NUR 190 Final Exam Study Guide
Questions And Correct Answers.
cultural diversity - Answer Plurality of ideas and opinions for behavior to which people are
exposed, adding to the texture and complexity of a society
cultural relativity - Answer Principle that meaning is created by one's culture and truth is
culture-specific; the same experience may carry different meanings to people of different
cultures
culturally competent nursing characteristics - Answer Nursing that has the "attitudes,
knowledge, and skills necessary to provide quality care to diverse populations"
culture - Answer 1. a society's behavior and institutions
2. growth of microorganisms in a specialized medium under precise conditions
culture shock - Answer Failure to comprehend the culture in which one is living
ethnicity of ethnic identity - Answer shared cultural characteristics that symbolize a common
group origin
ethnocentrism - Answer use of one's own culture to judge the beliefs, behaviors, attitudes,
and values of people in another culture
health disparity - Answer a particular type of health difference that is closely linked to *social
or economic* disadvantage
health equity - Answer attainment of the highest level of health for all people
implicit bias - Answer An extension of implicit cultural perspectives that is frequent and long-
lasting, functioning at an unconscious level and impacting one's views, conduct, and recall of
events
key informants - Answer
,race - Answer group defined by biological characteristics
racism - Answer oppression and exploitation of people of a different skin color or ethnic origin
rituals - Answer common and observable expressions of culture
Stereotypes - Answer pre-conceived beliefs about a person or peoples
subculture - Answer beliefs held by a portion (e.g., occupational or age group) of the larger
population
transcultural nursing - Answer nursing practice that is patient centered, evidence based, and is
influenced by culture
what culture is... - Answer Learned from others- not innate
Learned over a period of time
Shared by people who communicate overtime
Shared unequally by members- some have more access
Dynamic- always changing
Diverse- increase ideas and opinions
Reasonable- makes sense to members
Implicit- habitat and habituated assumptions
Not easily described by members
Stabilizing- predictable responses
Ethnocentric- one's own culture as the standard
Relative- to socio ecological context
Persuasive and holistic
Ritualistic
Recognizable- in patterns
what culture is not... - Answer *Predictable* at individual levels
Necessarily *logical* or reasonable to the outside observer
, Interpret experience
Explain the unknown
Leininger Modalities (3) *PAR* - Answer Culture care preservation/maintenance
Culture care accommodation
Culture care repatterning
culture care preservation/maintenance - Answer refers to assistive, supportive, facilitative, or
enabling professional actions and decisions which help specific culture to *maintain care values
and life ways for their well-being*, to recover from illness, or to deal with a handicap or dying
culture care accommodation - Answer refers to assistive, supportive, facilitative, or enabling
professional actions and decisions that help people of specific culture or subculture *adapt to or
negotiate with others for meaningful, beneficial, and congruent health outcomes*
culture care repatterning - Answer refers to assistive, supportive, facilitative, or enabling
professional actions and decisions that help patients *reorder, change, or modify their life*
ways for new, different, and beneficial health outcomes
Barriers to culturally competent care (9) *VLA* - Answer Vulnerable Populations
Language & Health Literacy
Availability
Accessibility
Affordability
Appropriateness
Accountability
Adaptability
Acceptability
Awareness
Attitudes
Approachability
Alternative Practices
Questions And Correct Answers.
cultural diversity - Answer Plurality of ideas and opinions for behavior to which people are
exposed, adding to the texture and complexity of a society
cultural relativity - Answer Principle that meaning is created by one's culture and truth is
culture-specific; the same experience may carry different meanings to people of different
cultures
culturally competent nursing characteristics - Answer Nursing that has the "attitudes,
knowledge, and skills necessary to provide quality care to diverse populations"
culture - Answer 1. a society's behavior and institutions
2. growth of microorganisms in a specialized medium under precise conditions
culture shock - Answer Failure to comprehend the culture in which one is living
ethnicity of ethnic identity - Answer shared cultural characteristics that symbolize a common
group origin
ethnocentrism - Answer use of one's own culture to judge the beliefs, behaviors, attitudes,
and values of people in another culture
health disparity - Answer a particular type of health difference that is closely linked to *social
or economic* disadvantage
health equity - Answer attainment of the highest level of health for all people
implicit bias - Answer An extension of implicit cultural perspectives that is frequent and long-
lasting, functioning at an unconscious level and impacting one's views, conduct, and recall of
events
key informants - Answer
,race - Answer group defined by biological characteristics
racism - Answer oppression and exploitation of people of a different skin color or ethnic origin
rituals - Answer common and observable expressions of culture
Stereotypes - Answer pre-conceived beliefs about a person or peoples
subculture - Answer beliefs held by a portion (e.g., occupational or age group) of the larger
population
transcultural nursing - Answer nursing practice that is patient centered, evidence based, and is
influenced by culture
what culture is... - Answer Learned from others- not innate
Learned over a period of time
Shared by people who communicate overtime
Shared unequally by members- some have more access
Dynamic- always changing
Diverse- increase ideas and opinions
Reasonable- makes sense to members
Implicit- habitat and habituated assumptions
Not easily described by members
Stabilizing- predictable responses
Ethnocentric- one's own culture as the standard
Relative- to socio ecological context
Persuasive and holistic
Ritualistic
Recognizable- in patterns
what culture is not... - Answer *Predictable* at individual levels
Necessarily *logical* or reasonable to the outside observer
, Interpret experience
Explain the unknown
Leininger Modalities (3) *PAR* - Answer Culture care preservation/maintenance
Culture care accommodation
Culture care repatterning
culture care preservation/maintenance - Answer refers to assistive, supportive, facilitative, or
enabling professional actions and decisions which help specific culture to *maintain care values
and life ways for their well-being*, to recover from illness, or to deal with a handicap or dying
culture care accommodation - Answer refers to assistive, supportive, facilitative, or enabling
professional actions and decisions that help people of specific culture or subculture *adapt to or
negotiate with others for meaningful, beneficial, and congruent health outcomes*
culture care repatterning - Answer refers to assistive, supportive, facilitative, or enabling
professional actions and decisions that help patients *reorder, change, or modify their life*
ways for new, different, and beneficial health outcomes
Barriers to culturally competent care (9) *VLA* - Answer Vulnerable Populations
Language & Health Literacy
Availability
Accessibility
Affordability
Appropriateness
Accountability
Adaptability
Acceptability
Awareness
Attitudes
Approachability
Alternative Practices
