Transcultural Midterms Flashcards
What is Ethnoreligion
The combination of religion and ethnicity influencing a person’s beliefs, such as Amish or Lebanese Muslims.
What is the Experiential Dimension of religion?
It recognizes that all religious persons will experience direct knowledge of ultimate reality or religious emotions.
What does the Ritualistic Dimension of religion pertain to?
It includes worship, prayer, sacraments, and fasting expected of followers.
Define the Ideologic Dimension of religion.
A set of beliefs followers must adhere to, leading to a sense of belonging and commitment.
What is the Intellectual Dimension of religion?
It refers to knowledge of sacred writings or scriptures and the structuring of meaning.
What does the Consequential Dimension govern?
Religious standards of conduct, influencing attitudes and behaviors towards others.
What is the nurse’s role in spiritual care?
To help clients maintain and use their beliefs to cope with health challenges.
Why do some nurses fail to provide spiritual care?
Due to discomfort with their beliefs, lack of knowledge, or viewing it as the family’s responsibility.
What is Spiritual Distress?
A disruption in the life principle that integrates and transcends a person’s biological and psychological nature.
What should a nurse do during spiritual assessment?
Ask questions to clarify the client’s spiritual problem non-judgmentally.
How may religion influence parents’ medical decisions for ill children?
Parents might delay seeking care, believing prayer should be tried first.
How does religion influence care for dying patients?
Nurses must understand cultural beliefs to individualize care for clients and families during death.
What is the significance of embalming in some cultures?
It prepares the body for viewing, transforming it into a “beautiful memory picture.
What are the health care practices of the Amish?
They may use folk healing, herbal medicine, and Western biomedicine during crises.
What is the Church of Latter-Day Saints’ view on medical intervention?
They believe medical intervention is a way God uses humans to heal.
What dietary restrictions are followed by the Church of Latter-Day Saints?
They prohibit alcohol, tea, coffee, tobacco, and illegal drugs.
What are the 5 essential pillars of faith in Islam?
Shahada, prayer, alms-giving (Zakat), fasting during Ramadan, and pilgrimage to Mecca.
What dietary restrictions do Muslims follow?
Pork and alcoholic beverages are prohibited, and meat must be Halal.
What is the Islamic view on the right to die?
The right to die is not recognized, and terminating life is prohibited.
What is required in Islamic burial rituals?
Washing the body three times, wrapping it in clean cloth, and burying it as soon as possible with the head facing Mecca.
What is the goal of spiritual nursing care?
To assist clients in integrating their religious beliefs into their physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
Why is it important for nurses not to impose their beliefs on clients?
Spiritual care should respect the client’s beliefs without imposing the nurse’s personal convictions.
What are common reasons nurses mistake spiritual needs for psychological needs?
Lack of knowledge about spirituality and viewing spiritual care as a family or pastoral responsibility.
What are the key focuses of spiritual nursing intervention?
Helping clients use their beliefs to strengthen their coping patterns during health challenges.
How does religion influence a family’s perception of a child’s illness?
Religious beliefs may lead parents to believe prayer should be the first intervention, potentially delaying medical care.
How can religion be a source of consolation for parents of terminally ill children?
It provides comfort and support in facing the unanswerable questions associated with life-threatening illness.
What is the nurse’s role when dealing with dying clients and their families?
To understand and respect cultural and religious variations in death and bereavement practices.
How do cultural beliefs influence the preparation of the body after death?
Some families may see the preparation of the body as a task that belongs solely to them, opposing institutional procedures.
What is the Amish view on biomedical health care?
It is seen as episodic and crisis-oriented, often turning to folk healers or homeopathy if Western medicine fails.
How do the Amish handle catastrophic medical expenses?
They rely on mutual aid within the community or Amish Hospital Aid Plans.
What is the role of the “garment” in the Church of Latter-Day Saints?
It symbolizes covenants with God, and members may wear it as a sign of devotion, even in medical settings.
What is the Word of Wisdom in the Church of Latter-Day Saints?
A strict dietary code prohibiting alcohol, tea, coffee, tobacco, and drugs, with fasting observed monthly.
How do Muslims view health care support systems?
Emotional and financial support is provided by family and friends, as formal support systems are not common.
What is the Muslim stance on euthanasia?
Euthanasia is prohibited, as life and death are seen as being in the hands of God.
What are the Islamic burial requirements?
The body must be washed, wrapped in cloth, and buried as soon as possible with the head facing Mecca.
How is a fetus treated in Islamic burial rites if it dies before 130 days of gestation?
It is treated like discarded tissue, while after 130 days, it is considered fully developed and buried accordingly.
What cultural considerations must nurses take into account when caring for Muslim women?
Muslim women generally prefer female health care providers, reflecting their cultural and religious modesty.
What is the significance of fasting during Ramadan for Muslims?
Fasting from dawn to sunset is a pillar of Islam, but exemptions are made for pregnant women, the elderly, and the sick.
What is the role of prayer in Islamic daily life?
Muslims pray five times daily at designated times: dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, and night.
