Question One: 1. How does a person’s difference in age, culture, race, gender and living situation impact your comfort as a nurse in communicating with them?
Basically, patients' behavior and their interaction with healthcare practitioners are greatly influenced by various factors which may social, culture, or even biological. Throughout my profession, as a nurse, I have noted how it is important to be aware of and respect the cultural beliefs and preferences of a patient. Further, failure to identify such cultural behavioral aspects of patients, they may consider you as insensitive and indifferent, or even incompetent (Kohlbry, 2016). These life's difference has impacted my nursing profession both positively and negatively. On one hand, it has taught me the best way of avoiding stereotyping and thus, understanding each patient as an individual and to be finding out their cultural differences. On the other hand, life's differences tend to make nursing duties more "difficult.” For instance, I started working in a public health center which is in an urban area at the age of 23 and immediately after my first degree. In such places, a nurse often cares for patients from a different race, gender, and culture. At times, a patient may "fear" to show some of the ailing parts of the body claiming that I'm underage. In some culture, old people should expose their body to young people.
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Question Two: While growing up, how was OAs treated in your family, culture, community and in society (identify the year range).
In traditional African cultures, age has major significant roles. Having grown in African culture, old and aging people were considered to be the “pillars” of the society. Age would be considered as the basis of demonstrating respect to other people and also, it identifies a person’s sense of identity and place in the community. Further, due to lack of knowledge of "numbers," OAs were not identified in terms of their years but rather their physical outlook. However, using my current and cultural knowledge, most of the old and aging members were above the age of 70 years ( Aboderin and Hoffman, 2015). The OAs were often taken care of by the family members. Further, considering their knowledge on the community ways of life, they were treated with respect and consulted for matters such as treatment of diseases, and solving social conflicts.
References
Aboderin, I., & Hoffman, J. (2015). Families, intergenerational bonds, and aging in Sub-Saharan Africa. Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , 34 (3), 282-289.
Kohlbry, P. W. (2016). The impact of international service ‐ learning on nursing students’ cultural competency. Journal of Nursing Scholarship , 48 (3), 303-311.
