Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Hispanic/Latin

Because I am doing my Wiki page on a Hispanic/Latin culture I did not really expect to learn much more than I had learned from researching Spain.  I had expected to learn more about the individual traditions and holidays that are of course different from the ones in which I celebrate.  I also wanted to learn more about food, especially because Latin/Hispanic food is my absolute favorite.  I learned a great deal about family and how it is the central aspect of ones life.  Everything one does revolves around family.  I enjoyed this aspect of the Hispanic/Latin culture because too often I feel that families lose a sense of family and without family you don't have much else.  I know that I have seen often multiple families living under one roof and found it e strange due to living circumstances.  I just would figure there would be bickering and fighting all the time.  What  I did not understand was that this is the preferred way for many.  I know that it would be hard for me to pick up a financial responsibility for a family member other than a parent or brother/sister situation, but in the Hispanic culture it is their moral duty. I have noticed when care for Hispanic patients, there are loads of family that show up.  I have been frustrated trying to maneuver around all of them, but now that I understand more about their culture I will try to make it more of a standard to allow the family members to be around the patient to participate in their plan of care etc. if that be the desire of the patient. I have learned a great deal about the Hispanic population and have better understanding of why they do and act the way in which they do.  I wont say that I don't still have opinions on certain circumstances, but I am glad that I can care for my patients in a better, more educated manor.

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