Gender And Communication Skills Assignment

Purnell Assessment Assignment E.B is a twenty-one-year-old lady who lives in the small northern town of Grand Rapids, MN in Itasca County. She Her heritage is German and Irish which is a very common heritage in this Itasca County area. She has lived in Grand Rapids her whole life and most of her family is from the area. She no longer lives with her family and is currently moving into a new house with her long-term boyfriend five miles out of town. She got her high school degree from Grand Rapids High School and is currently at Bemidji State University attaining her four-year RN Nursing degree. On the weekends, she works at an assisted living as a certified nursing assistant. English is the only language that E.B speaks. She tried to take …show more content…
As a CNA, she experiences many different gender roles and communication styles. Most of the people she works with grew up in a different generation and have many differences then E.B. Many of the women she helps prefer only to have assistance from another woman. Many of the women also tell her about their stories growing up and how many women did not have jobs and were mainly just the caregivers of the house. The people she works with also have many different types of communication. Most of them did not grow up with the technology advances as we do today and struggle understanding the dialect used in our generation. Since E.B is a young adult, she has a communication style consisting of using many words and phrases the older adults do not …show more content…
She does not have to ever worry about going hungry and always had food to spare in the fridge. She has no rituals and special meaning to her food except on holidays such as thanksgiving where she says that she appreciates it more during that time. She has a slim body type but eats as if she doesn’t. Her favorites consist of pasta, pizza, and Coca-Cola. When she is sick, food is typically avoided except for mild foods that do not affect her stomach such as chicken noodle soup and ginger ale. E.B currently is not pregnant and not at a time in her life where she is trying to attain that. She uses birth control and other safe practices. As she does want kids in the future, she does have certain attitudes towards labor and pregnancy. She believes in pro-life and is against abortion is almost all causes except in the chances that it is better for the baby. Regular vaginal delivery is the hope for in the future, but she is not against C-sections or other delivery practices. After delivery, prefers to be reunited with her baby right after birth to help promote