NATIONAL CULTURE GROUP 1 Content Outline Title Content Outline Question and Answer Documentation Resources Members 10 question and answer portion What was the healthcare system in your time? "I arrived in the US in 1994. Healthcare system is a mixed system compose of private health insurance and government health insurance (Medicare for 65 yrs and above and Medicaid for patients who cannot afford to pay). Unlike in Canada, Australia and most European Countries, US is still perfecting the Universal Health Care by State and not Federal. " Was there discrimination in the hospital against other races? "I myself did not experience any form of discrimination because l of my race. But of course as human beings, we have personal prejudices and this can be felt in a micro level when you are working with other races." Was there any difference when it comes to the treatment of pwd people before and now? "Ever since when I arrived in the US, Americans really provide services to PWD as reflected in their infrastructure such as providing Braille system in elevators, pathway for wheelchair in pedestrian lanes, kneeling buses to accommodate passengers on wheelchairs, having a special seat for wheelchair passengers and providing bigger public toilets for wheelchairs." How hard was it during the pandemic? "Americans are freedom loving people and most believed that mandating vaccination and wearing of masks trample their freedom to choose how to live life. Pandemic brought polarity in society, those who want to be a sheep waiting to be slaughtered or a lion whose freedom is not to be infringed." May you tell us a time when you had to deliver a bad news to a patient and how did you do it? Delivering unlikely news to a patient need to be conveyed in a succinct manner. When I delivered an abnormal lab results to my up-and-about patient, I had to explain the current situation and how the results came about. Tone of voice and the expression of empathy towards the patient can make a difference in delivering bad news. What can you say about the difference in the healthcare system between the Philippines and USA? "USA is fundamentally a rich nation empowered by a huge middle class and so private health insurance companies thrive because most working citizens can afford the health insurance supported by their employers. Philippines is fundamentally a country where almost 20% of the population is on poverty level and the health insurance provided by the employers are not much of a benefit. Philhealth, the Philippines’ answer to a universal health plan is not a complete health plan due to its limitation of coverage. Healthcare system in the US is geared towards wellness and disease prevention, while in the Philippines, wellness and disease prevention is not fully embraced by the population". What do you think is the major change or changes in the healthcare system before and now? "US government is still trying to adapt the universal health plan with some success in some states. Democrats wants a universal health care, they believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. Republicans on the other hand believes in a patient-centered health care system, which is based in free markets, fostering competition and driving health care costs down. Up to now, the adoption of a one-payment system is still being debated in the US congress." What significant event in your life has made you realize that you belong in this field? "As a nurse and as a pharmacist, I have realized I have chosen the right field whenever I attend a code blue. Helping to revive a patient while performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation and providing the needed medication, made me realize how important saving someone else’s life. " Please give unusual manners that you have observed with American people that we Filipinos don't usually do. "Americans are straightforward and very assertive while Filipinos are the complete opposite. Decades ago while I was working al nurse in one of Chicago’s big medical centers, a white nurse told me during a conversation that Filipinos need to be assertive. She probably noticed that we Filipinos just follow the authority without questioning the order." Please give us tips on how to adapt to other to other cultures. "We need to have an open-mind and not have a tunnel vision. In doing this, we need to be open to social gatherings while keeping our personal prejudices to ourselves. Also, we need to see the world and that is by traveling. The more you travel, the more you appreciate how we are different and yet the same as human beings. The more you visit places and immerse in their culture, you will realize and appreciate how each culture attempt to survive and when you ponder upon it, we are all one and the same." 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