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NUR 100 Exam 2 Questions and Answers
what is culture?
Ans: learned and shared beliefs, values, language, social habits, patterns
of behavior, and interactions shared across generations
what does culture influence?
Ans: ones thinking and behaviors
what is a subculture?
Ans: a subgroup within the larger culture that has beliefs, values, and
behaviors that are distinct from the greater culture
what is enculturation?
Ans: learning ones primary culture
what is acculturation?
Ans: learning a secondary culture
what is assimilation?
Ans: conforming to a social group
what is race?
Ans: shared biological characteristics, genetic traits, physical and
biological variations, and social meaning
what is ethnicity?
Ans: shared affiliation and a sense of identity
what is an example of ethnicity?
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Ans: religion, nationality, or tribal
what are some factors that increase cultural diversity
Ans: race, ethnicity, national origin, sexuality, education, socioeconomic
class, and gender
what is the greatest barrier to cultural competence
Ans: ethnocentrism
what is ethnocentrism
Ans: evaluating another culture according to the standards (judgement)
of one's own culture
what is bias/prejudice
Ans: any positive or negative attitude towards a person about certain
characteristics
what is a stereotype
Ans: a fixed, unchanging attitude about a group
what is discrimination
Ans: acting on one's prejudices
what is cultural impositioin
Ans: forcing your own beliefs, culture, and values on someone else
define cultural competence
Ans: having attitudes, knowledge, and skills necessary for providing
quality care to diverse populations
what is the focus of cultural competence
Ans: patient-specific needs shaped by culture
what are cultural competence nurses more likely to do
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Ans: be attuned to health disparities and understand the "non-
compliant" patient's perception of illness and treatment
what are some key components of cultural competence
Ans: Self-awareness, Acceptance, Respect, Acquiring knowledge, skills,
and attitudes, Ongoing process
what is a nurses culture
Ans: must differ for each client
is cultural competence optional
Ans: no
what does healthy people 2020 include
Ans: specific objectives for persons in different cultures; outlined by
Disparities in health and health care
cultural incompetence is more what
Ans: more costly and more cost ineffective
what is transcultural nursing (nursing across cultures)
Ans: Specialty within nursing, knowing and understanding different
cultures, and provide meaningful nursing care to people according to
their cultural values
who is Madeleine Leininger
Ans: the first to professionally research transcultural nursing
what is culturally congruent care essential to
Ans: curing
describe culturally congruent care
Ans: finding mutual goals, respecting differences, central and dominant
purpose of nursing, supportive and meaningful
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NUR 100 Exam 2 Questions and Answers
what is culture?
Ans: learned and shared beliefs, values, language, social habits, patterns
of behavior, and interactions shared across generations
what does culture influence?
Ans: ones thinking and behaviors
what is a subculture?
Ans: a subgroup within the larger culture that has beliefs, values, and
behaviors that are distinct from the greater culture
what is enculturation?
Ans: learning ones primary culture
what is acculturation?
Ans: learning a secondary culture
what is assimilation?
Ans: conforming to a social group
what is race?
Ans: shared biological characteristics, genetic traits, physical and
biological variations, and social meaning
what is ethnicity?
Ans: shared affiliation and a sense of identity
what is an example of ethnicity?
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Ans: religion, nationality, or tribal
what are some factors that increase cultural diversity
Ans: race, ethnicity, national origin, sexuality, education, socioeconomic
class, and gender
what is the greatest barrier to cultural competence
Ans: ethnocentrism
what is ethnocentrism
Ans: evaluating another culture according to the standards (judgement)
of one's own culture
what is bias/prejudice
Ans: any positive or negative attitude towards a person about certain
characteristics
what is a stereotype
Ans: a fixed, unchanging attitude about a group
what is discrimination
Ans: acting on one's prejudices
what is cultural impositioin
Ans: forcing your own beliefs, culture, and values on someone else
define cultural competence
Ans: having attitudes, knowledge, and skills necessary for providing
quality care to diverse populations
what is the focus of cultural competence
Ans: patient-specific needs shaped by culture
what are cultural competence nurses more likely to do
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Ans: be attuned to health disparities and understand the "non-
compliant" patient's perception of illness and treatment
what are some key components of cultural competence
Ans: Self-awareness, Acceptance, Respect, Acquiring knowledge, skills,
and attitudes, Ongoing process
what is a nurses culture
Ans: must differ for each client
is cultural competence optional
Ans: no
what does healthy people 2020 include
Ans: specific objectives for persons in different cultures; outlined by
Disparities in health and health care
cultural incompetence is more what
Ans: more costly and more cost ineffective
what is transcultural nursing (nursing across cultures)
Ans: Specialty within nursing, knowing and understanding different
cultures, and provide meaningful nursing care to people according to
their cultural values
who is Madeleine Leininger
Ans: the first to professionally research transcultural nursing
what is culturally congruent care essential to
Ans: curing
describe culturally congruent care
Ans: finding mutual goals, respecting differences, central and dominant
purpose of nursing, supportive and meaningful
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