cultural assessment is part of the foundation for every patient's care plan. It provides valuable data for setting mutual goals, planning care, intervening, and evaluating the care (Andrews et al., 2019). Cultural assessment systematically examines individuals, families, groups, and communities' health-related cultural beliefs, values, and practices.

Instructions:

1. Read the one (1) statement below, then answer the questions that follow:
   1.  Statement #1:  The nurse is completing a spiritual assessment of a newly admitted patient.
      • What would be some essential areas to discuss during a spiritual assessment?
      • Discuss what patients most value from a nurse caring for their spiritual needs as they provide health care.
      • List educational needs.
   2.  Statement #2:  Cultural Influences are relevant to everyone.
      • Discuss aspects of culture that are relevant to health assessment.
      • How is culture important during the health assessment?
2. Initial Post: Post your response with:
   • At least 100-150 words 
   • Writing free of grammatical, spelling, &/or punctuation errors.
   • Cite your references with the APA style guideLinks to an external site. (not included in the length of the post.