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Vietnamese American Culture
Cultural Phenomena of Vietnamese American Culture
The assessment of a patient can be critical to the nursing process. The culture phenomena that a nurse may face can be critical to a proper diagnosis in many cases as well as the overall quality of care. One of the most fundamental phenomena is communication, which includes language, but also includes social organizations, time, environmental control, and biological variation. These factors represent distinct phenomena that can be identified and various cultural barriers can be mitigated through training. Although each individual may be different, culture is a powerful force in one's life and can predict many individualistic tendencies.
Social Organization
The social organization in the Vietnamese American culture is different from the mainstream culture in several ways. One is example is that Asian-American patients in mainstream mental health systems have greater premature dropout rates, shorter duration of treatment, fewer positive outcomes, and less satisfaction with care compared to White American patients (Fancher, Ton, Le Meyer, Ho, & Paternti, 2010)....
Asian patients will primarily seek out mental health care from their primary health care provider, however the rarely receive do to many communication issues that serve as barriers. It is recommended that nurses learn to respect the way that different metal illnesses are communicated by this cultural group. Yet, although a wide range of mental health problems among immigrants has been identified, the potential causal or mediating mechanisms underlying these problems remain elusive and further research still needs to be done (Hongyun & Laudingham, 2012).
The Vietnamese value their reputation significantly and this is likely one of the barriers that makes it difficult for them to speak of mental illnesses. It is a sign of weakness to this culture to need help for such problems so if they do have to report them to a primary care physician then they often under-report the severity of the condition. Because they may be subtle when talking about their aliments, it can make it difficult to pick up on exactly what kind of problems they are having. It is likely that this plays a major role in the number of Vietnamese Americans who do not receive adequate treatment…
Works Cited
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Hongyun, F., & Laudingham, M. (2012). Mental Health Consequences of International Migration for Vietnamese Americans and the Mediating Effects of Physical Health and Social Networks: Results From a Natural Experiment Approach. Demography, 393-424.
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