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What is culture?
→ A shared system of beliefs, values, and behavioral expectations that provides social
structure for daily living.
What is race?
→ Typically based on specific physical characteristics such as skin pigmentation, body
stature, facial features, and hair texture
What is ethnicity?
→ A sense of identification with a collective cultural group, largely based on the group
members' common heritage.
What is cultural imposition?
→ The belief that everyone else should conform to your own belief system
What is stereotyping?
→ When one assumes that all members of a culture, ethnic group, or race act alike
What is cultural blindness?
→ Occurs when one ignores differences and proceeds as though they do not exist
How can one develop cultural competence (In other words, what are the elements of cultural
competence)?
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→ o Developing an awareness of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, and
environment to prevent them from having an undue influence on those from other
backgrounds
→ o Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the patient's culture, health-related
needs, and culturally specific meanings of health and illness
→ o Accepting and respecting cultural differences in a manner that facilitates the
patient's and family's abilities to make decisions to meet their needs and beliefs
→ o Not assuming that the health care provider's beliefs and values are the same as the
patient's
→ o Resisting judgmental attitudes such as "different is not as good"
→ o Being open to and comfortable with cultural encounters
→ o Accepting responsibility for one's own education in cultural competence by attending
conferences, reading professional literature, and observing cultural practices
What are ways to provide culturally competent care?
→ First ask how they want to be treated based on their values and beliefs.
What question should the nurse ask to assess personal identity?
→ o "How would you describe yourself to others?"
→ o "make a list of 10 labels that you believe identify yourself (e.g., gay man, student,
Italian American, opera fan, premed major). Put the most important label first, and
then list the others in order of decreasing importance. What if the order were
reversed? To what extent do you think your way of organizing information about
yourself affects your behavior?"
What is self-esteem?
→ The need that people have to feel good about themselves and to believe that others
hold them in high regard.
What factors affect self-concept?
→ Personal identity, body image, self-esteem, and role performance.
How can nurses help patients maintain a sense of self?
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NUR202 Fundamentals of Nursing Final
Questions and Correct Answers the Latest
Update and Recommended Version
What is culture?
→ A shared system of beliefs, values, and behavioral expectations that provides social
structure for daily living.
What is race?
→ Typically based on specific physical characteristics such as skin pigmentation, body
stature, facial features, and hair texture
What is ethnicity?
→ A sense of identification with a collective cultural group, largely based on the group
members' common heritage.
What is cultural imposition?
→ The belief that everyone else should conform to your own belief system
What is stereotyping?
→ When one assumes that all members of a culture, ethnic group, or race act alike
What is cultural blindness?
→ Occurs when one ignores differences and proceeds as though they do not exist
How can one develop cultural competence (In other words, what are the elements of cultural
competence)?
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→ o Developing an awareness of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, and
environment to prevent them from having an undue influence on those from other
backgrounds
→ o Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the patient's culture, health-related
needs, and culturally specific meanings of health and illness
→ o Accepting and respecting cultural differences in a manner that facilitates the
patient's and family's abilities to make decisions to meet their needs and beliefs
→ o Not assuming that the health care provider's beliefs and values are the same as the
patient's
→ o Resisting judgmental attitudes such as "different is not as good"
→ o Being open to and comfortable with cultural encounters
→ o Accepting responsibility for one's own education in cultural competence by attending
conferences, reading professional literature, and observing cultural practices
What are ways to provide culturally competent care?
→ First ask how they want to be treated based on their values and beliefs.
What question should the nurse ask to assess personal identity?
→ o "How would you describe yourself to others?"
→ o "make a list of 10 labels that you believe identify yourself (e.g., gay man, student,
Italian American, opera fan, premed major). Put the most important label first, and
then list the others in order of decreasing importance. What if the order were
reversed? To what extent do you think your way of organizing information about
yourself affects your behavior?"
What is self-esteem?
→ The need that people have to feel good about themselves and to believe that others
hold them in high regard.
What factors affect self-concept?
→ Personal identity, body image, self-esteem, and role performance.
How can nurses help patients maintain a sense of self?
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