Week 12

Question 1

Culture

Answer 1

Learned or shared values and beliefs to a person or group that guides their thinking and patterns of life

Question 2

Culture is….

Answer 2

Learned and social constructed

Question 3

Culture characteristics include:

Answer 3

Learned
Shared
Patterned
Mutually constructed
Symbolic
Arbitrary (ex. Beauty standard)
Internalized

Question 4

From cultural awareness to cultural safety (4 steps)

Answer 4

Cultural awareness
Cultural sensitivity
Cultural competence
Cultural safety

Question 5

Cultural awareness

Answer 5

Understanding there is a difference

Question 6

Cultural sensitivity

Answer 6

Respecting difference

Question 7

Cultural competence

Answer 7

Required skills, knowledge and attitudes required to meet the needs of others

Question 8

Cultural safety

Answer 8

Safe service defined by those receiving it

Question 9

Culturally competent care…

Answer 9

Reflects and understanding of the clients perspective related to their health as a reflection of their values and beliefs

Question 10

A culturally safe approach requires…

Answer 10

Healthcare professionals to reflect on how health care policies and practices may devalue certain populations

Question 11

Organizational culture

Answer 11

Refers to the shared characteristics of members of a profession and workplace (values, beliefs, norms)

Ex
- communication methods
- priority
- codes of conduct

Question 12

Unsafe cultural practice

Answer 12

Any action which demeans that cultural identity of people

Question 13

Cultural humility

Answer 13

A process of self reflection to understand personal systemic biases and to develop and maintain respectful relationships.

Question 14

From a relational practice perspective, nurses need to learn to…

Answer 14

Build respectful relationships
Promote social justice and equity when providing care

Question 15

Components of building respectful relationships (5)

Answer 15

Self knowledge
Relational practice
Cultural knowledge
Critical societal knowledge
Contextual knowledge

Question 16

Building respectful relationships: self knowledge

Answer 16

Self awareness of know personal location in society
Recognition for one’s cultural beliefs/values/norms related to health and wellbeing

Question 17

Building respectful relationships: relational practice

Answer 17

Recognition of commonalities among humans
Adoption of inquiry, curiosity, openness to learn from clients

Watching a learning from clients

Question 18

Components of promoting social justice and equity when providing care (2)

Answer 18

Socially responsible care

Action to redress injustice and inequity

Question 19

Promote social justice and equity when providing care: social responsible care

Answer 19

Provision of socially inclusive care

Recognition of stereotypes, stigma, and unintentional systemic racism

Question 20

Promote social justice and equity when providing care: action to redress injustice and inequity

Answer 20

Recognition of injustice and inequities affecting health

Advocacy and support for clients

Question 21

Steps to developing culturally safe practice

Answer 21

• Self awareness
• Be aware of your own position of knowledge
• Explore you own thoughts and responses
• Develop postcolonial understanding of relationships between governments and groups
• Be aware of discriminatory assumptions
• Be aware of unequal power relationships
• remain open to diversity
• respect identity of others
• be interested in getting to know clients
• be open to other opinions

Question 22

Cross cultural communication

Answer 22

Build awareness of differences in communication styles (verbal vs non verbal)

Building trust to empower

Stay attuned to tone and body language