Gwynedd Mercy University Nursing 212 Health Assessment
Ch 2—Culture Questions With Complete Solutions
Cultural competent implies that the nurse
understands the cultural context of the patient's situation.
Many of the traditional definitions of health tend to focus on
physical, mental, and spiritual harmony.
Illness may be described as an imbalance of hot and cold among
people of
Hispanic-American heritage
An amulet may be used to protect a person from
the evil eye.
The term empancho which is used in the Hispanic culture, can
be explained as
an example of a culture-bound syndrome that has no equivalent
from a biomedical/scientific perspective.
The first step to cultural competency by a nurse is to
understand your own heritage and its basis in cultural values.
In the United States, about one in eight people are immigrants
One in every three residents belongs to a group other than
single-race, non-Hispanic White.
What is the largest minority group
, Hispanics are the largest population.
What is the second largest minority group
The second largest population is Asians followed by Blacks,
American Indians, Alaska natives, Native Hawaiians, and other
Pacific islanders.
The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically
Appropriate Services in Health Care state that health care
organizations should ensure that patients receive
effective, understandable, and respectful care in a manner
compatible with their cultural health beliefs and practices and
their preferred language.
When people with limited English proficiency seek health care,
services
cannot be denied to them.
The most common non-English languages spoken at home are
Spanish, Chinese, French, German, and Tagalog.
Cultural care is
professional health care that is culturally sensitive, appropriate,
and competent.
To develop cultural care, you must have knowledge of
your personal heritage and the heritage of the nursing
profession, the health care system, and the patient.
Heritage consistency is
Ch 2—Culture Questions With Complete Solutions
Cultural competent implies that the nurse
understands the cultural context of the patient's situation.
Many of the traditional definitions of health tend to focus on
physical, mental, and spiritual harmony.
Illness may be described as an imbalance of hot and cold among
people of
Hispanic-American heritage
An amulet may be used to protect a person from
the evil eye.
The term empancho which is used in the Hispanic culture, can
be explained as
an example of a culture-bound syndrome that has no equivalent
from a biomedical/scientific perspective.
The first step to cultural competency by a nurse is to
understand your own heritage and its basis in cultural values.
In the United States, about one in eight people are immigrants
One in every three residents belongs to a group other than
single-race, non-Hispanic White.
What is the largest minority group
, Hispanics are the largest population.
What is the second largest minority group
The second largest population is Asians followed by Blacks,
American Indians, Alaska natives, Native Hawaiians, and other
Pacific islanders.
The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically
Appropriate Services in Health Care state that health care
organizations should ensure that patients receive
effective, understandable, and respectful care in a manner
compatible with their cultural health beliefs and practices and
their preferred language.
When people with limited English proficiency seek health care,
services
cannot be denied to them.
The most common non-English languages spoken at home are
Spanish, Chinese, French, German, and Tagalog.
Cultural care is
professional health care that is culturally sensitive, appropriate,
and competent.
To develop cultural care, you must have knowledge of
your personal heritage and the heritage of the nursing
profession, the health care system, and the patient.
Heritage consistency is
