Week 12: Culture, Values & Beliefs Flashcards
What influences identity?
interactions with others
roles we assume
groups
labels
what is culture?
hard to define group of people shared experiences with other people (but not in identical ways) age social norms geographics ...
value
Worth of concepts influencing behavior and character
Ex, academic integrity
belief
Conviction in truth (not always backed up by evidence)
Ex, cheating is bad
How can nurses avoid assumptions?
Don’t categorize/generalize people
Challenge problematic behaviors
avoid stereotypical language
privilege
Special right, advantage, or immunity for specific person or group
Culturally sensitive care
Reflection on own culture and beliefs affecting nurse-patient relationship
Understand bio-psychosocial needs
cultural background relates to care needs
Cultural sensitivity limitations
Nurses need to be more than sensitive
Need to engage in practices to create change and acknowledge own biases, assumptions, values, beliefs, norms
Cultural humility
Openness to understand other cultures
Lifelong commitment to self-evaluation, self-critique, fixing power imbalances, develop partnership
Cultural safety
All people feel respected and safe when interacting with the healthcare system
Remember: discrimination affects health
Promoting cultural safety
Recognize, respect, nurture unique cultures
Meet people’s needs given unique context of their life
understanding one self
Reflexivity
Scrutinizing own and other’s claims, assumptions and practices
strategies to work with and understand clients (culture, values, beliefs)
open minded
acceptance
no judgement (awareness of when one might be judgmental)
active listening
when you are uncomfortable and do not know what to do - be honest
