Wellness and health promotion
3 – Describe how race, ethnicity, or culture can affect health promotion.
4 – Select an emerging population that you see in the healthcare system per chapter 2 of the course textbook, or a population that you work with in your practice. Research the group you have chosen using the chapter readings and outside sources.
Answer the following items:
Discuss health problems that are prevalent in that group.
Find information on this group’s healthcare beliefs/ties to the healthcare system and discuss obstacles to getting healthcare/health promotion education to this group.
What are some potential barriers to nursing cultural competence with different cultural groups and how can cultural competence be improved?
How should the nurse respond when a client’s values conflict with the nurse’s value of promoting health? How will you address this if it arises in your holistic teaching project?