Heritage Assessment Tool

Cultural diversity is expanding and becoming widely spread daily. According to IMO (IMO : Unequal treatment ,2002) came up with data on ethnic minorities including all (ages) to be part in getting quality health same as the people living in affluence. This discrimination between cultural differences of in racial minorities must come to a stop as efforts are being made, though trying to get a clearer understanding of these cultural health patterns, an advancement in cultural competence , in sensitivity to the differences in culture related to final decision and making choices and health care preferences. In Thus hot important for nurses to do a thorough and detail comprehensive health assessment to a patient while identifying his/.her race with a heritage assessment tool. The writer of this article did include 29 questions in assessing his/her patient culture, ethnicity and religious background. This enables the extend to which patient can best identify a particular culture, tradition acting as a rule of thumb in knowing their health choices and behaviors. The more responses , the higher the individuals identification with a heritage in culture and tradition. This research will focus on the different methods to use with results based

With emphasis regarding the number of good responses with the use of the assessment tool, enabled the nurse to understanding that each heritage plays. This tool is useful in that the nurse will be able to draw a successful plan of care for the patient., leaving out stereotypes and negativity. The heritage tool gives room for identification of individuals of a part of a cultural group assimilated into modern medicine living in