NURS 5220 MODULE 3 2026 ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND CLINICAL
REASONING STUDY GUIDE PACKAGE
◉ cultural competence
Answer: involves recognizing ones own culture, values and biases,
and using patient centered communication skills
requires adaptation to the unique needs of patients of backgrounds
and cultures that differ from ones own
◉ culturally competence care requires
Answer: healthcare providers to be sensitive to patients heritage,
sexual orientation, socioeconomic situation, ethnicity, and cultural
background
◉ definition of culture
Answer: reflects the whole of human behavior including:
ideas and attitudes
ways of relating to each other
manners of speaking
, material products of physical effort, ingenuity, imagination
◉ culture includes:
Answer: language, beliefs, etiquette, law, morals, entertainment,
education, sets of dynamically evolving shared traits
◉ an individual may belong to...
Answer: more than 1 cultural group or subgroup
ex. ethnicities, religion, gender
◉ it is inappropriate to uses what to distinguish a cultural group?
Answer: physical characteristics
◉ cultural humility
Answer: recognition of ones limitations in knowledge and cultural
perspectives and being open to new perspectives
◉ what does cultural humility involve
Answer: viewing patients as individuals
self-reflection & self-critique
oral of more balanced mutually beneficial relationship
meeting patients "where they are"
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND CLINICAL
REASONING STUDY GUIDE PACKAGE
◉ cultural competence
Answer: involves recognizing ones own culture, values and biases,
and using patient centered communication skills
requires adaptation to the unique needs of patients of backgrounds
and cultures that differ from ones own
◉ culturally competence care requires
Answer: healthcare providers to be sensitive to patients heritage,
sexual orientation, socioeconomic situation, ethnicity, and cultural
background
◉ definition of culture
Answer: reflects the whole of human behavior including:
ideas and attitudes
ways of relating to each other
manners of speaking
, material products of physical effort, ingenuity, imagination
◉ culture includes:
Answer: language, beliefs, etiquette, law, morals, entertainment,
education, sets of dynamically evolving shared traits
◉ an individual may belong to...
Answer: more than 1 cultural group or subgroup
ex. ethnicities, religion, gender
◉ it is inappropriate to uses what to distinguish a cultural group?
Answer: physical characteristics
◉ cultural humility
Answer: recognition of ones limitations in knowledge and cultural
perspectives and being open to new perspectives
◉ what does cultural humility involve
Answer: viewing patients as individuals
self-reflection & self-critique
oral of more balanced mutually beneficial relationship
meeting patients "where they are"
