Problem
PRETEND: A recently immigrated elderly woman, 77 years old emigrated to the US in 2015 from Italy.
She speaks Italian as primary language and broken English. She left Italy to be with her daughter who is in the US.
I am to include a Transcultural assessment using the Giger and Davidhizar's Transcultural assessment model.
A. Analysis of the cultural findings of the person, focusing on factors contributing to that specific person's cultural norms, the significance of aberrations, the transcultural tensions, the interviewee's health and healthcare experiences, etc.
B. Assessment of six cultural phenomena
C. Each of the six phenomena must be addressed
a. Communication
b. Space
c. Time
d. Social organization
e. Environment - include locus of control
f. Biological variation - include conditions that run in that person's family, applying conditions for which persons of that culture are at risk
D. Three specific implications for healthcare workers, based upon the cultural assessment findings.
a. How might a healthcare worker impact the physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and/or spiritual health of this person, based upon the cultural assessment findings