The Sanchez Family

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11 Study Questions
1. What type of health-care provider is Doña Reyna? Dona Reyna is a yerbero, who focuses more on using herbs, teas and other home remedies to help prevent and cure illness. (Purnell, 2013).
2. When the home-health nurse comes to administer the intravenous medication to Mr. Sanchez and teach about the care of the line, who should be included in the teaching? I believe that the family should be there when the nurse is administer the intravenous medication to Mr. Sanchez. It is important for the family to be there because if the wife is the only one present when the nurse is giving the intravenous medication, then one day if the wife isn’t there. Who will know how to insert the medication to Mr. Sanchez?
3. Explain the significance of family and kinship for the Sanchez family.
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In a Mexican American household, family and kinship is very common because the presence of other individuals that is part of the family or close with the family brings light and enjoyment to the house. In the case study it explains how the Sanchez family house is the gathering place for the community.
4. Identify two stereotypes about Mexican Americans that were dispelled in this case with the Sanchez family. One stereotype about Mexican Americans that were dispelled in this cause with the family is how Mexican Americans are very religious. It is common to believe that Mexicans Americans are very religious, when individuals do not understand that we do not have attend church every Sunday to have hope and faith in our lives. Another stereotype about Mexican American is that the male is the sole provider of the family. It is common to believe that the male figure is the one who provides for the family, yet in reality the woman can also provide for the family.
5. Describe the importance of religion for the Sanchez