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Smoking is a leading cause of death around the World and there are rising rates of smoking associated cancer and disease. The purpose of this post will be to discuss the culture of Poland as it relates to smoking, while reviewing nursing biases when it comes to patient care. Poland saw an increase of smoking after communism came to an end in the country where much of the Polish population was uneducated on the dramatic negative effects smoking can have on a person’s health (Curbing tobacco use in poland, nd).
Social and political factors played a large part in Poland’s cigarette consumption such as the privatization of the tobacco industry when communism was a thing of the past and democracy took a front seat in the country. The Polish, mainly uninformed of the dangers of smoking tobacco, saw millions of dollars put towards tobacco advertising.
Cuevas et al. (2017) found that there were disparities and biased against Latino and African-American patients in healthcare. Latino patients in this study explained that they felt their treatment would be better if language barriers were a consideration with language interpretation provided during assessments and interventions at bedside (Cuevas et al., 2017). Within my own practice, I have to be culturally sensitive to our large Latino population here in San Antonio, and that often looks like using a translation phone or finding a coworker who is fluent in Spanish for clear communication and patient comfort. I think some populations are more difficult to communicate with due to language barriers and cultural beliefs, however that must be put aside for quality patient care. Having cultural relevance is necessary to combat bias in nursing.
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