CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS

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a combination of knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors that often are specific to racial, ethnic, geographic, social, or religious groups(NIH, 2013).

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CULTURE

Question 2

“the totality of socially transmitted behavioral patterns, arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways, and all other products of human work and thought characteristic of a population or people that guide their world view and decision making.”

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Purnell and Paulanka

Question 3

Dress, art, utensils, and tools and the way they are used.

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MATERIAL CULTURE

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Verbal and nonverbal language, beliefs, customs, and social structures.

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NONMATERIAL CULTURE

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National, racial, or ethnic groups.

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MACROCULTURE

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Age, gender, or religious affiliation.

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MICROCULTURE

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It exists within larger cultural groups.
● Composed of individuals who have a distinct identity based on occupation, membership in a social group, or heritage, and generational.

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SUBCULTURES

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The process of adaptation and change that occurs when members of different cultures are exposed to one another(Berry,2003).

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ACCULTURATION

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The adoption and incorporation of characteristics, customs, and values of the dominant culture by those new to that culture(Smokowskiet.al.,2009).

★Adopting new cultural practices while losing their original cultural identity.

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ASSIMILATION

Question 10

Perceived to be separate illnesses within certain cultures.

Typically have both behavioral and physical characteristics.

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CULTURE BASED SYNDROMES

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Illnesses defined as such by a specific cultural group but interpreted differently or not perceived illnesses by other groups.

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CULTURE BOUNDSYNDROMES

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CULTURAL COMPETENCE

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Illnesses defined as such by a specific cultural group but interpreted differently to perceived illnesses by other groups.

Question 13

The capacity of nurses or health services delivery systems to effectively understand and plan for the needs of a culturally diverse patient group.

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CULTURAL COMPETENCE

Question 14

Communication is challenged if the patient doesn’t speak the same language as a nurse or uses the language of the dominant culture.

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Communicating with Language Differences

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refers to an individual or group’s orientation in terms of past, present, and future as well as last time orientation.

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Temporal Relationships

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refers to the roles and relationships that exist within the family.

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Family Patterns

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the types and the amount of food that individuals include in their diet is culturally determined.

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Dietary Patterns

Question 18

Health and illness are believed to be controlled supernaturally or are seen as “God’s will.”

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Magico-Religious

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Consider illness to be caused by germs, viruses, or a breakdown in body processes and functions, and they believe that physiologic human processes can be affected by human intervention.

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Biomedical

Question 20

One holds that human life must be in harmony with nature and that illness results from disharmony between the two.

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Holistic

Question 21

The verbal and nonverbal methods which individuals and groups transmit information.

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Communication

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includes spoken and written language.

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Verbal

Question 23

incorporates gestures, facial expressions, and mannerisms that inform others of emotions, feelings, and responses that occur in interactions with others.

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Nonverbal

Question 24

The process in which the nurse continuously strives to achieve the ability and availability to effectively work within the cultural context of a Client individual, family or community

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CAMPINHA-BACOTE’SCULTURALLYCOMPETENT MODELOFCARE

Question 25

The motivation to want to engage in intercultural encounters and to acquire cultural competence.

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CULTURAL DESIRE

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The deliberate, cognitive process in which the healthcare provider becomes appreciative and sensitive to the values, beliefs, lifeways, practices andproblem-solvingstrategiesofaclient’sculture.

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CULTURALAW AWARENESS

Question 27

Not aware that one lacks cultural knowledge; not aware that cultural differences exist.

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Unconscious Incompetence

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Aware that one lacks knowledge about another culture; aware that cultural differences exist but not knowing what they are or how to communicate effectively with clients from different cultures

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Conscious Incompetence

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Consciously learning about the client’s culture and providing culturally relevant interventions; aware of differences; able to have effective transcultural interactions.

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Conscious Competence

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Able to automatically provide culturally congruent care to clients from a different culture, having much experience with a variety of cultural groups and having an intuitive grasp of how to communicate effectively in transcultural encounters

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Unconscious Competence

Question 31

The process of seeking and obtaining a sound educational foundation concerning the various worldviews of different cultures.

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CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE

Question 32

The ability to collect relevant cultural data regarding the client’s health history and presenting problems as well as accurately performing physical assessment.

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CULTURAL SKILL

Question 33

The process that allows the healthcare provider to engage directly in face-to-face interactions with clients from culturally diverse backgrounds.

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CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS

Question 34

Remember that _______ is only one aspect of cultural diversity.

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ethnicity