I miss you | DECENT WORKPLACE AND TRANSCULTURAL NURSING Flashcards
Is being aware that cultural differences and similarities between
people exist without assigning them a value – positive or negative, better or worse,
right or wrong.
Cultural Sensitivity
is concerned with every individual’s or the society’s patterns of
living, celebrating, being happy in life, suffering and dying.
Health Culture
Is the ability to participate ethically and effectively in personal
and professional intercultural settings
Cultural Competence
the general total of beliefs, attitudes and behaviors, customs and
traditions, learned and shared values, and sustains its existence through learning and teaching of attitudes, actions and role models.
Culture
Basic principles related to culturally sensitive nursing practices
- The importance and influence of the culture should be considered.
- Cultural differences should be valued and respected.
- Cultural influences in the manners of individuals should be understood.
- An empathic approach should be put into action towards individuals with
cultural diversity. - Individuals’ cultures should be respected.
- Health professionals should be patient with individuals in cultural issues.
- Individuals’ behaviors should be thoroughly analyzed.
- Cultural knowledge should be increased and enhanced.
- Adaptation and orientation programs about cultural diversity should be
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It refers to three reciprocal interactions in
relation to the patient-nurse
Culture of the individual
Culture of the nurse
Culture of the environment
Are part of the culture of the society in which
they live. Cultural characteristics should be seen as a dynamic factor of
health and disease
People’s beliefs and practices
It involves the identification of cultural needs, the understanding of cultural links between family and individuals to provide care without affecting the cultural belief system of the family, and the use of emotional strategies for caregivers and patients to reach reciprocal
goals.
Culturally sensitive nursing practices
The main purpose of developing health culture
To raise the level of health in
the country scale
In the three reciprocal interactions in relation to the patient-nurse:
The nurses’ own customs and traditions, beliefs and values are also important in transcultural relationships. The nurse’s self-awareness can be the starting point to understand the patient culturally.
Culture of the nurse
Provides effective nursing care to meet the cultural needs of
individuals, families and groups.
Transcultural nursing
The situation emerges at a time when the nurse
expects the patient to comply with his/her cultural norms or the norms of the health institution.
Cultural imposition
the sum of all the material and spiritual values created in the process of social development and the tools that are used to create and hand these values down to next generations and show the extent of the man’s authority and control over their natural and social environment.
Culture
Is the application of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and personal
manners anticipated from nurses to provide services and care appropriate to the
cultural characteristics of the patients
Cultural competence
In the three reciprocal interactions in relation to the patient-nurse:
It is an integral part of the culture. Individual, as physical, ecological, sociopolitical and cultural beings are
continuously interacting with each other.
Culture of the environment
It has been shown as an output of ethnocentric focus, resulting in a
lack of cultural competence, misunderstanding, lack of confidence, communication
and obstacles to establishing a positive relationship.
Cultural Conflict
A symptom of not paying attention to expressing
cultural diversity
Cultural blindness
What is a cultural phenomenon which plays an important role in the health team
The nursing profession
It refers the individual’s interpretation of other cultures in terms of their own culture based on their own cultural heritage
Ethnocentrism
In the three reciprocal interactions in relation to the patient-nurse:
It is when nurses understand the specific factors affecting
individual health behaviors, they will be more successful in meeting their needs
Culture of the individual
The acceptance of the same characteristics of individuals or group members without considering individual differences.
Stereotyping
Under cultural sensitivity, it is being sensitive to the needs of families, groups and individuals who are representatives of groups with different cultures in a community or society.
Transcultural nursing
ANA stands for
The American Nurses Association
Transcultural Nursing” was first used by ______ in ____
Madeleine Leininger in 1979
The three major approaches reducing cultural conflicts to minimum.
The individual/patient’s own perspective and cultural beliefs must be
respected and recognized.
The nurse should be competent and authorized to carry out professional actions and make decisions.
The nurse should help the individual to develop new patterns to lead a
satisfying and healthy life in the case of harmful behaviors.
Health care initiatives are based on cultural values
Transcultural Health Care
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