The two health disparities include racism and poverty. Racism leads to prejudice and discrimination and affects the delivery of health services to certain groups of people such as African Americans. From a social perspective, racism is associated with low income, education, and access to health services (Noonan et al. 2016). Secondly, poverty is a health disparity as it leads to inadequate access to basic essentials such as healthcare, nutrition, and clean water (Frist, 2015). For instance, in the US, African Americans are poverty stricken, and stand a higher chance of contracting obesity, diabetes, and heart diseases among others. On their part, nurses can help to alleviate the two conditions by standing for racial and social justice. As trained health professionals, nurses can provide the needed information to make appropriate decisions on health policies.
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Case Study 12-4
As the nurse manager, I will be fully aware that, prejudice, discrimination, and racism are bad within the healthcare system. In that sense, I will try to spark positive social attitude in the said nurse. I will remind the nurse that, not all Mexican American men are drunkards. I will condemn the overgeneralization, and remind the nurse that she has a duty to assess important information about the patient and by so doing, depersonalize him or her through the stereotype (Cuevas, O'Brien, & Saha, 2017).
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Case Study 12-2
In this case, the racial remarks affect both the patient and the fellow worker. The nurse in question holds stereotypes and prejudice against the Jewish people. The technician in the laboratory will see the nurse and by extension the entire multicultural workplace as being hostile towards the Jews. Notably, I will remind the nurse that the remarks of such nature are unacceptable and should avoid such negative connotations (Cuevas, O'Brien, & Saha, 2017). I will make an effort of reminding all the nurses that about the desired behaviors at the workplace.
References
Cuevas, A. G., O'Brien, K., & Saha, S. (2017). What is the key to culturally competent care: Reducing bias or cultural tailoring?. Psychology & health, 32 (4), 493–507. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2017.1284221
Frist, W. H. (2015). Overcoming Disparities In U.S. Health Care. Health Affairs ~ Volume 24, Number 2. DOI 10.1377/hlthaff.24.2.445
Noonan, A.S., Velasco-Mondragon, H.E. & Wagner, F.A. (2016). Improving the health of African Americans in the USA: an overdue opportunity for social justice. Public Health Rev 37, 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40985-016-0025-4
