Culture Flashcards
LEARN assessment tool
- Listen actively to the client describing the current problem
- Explain the healthcare professional’s perception of the problem
- Acknowledge differences and similarities between the professional’s and client’s perceptions
- Recommend treatments, including the client’s choices
- Negotiate with the client to involve medical recommendations and client preference
Cultural awareness
the nurse being aware that they might have cultural differences and not to that get in the way of the care for the patient
Cultural sensitivity
means that nurses are knowledgeable about the cultures prevalent in their area of practice
Cultural appropriateness
applying appropriate knowledge of a client’s culture for there care
Cultural competence
understanding someone’s culture for their care
Cultural imposition
when you impose your culture on someone else
Ethnocentrism
belief that one’s culture is superior to others
Intrapersonal
within one’s self
Interpersonal
with others and the environment
Transpersonal
with an unseen higher power
Transcendence
the belief in a superior force beyond the person and material world.
Self-transcendence
an authentic connection with the inner self
