Chapter 9 Flashcards
1
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Define culture
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- Norms, values, and traditions passed down through the generations
- Way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
- Integrated patterns of human behavior
2
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Culture includes…
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Customs, beliefs, language, arts, religion, values, dress, cuisine, traditions, thoughts, communications, actions
3
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Cultural competency
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- Respecting a patient’s health beliefs and understanding the effect of the patient’s beliefs on health care delivery
- Enables health care providers to deliver services that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices, and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse patients
4
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Culturally congruent care
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- Goal of transcultural nursing
- Care that fits a person’s life, values, and system of meaning
- Delivering services that are respectful of and responsive to the needs of diverse patients
5
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Cultural assessment
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- Goal: obtain accurate information from a patient that allows you to formulate a mutually acceptable and culturally relevant plan of care
6
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Cultural influence on health/healthcare
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- Perceptions of health, illness, death
- Beliefs about causes of disease
- Approaches to health promotion
- Where patients seek help/care
- Types of treatment they prefer
7
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Health disparity
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- A particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage
- An inequality or difference between the health status of a disadvantaged group
8
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Healthcare disparity
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- Differences among populations in the availability, accessibility, and quality of health care services
