PNR 106 EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE

Culture - Answer-A collection of beliefs, values, and assumptions about life that is shared and maintained by a group of people and transmitted intergenerationally Enculturation - Answer-Cultural beliefs and norms are transferred from a group to the individual members of the group, who adopt them and incorporate them in their personal values and beliefs Four features of culture - Answer-Culture is learned and acquired Culture is shared by a group Culture is incorporated into individuals' identity Culture is dynamic Ethnicity - Answer-A group of people who share the common and distinct culture based on shared ancestry, social experience, regional and/or national history Race - Answer-Social classification that assigns a group membership based on physical characteristics Subcultures - Answer-Smaller groups within the culture whose members have similar views and goals in addition to or in place of those of the main culture Spirituality - Answer-"Breath of life" Subjective experience that explains one's relationship to the wholeness of the physical and non-physical world and the meaning of one's life Religion - Answer-Formalized system of belief and worship Rituals - Answer-Practices related to health, illness, birth, and death and prescribed behaviors that are part of organized religion and sometimes spirituality Roman catholic beliefs about birth - Answer-Babies must be baptized soon after birth because of the belief that babies not baptized will not go to heaven. EVEN ABORTED FETUSES MUST BE BAPTIZED. Roman catholic beliefs about holy eucharist - Answer-Patients receiving communion must NOT have anything to eat or alcohol to drink 15 minutes before receiving consecrated wafer. IF DEATH IS IMMINENT FASTING IS WAIVED. Roman catholic beliefs about organ donation - Answer-Is acceptable if an individual is truly deceased, and the person has given informed consent verified by a trusted source. Eastern Orthodox beliefs about birth - Answer-Baby is baptized by immersion in water three times, followed by anointing with chrism (holy oil) Christia