NR 305 Week 6 Graded Discussion Topic: Providing Culturally Competent Nursing Care

NR 305 Week 6 Graded Discussion Topic: Providing Culturally Competent Nursing Care Weber, J.R. & Kelley, J.H. (2018). Health assessment in nursing (6th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer. • Chapter 11: Assessing Culture • Chapter 12: Assessing Spirituality and Religious Practices Week 6 Discussion Post: Providing Culturally Competent Nursing Care This week you have your choice of three discussion topics! Select the one that most interests you and answer the corresponding questions completely. Remember to reference both the book or lesson, and an outside scholarly source. Option #1: You are the nurse assessing an Orthodox Jewish client with peptic ulcer. The client is strictly religious and refuses to eat the food provided at the health care facility. 1. Describe how you would further assess and provide care for this client. 2. What steps could you take to increase your cultural competence, if you were not familiar with this faith?