The Purnell Model Of Cultural Competence

Introduction Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern (Gordon, 1994) is a tool commonly used by nurses to help make a complete assessment of a patient. It includes 11 different units of assessment, ranging from nutrition to sexual reproduction. A student, M, has been assessed using only three units of Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern: self-perception, role relationships, and value-belief pattern (see Appendix for a complete list of questions). Using the information obtained from the assessment, a cultural competency model was created using the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence. The Purnell Model of Cultural Competence (Purnell, 2002) includes 12 cultural domains, with each one being discussed in detail with respect to the amount of information
M says that she has, for the most part, obtained most of her goals in her life thus far. She is adamant, though, that she worked very hard for all those accomplishments, and that they were by no means easy. M is still undecided on her major, but is leaning towards social work or community health. She states that she enjoys working with people and working together to obtain a personal goal. M is not religious, although her parents are Catholic. She states that is has causes very little strife in her relationships with her parents. They encourage her to make her own decisions. Her father is the head member of their household, and she views the family structure as rigid but extremely
She acquired the Spanish language throughout high school and college, taking many foreign language courses. She tends to speak very fast when she is nervous, but otherwise has a regular tone and volume. She has strong eye contact and relaxed body language. M tends to speak with her hands, especially when she gets excited about something or if something is hard to explain. Her formal greetings are very proper, and she tends to address superiors by “sir” or “ma’am”. In addition, she tends to use last names over first names if she is not familiar with an