Cultural Diversity

Question 1

Cultural Diversity

There are cultural aspects to health and illness

Answer 1

USA has 
   over 100 different ethnic groups
   over 400 tribes of Native Americans
Census changes reflect a decrease in
    Caucasians with increases in all other
    ethnic groups

Question 2

Race

Answer 2

Class or kind of people unified by a community of interest, habits, or inherited physical characteristics

Question 3

Culture

Answer 3

the unifying beliefs of any group of people of similar religion, values, attitudes, ritual practices, family structure, language, or social organization

Question 4

Ethnicity

Answer 4

A cultural group’s sense of identification associated with the group’s common social and cultural heritage

Question 5

Disease vs Illness

***Both are culturally defined

Answer 5

Disease- disorder or change in normal body structure or function

Illness-subjective state where the person feels unwell

Question 6

Health

** is culturally defined

Answer 6

The general condition of the body or mind

= more than the absence of disease

Question 7

Ethnic differences

Answer 7

Genetic disease
Culture and pain
Ethnicity and pharmacotherapy
Cultural differences in M&M
   AA, Hispanics, and Native Americans

Question 8

Culturally specific treatments

Answer 8

Massage, herbal, acupuncture, homeopathy, and folk remedy

Question 9

Cultural consideration in healthcare

Answer 9

Culturally sensitive care 
  know own values
  Learn values of others
  Use open honest approach
      admit knowledge deficit
      mistakes will be made
      apologize when necessary

Question 10

Cultural Assumptions

Answer 10

Everyone has a culture
Culture is individual
one’s culture is influenced by many factors
(race, gender, religion, place of birth,
ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual
orientation, and life experience)

Question 11

Cultural Assumptions

Answer 11

Culture is dynamic
Reactions to cultural differences are automatic
Culture is influence by personal beliefs
Nurses are responsible to responding appropriately to the client’s cultural expectations and needs

Question 12

Jean Watson

Nurse provision of culturally sensitive care

Answer 12

I must know who I am
I must know who the other is
I must be able to bridge the gap between myself and the other

Question 13

CAM

Answer 13

Therapies include
relaxation, imagery, chiropractic, massage, spiritual healing, herbal medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, folk remedy, prayer

Question 14

NCCAM

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Answer 14

Definition of CAM
a broad domain of healing resources that encompasses all health systems, modalities, and practices and their accompanying theories and beliefs

Question 15

CAM Categories

Answer 15

Alternative Medical Systems
Mind Body Interventions
Biologically Based Therapies
Manipulative and Body-based Methods
Energy Therapies

Question 16

CAM

Alternative Medical Systems

Answer 16

Complete, complex systems of healthcare practices that incorporate natural products, spiritual elements, diet, and other modalities
Ayurvedic Medicine
Homeopathic Medicine
Nautropathic Medicine

Question 17

CAM

Mind Body Interventions

Answer 17

Entails a wide variety of techniques to improve the mind’s capacity to affect bodily function and symptoms
Cognitive therapy, Biofeedback, Meditation, hypnosis, Prayer, and Creative activities

Question 18

CAM

Biologically Based Therapies

Answer 18

Include using herbs, vitamins, dietary supplements, and foods to treat disease

Question 19

CAM

Manipulative and Body Based Methods

Answer 19

Include modalities that move one or more parts of the body

Massage, Chiropractic, Osteopathy, and Reflexology

Question 20

CAM

Energy Therapies

Answer 20

Involves the use of energy fields
Bio-field therapies Reiki, qigong, and
    therapeutic touch
Bio-electromagnetic therapies -using
    magnets
Acupuncture

Question 21

CAM Therapies

Answer 21

Have been around a long time
Many patient’s use some form of CAM
Research scientific data regarding to be able to give sound counsel regarding CAM