health care Flashcards
Founder of Transcultral
foundress Dr. Madeleine Leninger
What is transcultural?
Transcultural nursing is the blending of anthropology and nursing in both theory and practice
what is Anthropology
Anthropology refers to the study of humans and humankind, including their origins, behavior, social relationships, physical and mental characteristics
IMPORTANCE OF TRANSCULTURAL NURSING
a rise in multicultural identities, with people expecting their cultural beliefs and lifeways to be understood and respected by nurses and other health care providers
There was a marked increase in the migration of people within and between countries worldwide.
There was an increase in the number of people traveling and working in many different parts of the world.
There has been a rise in feminism and gender issues, with new demands on health care systems to meet the needs of women and children
WAYS IN WHICH TRANSCULTURAL NURSING CAN BE USED
Enables nurses to communicate more effectively with clients from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and to assist those with mental health problems.
for assessing the parent-child relationship and for encouraging forms of parental discipline that promote the health and well-being of children and prevent physical or emotional harm.
What is enculturation?
Enculturation is individuals learning about their own culture through exposure and influences
What is Acculturation ?
Acculturation is the process of adapting to and adopting characteristics of a new culture
Cultural competence
Cultural competence care is the use of culturally based care and health knowledge in sensitive, creative, and meaningful ways to fit the general lifeways and needs of individuals or groups
Assimiliation meaning
Assimilation results when people give up their ethnic identity in favour of the dominant culture
Ethonocentrism
Belief that one’s own culture is superior to all others
Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism is when immigrants and others maintain their culture .the apprreciation of the diverse cultural backgrounds that exist in society