Dempsey, Hillege, and Hill (2014) believe that an individual's lifestyle and culture have a strong influence on health practices and beliefs. health and that the culture to which they belong affects the person's views on health and illness. . There may be typical behaviors related to health and illness that are specific to a particular culture, such as diet, beliefs about the causes of illness, planned treatment plans, caregiving, and nursing practices. hygiene (Lewis and Foley 2014). For example, a patient's cultural belief may be that illnesses are a punishment from God and, therefore, he or she may not seek help from health care providers until later in life. disease, if at all (Lewis and Foley 2014). Nurses should be culturally sensitive when assessing a patient and should ask culturally appropriate questions. “Standard 2.2 states that the registered nurse communicates effectively and respects the dignity, culture, values, beliefs and rights of an individual (NMBA 2016, p..