TEST 3 - UNIT E.2 - EF - INCLUSION EQUITY DIVERSITY Flashcards
· certified medical interpreter
o A professional who can translate one language to another for communication purposes within the medical field.
· cultural competence
o Being able to incorporate effective nursing care with emic and etic knowledge including appreciating, accepting, and respecting all individual s cultural influences, beliefs, customs, and values.
· cultural health assessments
o Assessments that can be conducted to gather information regarding the client’s culture and how it can affect their health.
· culture
o The learned, shared, and transmitted values, beliefs, norms, and lifeways of a particular group that guides their thinking, decisions, and actions in patterned ways.
· emic knowledge
o An insider’s viewpoint of a culture.
· etic knowledge
o An outsider’s viewpoint of a culture.
· health disparities
o Preventable differences in incidence and prevalence of disease, injury, or violence among populations, based on race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, LGBT, age, or socioeconomic status.
· health equality
o The distribution of the same resources, including opportunities, to all individuals within a population.
· health equity
o Valuing all individuals equally and removing obstacles to optimal health and health care across different populations.
· Leininger’s Sunrise Enabler
o A visual portrayal of elements within the theory to assist nurses and other health care providers to provide culturally congruent care that works together to enhance the health and well-being of all clients at all stages of life.
· marginalized sexual groups
o Clients who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual, and can also include those clients who are questioning their sexual orientation or sex identity.
· transgender
o Clients who have a gender identity that differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.
· vulnerable populations
o Groups of people who are at higher risk for poor health outcomes resulting from barriers to social, economic, and environmental resources including limitations due to illness or disability.
Culture is holistic
o all-encompassing of each individual client and
o affects the way clients live their life, view the world, perceive / receive health care.
Concepts of cultural awareness, cultural diversity, and cultural competence - are interrelated,
o nurses should be well versed - how to assess client’s culture
o help ↓ health disparities in vulnerable populations.