Cultural Competence Health Practioner Assessment for Nurses

In this situation, the nurse must be very kind, gentle, and firm in emphasizing to the parents that urinating on a newborn baby is fairly harmful to the health and the life of the infant. In attempting to convey these sentiments, the nurse must essentially assume the role of a teacher. Firstly, he or she should explain that he or she realizes that in the native culture of the parents, such a practice is normal and probably a good tradition. However, the nurse must carefully explain that there are a number of noxious conditions that urine and such unclean bacteria can transmit. The nurse should also explain that newborn infants are particularly susceptible to diseases, infections, and other forms of maladies -- especially during their first several hours of life. Urinating on a newborn actually worsens, not increases, its chances for a healthy...
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