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NURS2092
Health/Illness Influence on Assessments
Rasmussen College
COURSE#: NURS2092 Section RJPB1A0Z Health Assessment
Quality of Life – Plan for Intention and Action
Cultural awareness is an integral part of any assessment when treating the whole person.
“To understand another person’s culture you must first understand your own culture” (Jarvis,
2020). Understanding your own culture allows you to be aware of bias and prejudices that may
affect how you deal with a client. Our attitudes, values, beliefs, and our social environment
shape how we see and deal with the world. Health and Illness will affect each person or group of
people differently because of their culture. Cultural differences will affect the outcome of an
assessment because not everyone shares the same values, attitudes and beliefs when it comes to
health and illness.
Some cultures beliefs are different when it comes to the way they deal with their health and
illness. Growing up, there is not much memory of my family going to the hospital or doctor for
nothing other than immunizations. When we got sick, mother gave us a teaspoon of cod liver oil
and we were just fine. “In some cultures, for example, women are expected to defer important
decisions to and, in some instances communicate through the male figure” (American Academy
of Pediatrics, 2021). As a nurse, we may think that the male is dominating or possibly
controlling. Unless we ask questions and obtain this information through our assessment then
we can possibly cause issues that can affect the interview and assessment process.
Culture influences health in many ways. “It affects perceptions of health, illness and death,
beliefs about causes of disease, approaches to health promotion, how illnesses and pain are
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