Random Cards Flashcards
culture
the beliefs and attitudes that are learned and shared by members of a group
cultural competency
possessing
knowledge, awareness, and respect
for other cultures. Physicians must respectfully
elicit needed information from patients
from various cultures to make accurate
diagnoses and negotiate acceptable treatment
goals
ethnocentrism
conviction
that one’s own culture is superior
stereotyping
the mistaken assumption that
everyone in a given culture is alike
generalizations
awareness of cultural norms
Generalizations can serve as a starting point
and do not preclude factoring in individual
characteristics such as education, nationality,
faith, and acculturation
curanderos
shamans = latino traditional healers - use herbs and incantations
sobadores
traditionl healers practice manipulation
parteras
midwives
abuelas
provide intial care
acupuncture + moxibustion
- Asian
smoldering herbs attached to an acupuncture
needle or placed directly on the skin),
which may cause scars resembling cigarette
burns
cupping + coining
- Asian
may leave bruises -
cupping = place hot cups on patients skin - as they cool skin is sucked up - used to tx back pain
coining = side of coin is rubbed onto patients skin - causes red striation - technique used to draw out “cold illnesses” from the pt.
high-blood, low-blood, bad blood, falling out
high-blood = HTN (sodium sensitive)
Falling out = stress-related collapse - dizziness and immobility
bad blood= STD contamination
low-blood:
Pica
common among black women in US
Mongolian spot - why is this imp. to recognize?
common
in Asian, Latino, and black infants, also
resemble bruises and may be mistaken for
signs of abuse
race
a class or kind of people unified bya community of interests, habits, or inherited physical characteristics
Opim
any semen, saliva, CSF, blood or ANY fluid that is from the body
Health Care Workers and BBPsHow does exposure occur?
needle sticks!! usually happen after use/during use
highest risk of infection from needle stick?
HBV
univ. precautions?
TREAT ALL HUMAN BLOOD AND OPIM AS IF KNOWN TO BE INFECTIOUS WITH A BLOODBORNE DISEASE.
most common mode of transmission of pathogens?
via the hands!
sterile areas?
front of the gown from just below the neck to the waist, at the level of the sterile field, table level
Gloved hands and arms up to the shoulders
Draped part of the patient down to the
table level, anything over the edge of the table is considered unsterile
Covered parts of the “Mayo” stand
and “back table”, instruments on the tables.
