Health Beliefs and Practices chap 18 (316-

Question 1

Care that’s centered on the pts cultural perspectives and integrates the pt’s values and beliefs into the plan of care is defined as:

Answer 1

Culturally responsive care

Question 2

The thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values that are learned and are shared patterns of behavior is defined as:

Answer 2

culture

Question 3

A person who has dual patterns of identification and crosses 2 cultures, lifestyles is defined as

Answer 3

bicultural

Question 4

Things that are passed dow from previous generations is defined as:

Answer 4

heritage

Question 5

A fact or state of being that’s different such as sex, age, culture… is defined as:

Answer 5

diversity

Question 6

A relationship between individuals who believe that they have distinctive characteristics that make them a group is defined as:

Answer 6

ethnicity

Question 7

The sovereign state or country where one has membership, either through birth/inheritance (parents)/naturalization is called:

Answer 7

nationality

Question 8

A system of beliefs, practices, and ethical values about divine or superhuman power worshipped as the creator is defined as:

Answer 8

religion

Question 9

A group of people who have a distinct identity and yet are related to a larger cultural group is defined as a:

Answer 9

subculture

Question 10

The belief in the superiority of one’s own culture/lifestyle is defined as:

Answer 10

ethnocentrism

Question 11

A preconceived notion or judgment that is not based on sufficient knowledge (favorable or not) is defined as:

Answer 11

prejudiced

Question 12

Assumptions held about racial groups (E.G., inherently unequal…) is defined as:

Answer 12

racism

Question 13

A system of advantage based on race where racial prejudice is combined w/social power is defined as:

Answer 13

institutionalized racism

Question 14

The differential and negative treatment of individuals on the basis of their race, ethnicity, and gender is defined as:

Answer 14

discrimination

Question 15

Statements about common cultural patterns whether or not if it’s true is defined as:

Answer 15

generalizations

Question 16

The assumption that an individual reflects all the characteristics associated with being a member of a group is defined as:

Answer 16

stereotyping

Question 17

The differences in care experienced by one population compared to another population is defined as:

Answer 17

health disparity

Question 18

Access to care, provider biases, poor provider-pt communication, and poor health literacy are all factors of what?

Answer 18

health disparities

Question 19

What race/ethnicity has 10 times and also 3 times higher cases of AIDS compared to Whites?

Answer 19

Blacks have 10 times higher cases of AIDS whereas Hispanics have 3 times higher cases of AIDS

Question 20

What is the major contributing factor of health disparity for Asians and poor populations?

Answer 20

timeliness of care

Question 21

What, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, are the two major factors contributing to health disparities?

Answer 21

Inadequate access to care and substandard quality of care

Question 22

What is the NHDR’s priority improvement goal to stop health disparities between racial groups?

Answer 22

Provider training to change discriminatory practices

Question 23

Who developed the National Standards for Culturally andLinguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care?

Answer 23

USDHHS

Question 24

What department eliminates health disparities for vulnerable populations as defined by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic, geography, gender, age, disability…

Answer 24

CDC (center of disease control)

Question 25

What department's purpose is to promote minority health and to lead, coordinate, support, and assess the NIH effort to reduce/eliminate health disparities?

Answer 25

National Center on minority health and disparities (NCMHD)

Question 26

What program strives to eliminate disparities in infant mortality; in screening and management of (any) cancer, HIV, AIDS, immunizations?

Answer 26

REACH U.S. (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health across U.S.)

Question 27

When people from one culture incorporate traits from a dominate culture is defined as:

Answer 27

acculturation

Question 28

The process by which an individual develops a new cultural identity is defined as:

Answer 28

assimilation

Question 29

Providing care within the differences and similarities of the belief, values, and patterns of culture is defined as:

Answer 29

transcultural nsg

Question 30

A lifelong process in which the nsg continuously strives to achieve the ability/availability to work effectively w/in the cultural context of a pt is defined as:

Answer 30

cultural competence

Question 31

The five constructs of cultural competence includes:

Answer 31

desire, awareness, knowledge, skills, encounters (all preceded w/culture)

Question 32

the motivation to "want to" engage in the process of becoming culturally aware/skillful/encounters is defined as:

Answer 32

cultural desire

Question 33

The self-examination of one's own prejudices/biases towards other cultures is defined as:

Answer 33

cultural awareness

Question 34

Obtaining a sound educational foundation concerning the various worldviews of different cultures is defined as:

Answer 34

Cultural knowledge

Question 35

The ability to collect culturally relevant data regarding the pt's health in a culturally sensitive manner is defined as:

Answer 35

cultural skills

Question 36

Engaging in face-to-face cultural interactions w/persons form diverse backgrounds and learning to modify one's existing beliefs and prevent possible stereotyping is defined as:

Answer 36

cultural encounters

Question 37

What model of nursing for providing culturally responsive care views health holistically as a complex, interrelated, 3-fold phenomenon (the balance of body, mind, spirit)?

Answer 37

Health traditions model

Question 38

The customs, beliefs, or practices that have existed for many generations w/o change is defined as:

Answer 38

traditional

Question 39

What custom eats 1000-year-old eggs and for what reason:

Answer 39

maintains physical health (Chinese custom)

Question 40

What custom practices the wearing or hanging of eye-related objects and why is it practiced?

Answer 40

It's a cuban custom to wear or hang eye-like objects to shield from envy/bad wishes

Question 41

What custom wears the thunderbird and why?

Answer 41

Hopi nation wears the thunderbird for spiritual protection

Question 42

What are the three views of health beliefs?

Answer 42

magico-religious, scientific, and holistic.

Question 43

Which of the three views of health feels that health and illness is controlled by supernatural forces (feeling ill as punishment for being bad; if it's God's will then so be it; hexing or spell casting)?

Answer 43

magico-religious belief

Question 44

Which of the three health beliefs is based on the belief that life is controlled by physical/biochemical processes that can be manipulated by humans (illness caused by microorganisms/viruses)?

Answer 44

scientific/biomedical health belief

Question 45

Which of the three health beliefs holds that forces of nature must be maintained in balance or harmony (when the natural balance or harmony is disturbed, illness results such as utilizing the medicine wheel that depicts the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritaual)?

Answer 45

holistic-health belief

Question 46

Yin and yang, medicine wheel, hot and cold theory are all examples of which of the three health beliefs?

Answer 46

holistic health beliefs

Question 47

Beliefs or practices relating to illness prevention/healing that derived from cultural traditions rather than from modern medicine is defined as:

Answer 47

folk medicine

Question 48

Chix soup, special teas to treat colds and fevers are examples of what?

Answer 48

folk medicine

Question 49

38% of Americans practice what type of therapy that includes some therapies as yoga, meditation, massage, and deep breathing?

Answer 49

CAM therapy (complementary and alternative medicine)

Question 50

An individual's focus on past, present, or future is called:

Answer 50

Time orientation

Question 51

Time orientation according to Navajo

Answer 51

past

Question 52

Time orientation according toAfrican American

Answer 52

present

Question 53

Time orientation according to Euro-American

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future

Question 54

What does the LEARN model stand for:

Answer 54

L=listen actively; E=explain and ask for clarification; A=acknowledge what's being said; R=recommend strategies; N=negotiate plan of care

Question 55

What are the Four C's:

Answer 55

1=what do you CALL your problem; 2=What CAUSED your problem; 3=How do you COPE with your problem; 4=What are your CONCERNS

Question 56

The mental organization in each person's mind of how the world work is called:

Answer 56

Cognitive culture or world view