Medical Surgical
How Culture Influences Health Beliefs & Cultural Assessment
This is a research assignment to discover the Chinese culture/ethnicity beliefs regarding family, religion, and healthcare. The research, written paper, and reference page
The paper will be 3 pages long and include a cover page and reference page for a total of 5 pages.
- Introduction of your cultural group and current population of ethnicity within the United States.
- Ethnicity beliefs and behaviors within family and religion
- Ethnicity beliefs and behaviors towards healthcare
- Ethnicity ability to access healthcare
- Characteristics of Cultural Assessment are included
- Conclusion: Give summary of your research paper findings and include a closure to your paper
- APA format, grammar, spelling, punctuation intact, reference page.
Individual Research Paper & Presentation Requirements Rubric
| Introduction of your cultural group and current population of ethnicity within the United States. Worth total of 2.5 Points | Cultural group introduced. Ethnic group’s current population within the United States discussed within introduction. 2.5 Pts. (Need to meet all requirements for full points) | Cultural group not introduced. Ethnic group’s current 0 Pts population within the United States not discussed within introduction. 0 Pts. | TOTALS |
| Ethnicity beliefs and behaviors within family and religionEthnicity beliefs and behaviors towards healthcareEthnicity ability to access healthcareCharacteristics of Cultural Assessment are included Worth total of 20 Points | ≥ 5 ethnic beliefs and behaviors included in body of paper towards family and religion 5 Pts.≥ 5 ethnic beliefs and behaviors included in body of paper towards healthcare (include nurse approach, diet, eye contact, etc). 5 Pts.Body of paper includes ethnicity ability to access healthcare. 5 Pts.Body of paper includes ≥ 5 information needed to be gathered from a patient when assessing culture 5 Pts. | < 5 ethnic beliefs and behaviors included in body of paper towards family and religion 2 Pts.< 5 ethnic beliefs and behaviors included in body of paper towards healthcare. 2 Pts.Body of paper does not include ethnicity ability to access healthcare. 2 Pts.Body of paper includes < 5 information needed to be gathered from a patient when assessing culture. 2 Pts. | |
| Conclusion: Give summary of your research paper findings and include a closure to your paper. Worth total of 2.5 Points | Conclusion included in separate paragraph. Includes summary of findings and gives closure to paper topic. 2.5 Pts. (Need to meet all requirements for full points) | Conclusion not included in separate paragraph. 0 Pts.Does not include a summary of findings or give closure to paper topic. 0 Pts. | |
| 3 pages long with Cover and Reference Page included. APA format, grammar, spelling, punctuation intact. Worth total of 5 Points | ≥ 3 pages long. Cover page included. Reference page with ≥ 5 references included. 2.5 Pts.APA format ≤ 5 errors. Grammar spelling & punctuation ≤5 errors. 2.5 Pts. (Need to meet all requirements for full points) | < 3 pages long. Cover page missing. No reference page or reference page with at least 1 but < 5 references included. 1.0 Pts. APA format > 5 errors. 0.5 Pts. Grammar spelling & punctuation > 5 errors. 0.5 Pts. | |
| Presentation to Class Week 7 Worth total of 20 Points | Gives 5-7-minute presentation to the class. Includes cultural group & brief population history. Include beliefs & behaviors within family, religion, and healthcare. Includes ≥ 5 ways nurses can assess patient to discover health beliefs. Able to answer questions. 20 Pts. (Need to meet all requirements for full points) | Gives < 5-minute presentation to the class. 2 Pt. Does not include cultural group & brief population history. 2 Pt.Does not include beliefs & behaviors within family, religion, and healthcare. 1 Pt. Includes < 5 ways nurses can assess patient to discover health beliefs. 1 Pt.Unable to answer questions. 1 Pt. | |
| Total Points Possible 50 | Total Points Awarded | Total Points Awarded |
