Culteral Diversity (ch2)

Question 0

Nursing is the largest subculture of?

Answer 0

Healthcare system- culture with customs, rules, values, and language of its own

Question 1

Health of an ethic group is jeopardized when?

Answer 1

their cultural identity demeaned of disempowered- research has shown association between perceived racial discrimination and HTN, low birth weight, and mental disorders

Question 2

Culturally safe care

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Providing an environment in which people are treated with respect for their identity and dignity for who they are and in which a shared experience of listening and learning is created

Question 3

Culture defined

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Culture affects how people value, evaluate, and categorize life experiences
Members of a cultural group share values and ways of thinking and acting
Different from people outside of group

Question 4

Subculture

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Smaller group of people who are members of a larger cultural group

Have certain ethnic, occupational, or physical characteristics not common in larger culture

Question 5

Stereotyping

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One assumes that all members of a culture or ethnic group act alike

Question 6

Cultural assimilation

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When a minority group lives within in a dominant group, many of their members may lose the cultural characteristics that once made them different, and their values may be replaced by the values of the dominant culture

Question 7

Mutual assimilation

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Characteristics of both groups being traded

Question 8

Culture shock

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Feelings a person experiences when placed in a different culture perceived as strange

Question 9

Ethnicity

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Sense of identification with in a collective cultural group,largely based on groups common heritage

Question 10

Cultural imposition

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Belief that everyone should conform to your own belief system

Question 11

Cultural blindness

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Occurs when one ignores differences and proceeds as though they do not exist

Question 12

Cultural conflict

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Occurs when people become aware of cultural differences, feel threatened, and respond by ridiculing the beliefs and traditions of others to make themselves feel more secure about their own values

Question 13

Family durability

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Intrafamilial system of support and structure that may extend beyond the walls of the household

Question 14

Family

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Defined by biologically, legally, or as social network with personally constructed ties and ideologies

Question 15

Ethnocentrism

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Belief that ones own ideas, beliefs, and practices are the best, are superior, or are most preferred to those of others

Question 16

Natural illness

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Caused by dangerous agents

Question 17

Unnatural illness

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Punishments for failing to follow god’s rules, resulting in evil forces or witchcraft causing physical or mental health problems

Question 18

Boundaries

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Closed rigid syndrome
Loose/diffuse boundaries
Healthy semi-permanent boundaries

Question 19

Closed/rigid syndrome

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Roles and roles are maintained under all conditions

Can become isolated cutting them off from each other and the community

Question 20

Loose/diffuse boundaries

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No clear definable boundaries
Family over involvement in the lives in its members
Increases dependence on one another
Violation of boundaries child being used as spouse

Question 21

Healthy/semi permanent boundaries

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Allows for personal and meaningful relationships with others

Question 22

Dr. Madeleine M. Leininger

Answer 22

Theory of cultural care diversity and universality: provides the foundation for providing culturally competent care for patients of all ages as well as to families, groups, and communities