Noncompliant Patients Due to Culture

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The United States has become more and more diverse over the last four decades and that diversity continues to expand. Different cultures have different perspectives about medicine, illness, healing, and treatments, which can lead to challenges for doctors and nurses. This essay describes a Hmong female patient who is noncompliant with treatment instructions. The focus is on how the nurse feels, what she does, and how she followed through. There are two sources used in this three page paper.