Health Assessment Final Exam Review

Health Assessment Final Exam Review Evidenced-Based Assessment/Cultural Competence/The Interview (Chapters 1-3) Understand the difference between a medical diagnosis and nursing diagnosis. o Evaluates the cause of disease; focuses on the function or malfunction of a specific organ system. Ο Nursing diagnoses are developed based on data obtained during the nursing assessment. Understand determinants of health as well as what information follows under each category of determinants of health o An individual's health status is influenced by personal, social, economic, and Ο 이 environmental factors called determinants of health. These determinants of health comprise: Policy and legislation Health care services Social factors such as poverty Occupational status Quality of the neighborhood Environments Lifestyle factors Individual behaviors Biology and genetics Evidence-based research has consistently shown that poverty has the greatest influence on health status. Know the definitions for culture-related concepts • Culture: A pattern of shared attitudes, beliefs, norms, roles and values that can occur among those who speak a particular language or live in a defined geographic location. 이 이 Ethnicity: A social group that may possess shared traits such as a common geographic origin, migratory status, religion, language, values, traditions, and food preferences. Acculturation: Process of social and psychological exchanges that take place when there are ongoing encounters between individuals of different cultures with subsequent changes in both groups. • Acculturative Stress: Losses and changes that occur when adjusting to a new system of beliefs, routines, and social roles. Ο Biculturalism and Integration: Bidirectional and bi-dimensional: Rather than solely relying on assimilation, new immigrants developed new means of forging identities between the country of origin and the host country.