Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 13th Edition by Kerry Cheever, Janice Hinkle

Exercise 1

You are assigned to care for a hospitalized patient who emigrated to theUnited States from India 5 years ago.You know little about this patient's culture.What is the evidence base for use of a cultural assessment tool to ensure that culturalconsiderations are included in the nursing plan of care? What best practices andpolicies located in key organizational books or Internet resources could guide yourcare for this patient? Explain why it is important to examine your own feelings aboutthe patient's possible cultural beliefs and practices. Is it guaranteed that the commoncultural beliefs of persons from India will be the same as this patient's beliefs?