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A 6 page research paper that discusses a nurse taking away a valuable rosary from a patient for safekeeping and the ramifications of this action in regards to culturally competent care. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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refuses to send it home, and places it in the hospital safe as a precaution against stealing and/or misplacement. The web site for St. Marys Medical Center in Walla Walla,
Washington states that hospitals policy regarding patient possessions and asks that patients not bring "valuable items," such as jewelry, during their stay and that patients should send all valuables
home with family members or friends and also adds the disclaimer in bold italics that the center "does not accept responsibility for lost or misplaced items" (St. Marys Medical Center,
2007). As this notice suggests, this is a common policy for hospitals. However, the question remains as to the appropriateness of the nurses actions. As this is a religious item,
the symbolism that it holds for the patient should be considered within the framework of cultural competency. Census figures indicate that the population of the United States is becoming
increasingly diverse on an annual basis. This demographic fact presents a challenge to healthcare practitioners as providing care that is compatible with a patients culture, including health and religious beliefs,
has been shown in empirical research to significantly affect the likelihood of achieving a positive patient outcome. Purnell defines culture as pertaining to the "totality of socially transmitted behavioral patterns,
arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the ethical responsibility of healthcare providers to evaluate the beliefs
of the patient and the patients family in order to provide care that is congruent with those beliefs (Purnell, 2005). According to Jeffreys, the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) is particularly
well suited to promoting "culturally congruent care and multicultural workplace harmony" within a variety of settings for clinical practice (Jeffreys, 2005, p. 41). In developing cultural competence, nurses should cultivate
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