FULL COURSE WEEK 1 – 8:
NR394 – Transcultural Nursing

NR394 Week 3 Assignment: Course Project Part 1 Selection of Topic
Preparing the Assignment

You will use the same approved population and health problem for all the Project Check-Ins and Course Project Parts 1, 2, and 3. Approval is in Week 3: Course Project Part 1 Check-In. 
Download the required Course Project Part 1 Template below.
Save it to your computer with the file name: Your Last Name NR394 Course Project Part 1.docx
View the Course Project Part 1 tutorial. (Click here to view)Links to an external site.
Conduct a culturally focused nursing assessment of the identified population in your area, clinical practice, or community by answering the following questions in detail.
Assignment contents include:

Community Cultural Needs

Describe specific culture/ethnic population selected in detail. Utilize scholarly resources to validate your answers.

Preferred name of the culture/population by members
Health practices (may include illness beliefs, symptom management, birth practices, death practices
Spiritual practices and preferences

Describe rationale for selecting this population.
Describe a cultural/ethnic need within your area, clinical practice, or community.
Describe a health issue from your chosen cultural population that is based on the Leading Health Indicator (LHI) priorities from Healthy People in detail.

Details of the Health Issue

Describe how the health issue is based on the Leading Health Indicator (LHI) priorities from Healthy People.
Describe the reason why the health issue was selected.
Why it is important to focus on this health issue?

Clinical Impact

How can this content be related to clinical practice in general?
How do the cultural community needs and details of the health issue impact your area, clinical practice, or community?

After you have developed your responses, type your responses directly in your saved Course Project Part 1 Template.
Use instructor feedback from the check-in.
Please reach out to your instructor with any questions or concerns.

Template and Link
Week 3: Course Project Part 1 Template (Download here)Links to an external site.
HealthyPeople.gov Leading Health Indicators website
 
SOLUTION
Cultural Community Needs

Describe the specific culture/ethnic population selected in detail.

The population selected is the older males aged 65 years and above from the African American ethnic group. Blacks are a significant ethnic group in the U.S. Individuals from this ethnic group have either complete or incomplete descent from the black racial classes found in the African continent.

Describe the rationale for selecting this population.

African Americans’ health has been the most disadvantaged over the past decades in the U.S. population. One of the significant reasons behind the health disparities…………………………….