Discussion 1 Culture and spirituality strongly affect patients’ unique beliefs

Discussion 1
Culture and spirituality strongly affect patients’ unique beliefs and attitudes about health promotion and disease prevention. It is important for nurse practitioners to understand and adapt to those cultural and spiritual beliefs when educating patients.
1. Discuss some specific cultural and spiritual factors that may affect the attitudes of patients and families toward health promotion and disease prevention.
2. How as a nurse practitioner can you incorporate cultural considerations and elements of the Christian worldview into plans of care for your patients?
Support your answer with a minimum of two APRN-approved scholarly resources.
Discussion 2
A new patient comes to you to review his labs. His first HgbA1C is 6.0.
1. Discuss potential primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention measures to consider for this disease and related complications.
2. Describe two or three care delivery systems that could affect how you formulate the treatment plan to manage his condition.
3. In general, how do health care delivery systems impact health disparities and access to health promotion and disease preventions for populations?
Support your answer with a minimum of two APRN-approved scholarly resources.