Module 3 Cultural Competency

Question 1

Sunrise Enabler
-Emic
-Etic

Answer 1

-person’s or group’s knowledge that has been handed down
-formal professional care

Question 2

Sunrise Enabler
-ethnohistory

Answer 2

-gathers the group ways over generations as an influencer of health practices
**the past can sometimes explain the future

Question 3

Sunrise Enabler
-worldview

Answer 3

-the way a person looks at the world through their cultural lense

Question 4

Two kinds of care: what are they?

Answer 4

-generic care
-professional care

Question 5

Generic care

Answer 5

care that is practiced in culture
-sometimes it is called folk medicine or natural medicine
-most people can name one way of caring that is generic and specific to their own family (homemade cough syrup, vick salve plasters, teas, honey, etc.)

Question 6

Professional care

Answer 6

guided by the education of the nurse and experiences

Question 7

Ethnonursing
-what is this used to tease out?
-what does the theory point out?

Answer 7

-Used to tease out generic care from professional care
-points out that some generic ways are alike across cultures while others are different –> theory of culture care, diversity, and universality (we are all alike in some ways and all different in others)

Question 8

when is care considered culturally congruent?

Answer 8

when care is rooted in both generic and professional care, the care is considered culturally congruent

Question 9

Sunrise Enabler: things to consider
-what to focus on?
-what should we discover?
-what should we practice when interacting?
-what can care be influenced by?
-should we include cultural ways in care?
-look at the modes of care (honey for colds, female circumcision)

Answer 9

-focus on a cultural group
-discover their worldview
-practice Leininger’s “Stranger to Friend” or “Observation, Participation, and Reflection (OPR) Enabler”
-think about care as it is influenced by the dimensions
-include cultural ways in care –> YES
-look at modes of care (honey for colds, etc.)

Question 10

what should we do with personal biases and prejudices?

Answer 10

withhold

Question 11

cultural humility

Answer 11

ability to be open to others; it is the path toward developing competency

three parts: lifelong work, a desire to repair unequal power between cultures, and a goal of partnership and advocacy

Question 12

cultural imposition

Answer 12

when one pushes their own ideas and ideals onto another

Question 13

To learn culture, attending meetings or functions with people of another culture is one way to learn. Dr. Leininger suggested the nurse researcher do this in a certain way. This enabler is called:
A. ethnohistory
B. ethnonursing
C. stranger to friend enabler
D. observation, participation, and reflection enabler

Answer 13

D

Question 14

Professional care and generic care should come together to create culturally congruent care. Professional care is based on knowledge learned in school or in practice. Which of the following is the most accurate statement about generic care?
A. generic care is simple and easy to understand
B. generic care is sometimes hidden and must be teased out
C. generic care is often told to the nurse by the family
D. generic care is totally different in each culture

Answer 14

B.

Question 15

If you think about your own culture, you may realize some staying well and healing ways that your parents or guardian taught you. For example, honey daily for colds or something as simple as a rub for a chest cold. According to Dr. Leininger, this view is called:
A. emic view
B. etic view
C. worldview
D. cultural lens view

Answer 15

A.

Question 16

Directly interacting with clients from diverse cultural groups will refine or modify one’s existing beliefs about a cultural group and will prevent possible stereotyping. According to Camphina-Bacote, the process that encourages the health care provider to directly engage in cross-cultural interactions with clients from culturally diverse backgrounds is called:
A. cultural knowledge
B. cultural awareness
C. cultural encounter
D. cultural skill

Answer 16

C.

Question 17

cultural awareness

Answer 17

self-examination and in-depth exploration of one’s own cultural and professional background
-involves recognition of one’s biases, prejudices, and assumptions about individuals who are different

Question 18

cultural imposition

Answer 18

occurs when providers are not aware of the influence of one’s own cultural or professional values
-tendency of an individual to impose their beliefs, values, and patterns of behavior on another culture

Question 19

cultural knowledge
-def
-what a hcp must focus on integrating (three issues)

Answer 19

-process of seeking and obtaining a sound educational foundation about diverse cultural and ethnic groups
-health-related beliefs and cultural values, disease incidence and prevalence, and treatment efficacy

Question 20

cultural skill

Answer 20

ability to collect relevant cultural data regarding the client’s presenting problem as well as accurately performing a culturally based physical assessment
-process involves learning how to conduct cultural assessments and culturally based physical assessments

Question 21

cultural encounter

Answer 21

process that encourages the health care provider to directly engage in cross-cultural interactions with clients from culturally diverse backgrounds

Question 22

cultural desire

Answer 22

motivation of the health care provider to want to, rather than have to, engage in the process of becoming culturally aware, culturally knowledgeable, culturally skillful, and familiar with cultural encounters

Question 23

Sunrise Model

Answer 23

Represents the structure of culture care theory by describing the relationship between anthropological and nursing beliefs and principles
-nurses use this model when making cultural evaluations of patients

Question 24

stranger to friend enabler model

Answer 24

describes individuals’ actions/behaviors that a researcher can observe to identify when he or she is likely to be considered a distrusted stranger or a trusted friend of the culture

Question 25

Observation, participation, reflection enabler

Answer 25

helps researcher to enter informants’ world and remain with them throughout the study
-developed to encourage in-depth, open-ended interviews with informants