Diversity and Maternal and Child Nursing Flashcards
A view of the world and a set of traditions a specific social group uses and transmits to the next generation
Culture
means there is a mixture or variety of sociodemographic groups, experiences, and beliefs in the population
Diversity
is care guided by cultural aspects and respects individual differences
Transcultural nursing
are norms and patterns of behavior unique to one particular culture.
Culture-specific values
refers to the cultural group into which the person was born, although the term is sometimes used in a narrower context to mean only race
Ethnicity
a social construct refers to a category of people who share a socially recognized physical characteristic, often skin color or facial features.
Race
making everyone fit the same cultural pattern and excluding those who don’t fit- forced assimilation
Cultural destructiveness
Do not see or believe there are cultural differences among people
Cultural blindness
Being aware that we all live and function within a culture of our own and that our identity is shaped by it
Cultural Awareness
Understanding and accepting different cultural values, attitudes, and behaviors
Cultural sensitivity
The capacity to work effectively and with people, integrating elements of their culture-vocabulary, values attitudes, rules, and norms. Translation of knowledge into action
Cultural competence
The lifelong process of self-reflection and self-critique begins, not with an assessment of a client’s belief but rather an assessment of your own.
Cultural Humility
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Stereotype
Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
Prejudice
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
Discrimination
Biological, based on reproductive organs; may be male, female, or intersex
Sex
