Issues in Minority Health Culture and COVID-19

The first case of the COVID-19 virus was identified in a physician who travels between various hospitals. After the initial case, 5 nurses and 12 patients

tested positive within a two-week period. A patient in the hospital for pneumonia tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday. The emergency department at the

community hospital is seeing more patients than they can triage and treat. You are on a team of nurses who will work with the public health disaster team to

intervene. See your job duties outlined above bullet points.
During disaster triage, you call in an entire family. They speak only…… (the culture assigned to you) except for their two children ages 8 and 12. The father

works in a factory and the mother works in a restaurant kitchen. The two children, Rosa and Daniel go to school. The father has symptoms of dry cough, 102

temperature, some stomach upset and trouble breathing, saying it is just bronchitis. The mother states she “hurts” all over and feels like her chest is a bit

congested. She has a temperature of 100.2. Rosa and Daniel are coughing a little. Daniel has a slight temperature of 99.6. The mother has been treating the

family with herbal teas. A grandmother from New York has just arrived yesterday to help care for the family but is not present at the hospital ER/ED. The

mother describes her mother as crying a lot and trembling with fear this virus will kill her whole family.

1. How would you protect yourself? Describe PPE you would use. ______________________________________________
2. PPE Supplies are low. Administration hands out one of each PPE per shift. How do you professionally respond? What action do you take?
3. How would you communicate effectively with the family? Describe what you would say? ___________________________________
4. What is the procedure for testing for COVID-19?____________________________________________
5. What would be the other concern for the community if they test positive, given what they do daily?

6. What measures would need to be taken for the community regarding a positive test for any member of the Sanchez family?

7. To what entity would positive results for COVID-19 be reported? __________________________________________

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