Explain how you would incorporate MK’s holistic view of health to foster adherence to the medication regime.

The influences of a patient’s cultural beliefs, values, and customs may create a conflict between the goals of nursing and health care and the dictates of a patient’s cultural background.

Chapter 4

This performance task focuses on the cultural aspects of care that becoming more important as the diversity of the population’s nurses serve increases.

Case Study

MK, an Inuit living in the Arctic region Inuit settlement of Point Hope, Alaska, has been diagnosed with an infection requiring antibiotic therapy. An oral antibiotic has been prescribed which must be taken at 12-hour intervals for seven (7) days. Inuit life must adapt to the extremes of summer and winter night lengths. Time orientation for MK is not “time-by-the-clock” as in western cultures. She may be perceived as cyclical, present-oriented, and “in-the-moment” as compared to linear, future-oriented, and

In traditional Inuit society the healing of the sick is the responsibility of the shaman, who contacts spirits by singing, dancing, and drum beating. MK believes that people, community, nature, and spirituality are interconnected and interrelated. While MK seeks treatment for physical illnesses from Western medicine, she believes that illness is a result of disharmony with physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional health, thus seeking the healing powers of the shaman. MK may discontinue any Western medicine treatments once the physical symptoms disappear believing that harmony has been restored.

The sun will be last seen above the horizon around November 11 each year and 24 hours of daylight occur from mid-May to mid-July.

Task: Write an essay (suggested length of 4-5 pages) in which you address the following topics:

A Begin the paper with an introductory paragraph that briefly describes the major topic areas you are covering.

B Discuss three (3) cultural, genetic, racial or ethnic factors that may influence MK’s response to medication administration.

C Summarize current self-administration programs.

D Develop a self-medication administration schedule that incorporates MK’s time orientation situation.

E Explain how you would incorporate MK’s holistic view of health to foster adherence to the medication regime.

F Use correct APA format, headings, and in-text and reference list citations throughout the paper.

G . Use a minimum of three (3) references, from professional, scholarly-based sources in the paper.

Note: To expedite the grading process, submit the paper as an attachment, please save the word processing file as an *.rtf (Rich Text File).