Nursing NCLEX RN Review Video: Cultural
Sensitivity and Awareness
In this video I am going to talk about cultural
sensitivity and awareness needed to know for the
nursing NCLEX RN exam.
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This section in my opinion is quite controversial
however it is backed by evidence-based statistics
and are therefore important facts for us as nurses
to understand.
Each ethnicity is prone to having increased risk of
different health comorbidities.
However, less controversial are patients' cultural
and religious values.
This is important for our everyday practice but also
for the NCLEX.
We need to understand how different cultures may
impact the care we provide whether it is through
dietary needs or medical intervention preferences.
These may come up on the NCLEX exam in a
scenario and are critical to remember.
Again this is not going to cover everything about
their values, obviously that would be very long,
instead we are going to cover the facts needed to
know for the NCLEX exam.
African Americans have increased risk of having
sickle cell anemia, hypertension, heart disease,
cancer, lactose intolerance, diabetes mellitus and
obesity.
Amish peoples are more likely to be prone to
genetic disorders due to cases of intermarriage.
Rare use of alcohol and tobacco and are otherwise
healthy.
Asian Americans are sensitive to touch.
You may want to limit eye contact.
Avoid using hands to gesture.
Female patients typically prefer female healthcare
providers.
Encourage family involvement in care.
May prefer alternative forms of medicine
Hispanic and latino americans are sensitive to
touch with children, a health care professional
must always ask permission to touch a child as
some believe that doing so without permission may
cause an "evil-eye", or in other words, bad luck to
come to that child.
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Native Americans require individualized care as
there are many variations and each native american
is at risk for PTSD due to trauma experienced in
their past.
Patients may avoid eye contact but still be
attentive.
Encourage items of preference to be brought in by
family.
These patients have an increased risk for alcohol
abuse, obesity, heart diseases, diabetes,
tuberculosis, arthritis, lactose intolerance and
gallbladder disease.
Jehovah's Witnesses are likely to refuse the
transfusion of blood.
Jehovas Witnesses believe that the soul cannot live
after the body has died.
Lastly, many of these cultures utilize herbal
remedies for many of their chronic issues and this
means that we should familiarize ourselves with
them and identify what they do.
From my experience writing the exam and doing
endless practice questions here are the most
common ones that come up.
Garlic: antioxidant; used to lower cholesterol levels
Ginger: Antiemetic; used for nausea and vomiting
Ginkgo biloba: Blood thinner and Antioxidant; used
to improve memory.
Ginseng: Increases physical endurance and
stamina; used for stress and fatigue
Saw palmetto: Antiestrogen activity; used for
urinary tract infections and benign prostatic
hypertrophy
St.
John’s wort: Antibacterial, antiviral, antidepressant.
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