)
For this assignment, you will perform a cultural assessment of yourself. Your cultural self-assessment should include:
- Worldview
- Brief, Simple
- How do you see your place in the world?
- Ethnohistory
- What makes you a “culturally unique individual?”
- Family and Social History
- Follow ancestry back as far as you can, but be brief, this is not a family tree
- Giger and Davidhizar’s 6 Cultural Phenomena:
- Communication
- Space
- Social Organization
- Time
- Environmental Control
- Biological Variations.
- Professional and Generic Care Beliefs and Practices
- What does it mean to be in good health?
- Do you use home remedies, folk medicine?
- Any foods that are taboo?
- Generic and Specific Nursing Care Factors
- How would you like to be treated by nurses?
- What does it mean to you to be “in good health”?
- What would be stressful to you about hospitalization, how could this be improved?
- What is good nursing care?
Cultural assessment should be typed, double-spaced and 12 font. This assignment is in narrative form. Please organize each section using the headings provided above. Total length should be a minimum of 3 pages, not including the title page or reference page.
Assignment 2
Instructions
Choose one of the psychological disorders discussed this week and answer the following questions:
- Briefly describe the criteria that qualify it as a disorder.
- What kinds of medical treatment(s) are recommended for this disorder?
- Discuss the cultural views of this disorder (any stigma or societal views?).
- Now that you have an understanding of the different theoretical perspectives, compare and contrast two different perspectives (such as psychodynamic and behaviorism) on how this disorder is viewed and how it would be best treated.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
Estimated time to complete: 2 hours
Please review post and response expectations . Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.
Peer Response:
Psychological Disorders
Instructions
Please respond to a minimum of two peers. Include in your response:
- Compare your responses to your peers’ responses and identify similarities and differences in your posts.
- Ask a question about their response for added clarification or additional information you are curious about.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
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