NURS 5220: MODULE 1 CULTURAL
COMPETENCY QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
achieving cultural competence is a learning process that requires: - ANSWER-
self awareness
reflective practice
knowledge of core cultural issues
cultural competence - ANSWER-involves recognizing ones own culture,
values and biases, and using patient centered communication skills
requires adaptation to the unique needs of patients of backgrounds and
cultures that differ from ones own
culturally competence care requires - ANSWER-healthcare providers to be
sensitive to patients heritage, sexual orientation, socioeconomic situation,
ethnicity, and cultural background
definition of culture - ANSWER-reflects the whole of human behavior
including:
ideas and attitudes
ways of relating to each other
manners of speaking
material products of physical effort, ingenuity, imagination
culture includes: - ANSWER-language, beliefs, etiquette, law, morals,
entertainment, education, sets of dynamically evolving shared traits
an individual may belong to... - ANSWER-more than 1 cultural group or
subgroup
ex. ethnicities, religion, gender
, it is inappropriate to uses what to distinguish a cultural group? - ANSWER-
physical characteristics
cultural humility - ANSWER-recognition of ones limitations in knowledge and
cultural perspectives and being open to new perspectives
what does cultural humility involve - ANSWER-viewing patients as individuals
self-reflection & self-critique
oral of more balanced mutually beneficial relationship
meeting patients "where they are"
impact of culture - ANSWER-Influences the way patients seek medical care
and the way clinicians provide care include
1. age
2. gender
3. race
4. ethnic group
5. cultural attitudes
6. regional differences
7. socioeconomic status
blurring of culture distinctions - ANSWER-cultural differences are malleable in
a way that physical characteristics may not be
modern technology and economics may eventually lead to universality in
language, but we can begin by acknowledging and overcoming our individual
biases and cultural stereotypes
use of medical interpreters has a positive impact on health care
primacy of the individual in healthcare - ANSWER-"labeling"
predicting an individual patients character merely based on common cultural
traits or stereotypes is not appropriate
cultural attitudes may constrain professional behavior and confuse the
context in which the patient is served
COMPETENCY QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
achieving cultural competence is a learning process that requires: - ANSWER-
self awareness
reflective practice
knowledge of core cultural issues
cultural competence - ANSWER-involves recognizing ones own culture,
values and biases, and using patient centered communication skills
requires adaptation to the unique needs of patients of backgrounds and
cultures that differ from ones own
culturally competence care requires - ANSWER-healthcare providers to be
sensitive to patients heritage, sexual orientation, socioeconomic situation,
ethnicity, and cultural background
definition of culture - ANSWER-reflects the whole of human behavior
including:
ideas and attitudes
ways of relating to each other
manners of speaking
material products of physical effort, ingenuity, imagination
culture includes: - ANSWER-language, beliefs, etiquette, law, morals,
entertainment, education, sets of dynamically evolving shared traits
an individual may belong to... - ANSWER-more than 1 cultural group or
subgroup
ex. ethnicities, religion, gender
, it is inappropriate to uses what to distinguish a cultural group? - ANSWER-
physical characteristics
cultural humility - ANSWER-recognition of ones limitations in knowledge and
cultural perspectives and being open to new perspectives
what does cultural humility involve - ANSWER-viewing patients as individuals
self-reflection & self-critique
oral of more balanced mutually beneficial relationship
meeting patients "where they are"
impact of culture - ANSWER-Influences the way patients seek medical care
and the way clinicians provide care include
1. age
2. gender
3. race
4. ethnic group
5. cultural attitudes
6. regional differences
7. socioeconomic status
blurring of culture distinctions - ANSWER-cultural differences are malleable in
a way that physical characteristics may not be
modern technology and economics may eventually lead to universality in
language, but we can begin by acknowledging and overcoming our individual
biases and cultural stereotypes
use of medical interpreters has a positive impact on health care
primacy of the individual in healthcare - ANSWER-"labeling"
predicting an individual patients character merely based on common cultural
traits or stereotypes is not appropriate
cultural attitudes may constrain professional behavior and confuse the
context in which the patient is served
