, 1. 1. Why is it importance for the RN to understanding cultural differences in
healthcare? ANSWER Because culture is a powerful influence on how nurses communicate with clients interpret
and respond to their healthcare environments
2. interpret and respond to their healthcare environments ANSWER a. It develops over
time, it is shared and learn ed, it changes with diflculty (diflcult to change), is essential for survival and
acceptance.
3. 3. What are the primary & secondary differences in culture? ANSWER a. Primary
tends to be obvious, including nationality, race, color, gender, age, and religious beliefs.
b. Secondary characteristics include socioeconomic status, education, occupation, gender issues, residential status, and
sexual orientation. Secondary characteristics are harder to identify but they have a more powerful ettect on the person's
culture identity that primary characteristics
4. 4. Cultural sensitivity definition. ANSWER a. Cultural sensitivity has to do with a personal attitude a
not
saying things that might be ottensive to someone from a cultural or ethnic background ditterent from the heath care
providers.
b. Cultural sensitivity describes the attective behaviors in individuals the capacity to feel convey or reach to ideas, habits,
customs or traditions unique to a group of people.
healthcare? ANSWER Because culture is a powerful influence on how nurses communicate with clients interpret
and respond to their healthcare environments
2. interpret and respond to their healthcare environments ANSWER a. It develops over
time, it is shared and learn ed, it changes with diflculty (diflcult to change), is essential for survival and
acceptance.
3. 3. What are the primary & secondary differences in culture? ANSWER a. Primary
tends to be obvious, including nationality, race, color, gender, age, and religious beliefs.
b. Secondary characteristics include socioeconomic status, education, occupation, gender issues, residential status, and
sexual orientation. Secondary characteristics are harder to identify but they have a more powerful ettect on the person's
culture identity that primary characteristics
4. 4. Cultural sensitivity definition. ANSWER a. Cultural sensitivity has to do with a personal attitude a
not
saying things that might be ottensive to someone from a cultural or ethnic background ditterent from the heath care
providers.
b. Cultural sensitivity describes the attective behaviors in individuals the capacity to feel convey or reach to ideas, habits,
customs or traditions unique to a group of people.
