Filipino Culture, Values, and Practices in Relation to Health Care

1. Identify some Filipino cultures, values and practices regarding health and briefly discuss/relate its effect to nursing care.

2. Amidst the COVID-19 crisis the world is facing today, how can a nurse (you) exemplify love for country? Elaborate.

Answers:

1. Identify some Filipino cultures, values and practices regarding health and briefly discuss/relate its effect to nursing care.

Filipinos being family-oriented group of people just as like to those in the other parts of the world, life is seen to always connected with the Creator and the spiritual existence.

- Health for most Filipinos is dependent on how the family shares their understanding and concept of healing.

- Common to "Pinoys" the traditional practices depending on the natural and alternative healing. Whenever they need some healing they see the value of faith for body's healing. 

- This practices are still supported and existing until now for its seen effectiveness and mostly influenced by lack of resources for adequate care services. This behavior is affected by availability and accessibility of healthcare resources for most community especially in the urban area that challenges government's infrastructure development efforts.

- Nursing practice is challenged in approaching the behavior of communities for care provision.

• Filipinos have high tendency to be reluctant and hesitant to accept the services offered especially when it is beyond their capacity to avail it (Financial capacity, morality concerns and others). Most will fail to prioritize giving health more allocation compared to their other immediate needs.
• Family's personal experiences is strongly followed than the introduction of new ideas about what they usually know.
• Sustainability of the service of care. How the government or the institution can ensure the continuity of providing the service and make it available for the community being served.

- Team work and collaboration of the development of appropriate care plan is needed in this kind of clients. The understanding of how people value health and how care providers like nurses can assist in the gradual modification of their behavior towards healthcare practices.

2. Amidst the COVID-19 crisis the world is facing today, how can a nurse (you) exemplify love for country? Elaborate.

- As a care provider, the commitment to service and diligent performance of duty amidst the pandemic or crisis is how country may experience our love. 

- Doing the responsibilities expected from us and allow others to know their contributions too in this time of very challenging situation.

- Continue to provide quality service despite all the challenges being faced.

- Serving the best way possible and avoiding to be a burden in this time of crisis. (Adhere to safety protocols- Working together by doing even the simple things that we can to contribute)