Dempsey, Hillege, and Hill (2014) believe that an individual's lifestyle and culture have a strong influence on health practices and beliefs, and that culture a to which they belong influences the person's views on health and disease. 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, intended treatment plans, care and hygiene practices (Lewis & Foley 2014). For example, a patient's cultural belief may be that illnesses are a punishment from God, and therefore they may not seek care from healthcare providers until later in the illness or at all (Lewis & Foley 2014). Nurses must be culturally sensitive when assessing a patient and must ask culturally appropriate questions. “Standard 2.2 states that the professional nurse communicates effectively and is respectful of a person's dignity, culture, values, beliefs and rights (NMBA 2016, p..