Nursing

Why is there a difference between curing and HEALING?

Why is there a difference between curing and HEALING? The major focus of this book has been on the provider’s and the patient’s differing perceptions of health/HEALTH and illness/ILLNESS. These differences may account for the health care provider’s misconception that services are used inappropriately and that people do not care about their health. What to […]

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Why must they know the difference between hot and cold and yin and yang?

Why must they know the difference between “hot” and “cold” and yin and yang? The perplexing questions— ■ Why must health care deliverers—nurses, physicians, public health and social workers, and other health care professionals—study culture, ethnicity, religion, and become culturally competent? ■ Why must they know the difference between “hot” and “cold” and yin and

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Unintentional injuries

Unintentional injuries Chapter 14 CULTURALCOMPETENCE The opening images for this chapter bring closure to the process of becoming CULTURALLYCOMPETENT. They both summarize and symbolize many of the concepts presented in the text. Each chapter opened with images representing amulets, remedies, and/or shrines that were related to the content of the chap- ter. Here, a symbolic

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Cerebrovascular diseases Chronic lower respiratory diseases

Cerebrovascular diseases Chronic lower respiratory diseases Needleman, J. (2003). The American soul. NY: Tarcher/Putman. Nelli, H. S. (1980). Italians. In S. Thernstrom (Ed.), Harvard encyclopedia of American ethnic groups. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Ragucci, A. T. (1981). Italian Americans. In A. Harwood (Ed.), Ethnicity and medical care. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Spector, R.

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Chronic lower respiratory diseases Cerebrovascular diseases

Chronic lower respiratory diseases Cerebrovascular diseases American ethnic groups. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Dworaczyk, E. J. (1979). The first Polish colonies of America in Texas. San Antonio, TX: Naylor. Giordano, J., & McGoldrick, M. (1996). Italian families. In M. McGoldrick, J. Giordano, & J. K. Pearce (Eds.), Ethnicity and family therapy (2nd ed.). New

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Malignant neoplasms Malignant neoplasms

Malignant neoplasms Malignant neoplasms Monger, R., & Yankay, J. (2011). Annual Flow Report. U.S. Legal Permanent Residents: 2010. U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Office of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Sta- tistics. Retrieved from http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/ gc_1301497627185.shtm, June 1, 2011. U.S. Census Bureau. (2011). 2010 American Community Survey, B04003 People Reporting Ancestry. Retrieved

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Comparison of the 10 Leading Causes of Death for White Americans and for All Persons: 2007

Comparison of the 10 Leading Causes of Death for White Americans and for All Persons: 2007 White Americans All Persons 1. Diseases of heart Diseases of heart 2. Malignant neoplasms Malignant neoplasms 3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases Cerebrovascular diseases 4. Cerebrovascular diseases Chronic lower respiratory diseases 5. Unintentional injuries Unintentional injuries 6. Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s

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Comparison of Selected Health Status Indicators—All Races and White non-Hispanic: 2007

Comparison of Selected Health Status Indicators—All Races and White non-Hispanic: 2007 Health Indicator All Races White Non-Hispanic Crude birth rate per 1,000 population by race of mother 14.3 11.6 Percentage of live births to women receiving first-trimester prenatal care 67.5 74.9 Percentage of live births to women receiving third-trimester prenatal care or no prenatal care

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Symptoms and Remedies Among Polish Americans

Symptoms and Remedies Among Polish Americans Gastrointestinal Problems Symptom Remedy Colic Tea—peppermint or chamomile Sugar, water, vinegar, and soda; makes soda water Bess-plant tea Homemade sauerkraut Constipation Epsom salts—teaspoon in water—cleans out stomach Cascara Castor oil Senna-leaf tea Cramps Chamomile tea Diarrhea Paregoric Cinnamon tea Dried blueberries Coffee beans—to be chewed Gas Soda water Indigestion

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