Examples Of Cultural Competence In Mexican Culture

Cultural Competence Everyday the United States gains a large amount of people, whether it’s legally or illegally. Mainly anywhere one could go, one would find people of all different types of race, religion, and color. The United States is a blended country because an abundance of its people mingles outside of their original backgrounds. When working in a medical/health related field one would be able to see countless people and odd things. Some medical procedures that might seem small to one person may be complicated or even taboo to another person’s beliefs. That is why as nurses, one should be culturally competent. (Newman Giger & Davidhizar, 2008) says, “to be culturally competent one must be able to deliver meaningful care to a patient

One of the biggest amongst them is Cirrhosis of the Liver. (Newman Giger & Davidhizar, 2008) explains, “that drinking in the Mexican American culture can occur whether they are trying to cope with negative feelings or even when the are happy with life. Drinking in this culture is very normal and for the most part done on a regular basis. Parties are an enormous factor when it comes to consuming large amounts of alcoholic beverages.” Drinking could even be integrated into super time as one’s beverage with their meal. Lack of education could be a reason why many do not know that large amounts of alcohol over a long period of time lead to Cirrhosis of the Liver. Because social drinking in Mexican American culture is so prevalent it is hard not to see why they wouldn’t face this

Depression is a mental health disease, which sometimes goes undetected for many months or years in patients. There is not a certain characteristic the one has that says whether or not they will be affected by depression. Depression is like a rain cloud constantly hovering one or like a big black blanket that one cannot pull off of them. (Leung, LaChapelle, Scinta, & Olvera, 2014) states in a study it was report that “Mexican Americans were more likely than any other racial group to have a persistently high depressive symptoms trajectory. The study also found that Mexican American women had higher rates of depression than the men in this group. Depression is defined as a feeling of hopelessness.” Depression can be treated with medications like anti-depressants or Beta-Blockers. In some patients the mental illness never dissipates even with the help of