NUR 205 - EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATES
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Culture
A pattern of shared beliefs, attitudes, self definitions, norms, roles, and values that can
occur among those who speak a particular language or live in a defined geographic
region
ethnicity/ethnic identity
-Common ancestry that leads to shared values and beliefs
-influenced by culture and common ancestry
-Ethnicity is a powerful determinant of ones identity
Race
-Influenced by physical or biological characteristics
Scope of culture
-very broad
-influences the shared beliefs, values, and behaviors of a group
Influences and affects exemplars
-causual beliefs about health
-illness expression
-symptoms of illness
-taboos
Culture attributes
-culture is learned
-culture is changing and adapting
-shared beliefs, values, and behaviors
Theoretical links to culture
-Leininger's theory of culture care diversity and universality
-Interprofessional theory of social suffering
Leininger's theory of culture care diversity and universality
World view
-emic (within)
-etic (discover universal application)
-Avoid stereotyping
-Treat the individual
-See every patient encounter as cross-cultural
Intersectionality
Iceberg analogy
-Most aspects of a persons world view are hidden
-understanding the different levels of oppression and where you stand helps you
develop cultural competence
Iceberg Analogy
-unconscious bias
-implicit bias
,-culturally congruent care
-cultural competence
Health disparities
a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or
environmental disadvantage
social determinants of health
The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age
Marginalized groups
-gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender
-People of color
-physically or mentally challenged
-not college educated
Cultural competence
-Meaningful and useful care strategies based on knowledge of the cultural heritage,
beliefs, attitudes and behaviors of those to whom they render care
Cultural competency in nursing
-expected component of nursing education and professional nursing practice
-requires underlying acceptance of patients health and beliefs
Requires adapting care to meet unique needs and perspectives of individual
Care measures
-key quality indicators that help health care institutions improve performance, increase
accountability and reduce costs
-intended to reduce health disparities
-all patients regardless of cultural and socioeconomic status are to be treated equally
because the standard of care applies to all
4 interrelated concepts
-self/cultural awareness
-Cultural knowledge
-cultural skill
-cultural desire
Transcultural care
culturally congruent when it fits a persons life patterns, values, and system of meaning
Cultural encounter goals
-communicate in a way that generates a wide variety of responses
-interact to validate, refine, or modify existing values, beliefs, and practices about a
cultural group
Cultural desire
having the motivation to engage patients so that you understand them from a cultural
perspective
LEARN model
L: listen
E: explain
A: acknowledge
R: recommend
N: negotiate
RESPECT model
, 1. what do you call the problem?
2. what do you think has caused the problem?
3. why do you think it started when it did?
4. What do you think the sickness does? how does it work?
5. how severe is the sickness? will it have a long or short course?
6. What kind of treatment do you think the patient should receive?
7. what are the chief problems the sickness has caused?
8. What do you fear most about the sickness?
Individualism vs. Collectivism
-interpersonal vs intrapersonal
Power distance
-acceptance of unequal distribution of power as legitimate or fair
Masculine vs feminism
how gender roles are connected
religiosity varies to degree
organized/institutionalized
-help cope
Cultural assessment data
-origin and family
-communication
-personal beliefs about health, illness
-daily practices
Culture model
-health disparities
-spirituality
-family dynamics
-stress and coping
-communication
-ethics
-mood and affect
-fatigue
Spirituality pt 1
-unique to each person
-principle, experience, attitudes and beliefs regarding a transcendence and the inner
person
-Quality of life, meaning, purpose, health, sense of wholeness/connectedness are
affected by spirituality
-internalized identity or experience
Religion
outward expression of persons spiritual belief
-helps maintain their faith and spiritual needs
Religiosity
-external expression in form of practicing faith/belief
-expression of moral beliefs
Attributes and criteria of spirituality
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Culture
A pattern of shared beliefs, attitudes, self definitions, norms, roles, and values that can
occur among those who speak a particular language or live in a defined geographic
region
ethnicity/ethnic identity
-Common ancestry that leads to shared values and beliefs
-influenced by culture and common ancestry
-Ethnicity is a powerful determinant of ones identity
Race
-Influenced by physical or biological characteristics
Scope of culture
-very broad
-influences the shared beliefs, values, and behaviors of a group
Influences and affects exemplars
-causual beliefs about health
-illness expression
-symptoms of illness
-taboos
Culture attributes
-culture is learned
-culture is changing and adapting
-shared beliefs, values, and behaviors
Theoretical links to culture
-Leininger's theory of culture care diversity and universality
-Interprofessional theory of social suffering
Leininger's theory of culture care diversity and universality
World view
-emic (within)
-etic (discover universal application)
-Avoid stereotyping
-Treat the individual
-See every patient encounter as cross-cultural
Intersectionality
Iceberg analogy
-Most aspects of a persons world view are hidden
-understanding the different levels of oppression and where you stand helps you
develop cultural competence
Iceberg Analogy
-unconscious bias
-implicit bias
,-culturally congruent care
-cultural competence
Health disparities
a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or
environmental disadvantage
social determinants of health
The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age
Marginalized groups
-gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender
-People of color
-physically or mentally challenged
-not college educated
Cultural competence
-Meaningful and useful care strategies based on knowledge of the cultural heritage,
beliefs, attitudes and behaviors of those to whom they render care
Cultural competency in nursing
-expected component of nursing education and professional nursing practice
-requires underlying acceptance of patients health and beliefs
Requires adapting care to meet unique needs and perspectives of individual
Care measures
-key quality indicators that help health care institutions improve performance, increase
accountability and reduce costs
-intended to reduce health disparities
-all patients regardless of cultural and socioeconomic status are to be treated equally
because the standard of care applies to all
4 interrelated concepts
-self/cultural awareness
-Cultural knowledge
-cultural skill
-cultural desire
Transcultural care
culturally congruent when it fits a persons life patterns, values, and system of meaning
Cultural encounter goals
-communicate in a way that generates a wide variety of responses
-interact to validate, refine, or modify existing values, beliefs, and practices about a
cultural group
Cultural desire
having the motivation to engage patients so that you understand them from a cultural
perspective
LEARN model
L: listen
E: explain
A: acknowledge
R: recommend
N: negotiate
RESPECT model
, 1. what do you call the problem?
2. what do you think has caused the problem?
3. why do you think it started when it did?
4. What do you think the sickness does? how does it work?
5. how severe is the sickness? will it have a long or short course?
6. What kind of treatment do you think the patient should receive?
7. what are the chief problems the sickness has caused?
8. What do you fear most about the sickness?
Individualism vs. Collectivism
-interpersonal vs intrapersonal
Power distance
-acceptance of unequal distribution of power as legitimate or fair
Masculine vs feminism
how gender roles are connected
religiosity varies to degree
organized/institutionalized
-help cope
Cultural assessment data
-origin and family
-communication
-personal beliefs about health, illness
-daily practices
Culture model
-health disparities
-spirituality
-family dynamics
-stress and coping
-communication
-ethics
-mood and affect
-fatigue
Spirituality pt 1
-unique to each person
-principle, experience, attitudes and beliefs regarding a transcendence and the inner
person
-Quality of life, meaning, purpose, health, sense of wholeness/connectedness are
affected by spirituality
-internalized identity or experience
Religion
outward expression of persons spiritual belief
-helps maintain their faith and spiritual needs
Religiosity
-external expression in form of practicing faith/belief
-expression of moral beliefs
Attributes and criteria of spirituality
