(Title Page)

Module 6
Issues Nursing – Sadia Pericles
Powerpoint Presentation
Expanding Cultural Knowledge

(Objectives)
Health Beliefs and Practices
Family patterns
Communication style
Space orientation and Time orientation
Nutritional Patterns
Pain Responses
Childbirth and perinatal care
Death and Dying
Spirituality, religion, and faith (include holy days)
Prayer and meditation
What knowledge did you gain about this group that you were not aware
of?
How will this knowledge change the way you care for this cultural
group?

(Health Beliefs and Practices)

In Hispanics culture people have a higher rate of diabetes, obesity and
hypertension.
In Hispanics culture conventional medicine only useful when someone
suffer from serious illness.