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Assessment ch 3
Cultural Competence
28
Nursing
Undergraduate 3
02/09/2011

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What should things should you think when you are meeting a person for the fist time?

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Who is this person? Where does he or she come from? What is the person's cultural background-his ethnicity and religion?  Does the person understand English? What are the person's beliefs?
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Heritage consistency

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a concept developed by Estes and Zitsow to describe "the degree to which one's lifestyle reflects his respective American Indian tribal culture."

It includes a determination of a person's cultural, ethnic, and religious background and socialization.

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Heritage consistency exist on a continuum

Definition

Traditional- living within the norms of the traditional culture

Modern- acculturated to the norms of the dominant society

 

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Culture

Definition
the thoughts, communications, actions, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups.
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ethnicity

Definition
a social group within a social system that claims to possess variable traits such as a common geographic region, migratory status, religion, race, language, shared values, traditions, or symbols, and food preferences.
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religion

Definition

the belief if a divine or superhuman power to be obeyed and worshiped as the creator and ruler of the universe

refers to an organized system of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially belief in or the worship of Gods

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sprituality

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borne out of each person's unique life experience and his personal effort to find purpose and meaning in life

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Socialization
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the process of being raided within a culture and acquiring characteristics of that group

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acculturation

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the process of adapting to and acquiring another culture

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assimilation

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the process by which a person develops a new cultural identity and becomes like the members of the dominant culture

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biculturalism

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dual pattern of identification and often of divided loyalty

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Biomedical or

scientific theory

Definition
theory of illness causation, is based on the assumption that all events in life have a cause and effect, that the human body functions more or less mechanically, that all life can be reduced or divided into smaller parts, and that all reality can be observed and measured (germ theory is under this)
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naturalistic or

holistic perspective

Definition
found most frequently among American Indians, Asians, and others who believe that human life is only one aspect of nature and a part of the general order of the cosmos, the forces of nature must be kept in balance.
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yin/yang theory

Definition

Some Asians believe that health is believed to exist when all aspects of the person are in perfect balance.

yin-the female, negative forces-darkness, emptiness, etc

yang-male, positive-warmth and fulness

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hot/cold theory

Definition
many Hispanic, Arab, black, and Asian groups embrace this theory of heath and illness from the Greek humoral theory. The four humors of the body-blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile regulate basic bodily functions in terms of temperature, dryness, and moisture
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Magicoreligious

perspective

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The world is seen as an arena in which the supernatural forces dominate, good or evil. Amulets are used as charms to ward off evil

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 Steps to cultural competency to understand the health care needs of others

 

Step 1

Definition
understand your own heritage on the basis of cultural values, beliefs, attitudes, and practices that are relevant to health and illness
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 Steps to cultural competency to understand the health care needs of others


step 2

 

Definition
identify the meaning of health to the other person, remembering that concepts are derived, in part, from the way in which members of a cultural group define health
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 Steps to cultural competency to understand the health care needs of others


step 3

 

Definition
you must understand the health care delivery system, how it works, what it does, the meanings of various procedures and the costs and consequences to the patients and to you as a nurse
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 Steps to cultural competency to understand the health care needs of others


step 4

 

Definition
you must be knowledgeable about the social backgrounds of your patients
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 Steps to cultural competency to understand the health care needs of others

 
step 5

Definition
you must be familiar with the language people speak, the resources available to help you with interpretation, and resources within the community
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Everything that is connected to cultural competency

Definition
heritage, culture, ethnicity, religion, socialization, population diversity, immigration, demographic change, globalization, health and illness, modern and traditional beliefs and practices, sociopolitical issues, sanitation, housing, and infrastructure
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Each culture has its own healers; usually these healers
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What best describes the hot/cold theory of wellenss?
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the humors must be balanced

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Before determining whether cultural practices are helpful, harmful, or neutral, you must first understand the...
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logic of traditional belief systems

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on the basis of median age

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Asian populations tend to be younger

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What is true regarding language barriers in health care?

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There are laws addressing the language barriers in health care

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This theory has been expanded in an attempt to study the degree to which a person's lifestyle reflects his or her traditional heritage
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Heritage consistency

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