Culture, Ethnicity and Spirituality Flashcards
Culture
Multifaceted term that refers to many groups that can include gender, age, socioeconomic status, membership in social or sport groups, organizational environments, political affiliation, education level, employment, and mental or physical disability.
Cultural Heritage
Integrated pattern of human behavior of members of a social, racial or religious groups that is passed down from one generation to the next.
Ethnicity
Race or groups that has common traits and customs.
Health Literacy
Ability to understand basic health information and the services available to assist them with making of appropriate health decisions.
Primary characteristic of cultural diversity
Nationality Race Color Gender Age Religious beliefs
Secondary characteristic of cultural diversity
More powerful effect on individual's cultural identity Socioeconomic status Occupation Education Gender Issues Geographic place of residence Length of time absent from country of origin Sexual orientation
Western Health Care System as a Culture
Scientific evidence is primary acceptable method for establishing truth and gaining new knowledge.
HCP are socialized into various specialties.
They treat physiologic aspects
Cultural Awareness
Understanding and valuing all aspects of another person’s culture.
Awareness of one’s own culture.
Cultural competence
Respect for diversity and understanding of other culture’s and their languages.
Establishing trust between patient and health care professionals is the key to an effective relationship
Guidelines for communicating with Non-English Speaking Patients
Personal Space Touch Time Orientation Biologic Characteristics Translation Services
Spirituality
Influenced by culture, and life experiences.
Helps connect people to each other, community and the world.
Along with religion and faith, experienced and expressed in a variety of ways
Includes: core beliefs about people, divine, relationship between them
Spiritual distress
Nursing diagnosis defined as a disruption in value and belief system that pervades the person’s state of being and that transcends the physical and psychosocial self.
Assessments and interventions
Vocation and Obligation Experience Courage and Growth Ritual and Practice Community Authority and Guidance
Fowler’s stages of Religious Development Theory
Individuals passes through various stages in a linear fashion on basis of age.
Kohlberg’s Six Stages of Moral Development Theory
Individuals move in a linear fashion with age through key areas of faith and spiritual reasoning.
