Assignment task:
Society has standards to which individuals are expected to conform. Thus, the influence of society on an individual is referred to as a culture, which comprises language, beliefs, cultural values, and traditions, among others. Culture influences an individual willingness to seek and accept healthcare and how they react to the signs and symptoms of a disease. For example, for an Arabic woman seeking medical treatment in a hospital, her values, culture, religion, and beliefs should be respected and incorporated into the care plan to achieve quality patient care. Muslims are modest and private when it comes to dressing and believe illness, pain, and dying are tests from God; the diet should be halal and have a routine schedule of fasting; they value their families with strong extended family support, which is consulted in all critical health decisions; most of the communication is done by the male in the house, such as the father or the husband (Attum et al., 2023).
Patient education is sometimes provided to a patient with the assumption that the patient shares the same values as the healthcare professional (Swihart et al., 2022). This should not be the case because patients have different cultures compared to the healthcare professional. Collaboration between the patient and family with healthcare professionals for quality patient care is affected by cultural differences. Thus, cultural differences have an impact on patient education. Language is critical in the effective exchange of information; the family should be involved in the support of the patient, and the method of communication should be the one preferred by the patient. Therefore, for quality patient education, the healthcare professional should include and consider cultural factors critical in patient teaching.