Culture, Health Care, and the Use of Interpreters

    Resource: Cultural Self-AssessmentPreview the document............ Complete the cultural self-assessment........ Consider this composite patient: Mr. Rodriguez is a 39-yr-old man who come in to clinic today complaining "blurry vision". He is monolingual Spanish speaking and has lived in Richmond, Ca. for about 8 years. He works as an undocumented laborer and has no health insurance and cannot buy any insurance using the Affordable Care Act. He is married with 4 school age children. His vital signs are: 98.6 149/96 88 14 Ht 5' 8" Wt 190 lbs. He drinks a couple six packs of beer on the weekends. He does not smoke. When you check his random blood sugar (RBS) the result is 202............. Write a response based on the readings and your experience taking the cultural self-assessment to the following discussion questions in the discussion forum: 1) What is missing in the self-assessment? What else do you need to consider in order to provide cultural informed care for Mr. Rodriguez?......... 2) Based on your reading for this module write 3 tips you will use to work with a medical interpreter when providing care for Mr. Rodriguez...... 3)Do you think that obtaining your DNP would help you care for Mr. Rodriquez? Why or why not?....