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Nursing 160
Ch. 18 Culture and Heritage
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
05/18/2010

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Acculturation
Definition
 the blending of attitudes and beliefs; process by which members of a foreign culture learn the values and behaviors of a culture to which they have immigrated
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Bicultural 
Definition
used to describe a person who crosses two cultures, lifestyles, and sets of values
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Cultural care
Definition
concept that describes the provision of nursing care across cultural boundaries and takes into account the context in which the client lives and the situations in which the client's health problems arise
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Culturally appropriate 
Definition
 application of underlying background knowledge that must be possessed to provide a given client with the best possible health care
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Culturally competent 
Definition
 within the delivered care the nurse understands and attends to the total context of the client's situation and uses a complex combination of knowledge, attitudes, and skills
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Culturally sensitive 
Definition
 care that demonstrates basic knowledge of and constructive attitudes towards the health traditions observed among the diverse cultural groups found in the setting
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Culture 
Definition
a world view and set of traditions used and transmitted from generation to generation by a particular group, includes related attitudes and institutions
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Culture shock 
Definition
a disorder that occurs in response to transition from one cultural setting to another
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Discrimination 
Definition
the differential treatment of individuals or groups
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Diversity
Definition
 the fact or state of being different
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Ethnic 
Definition
 belonging to a specific group of individuals who share a common social and cultural heritage
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Folk medicine 
Definition

beliefs and practices relating to illness prevention and healing that derive from cultural traditions rather than from modern medicine's scientific base


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Heritage consistency 
Definition
(Estes and Zitzow) the degree to which one's lifestyle reflects his or her respective tribal culture
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Heritage inconsistency 
Definition
the observance of the beliefs and practices of one's acculturated belief system
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Holistic health belief 
Definition
holds that the forces of nature must be maintained in balance or harmony
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Interpreter
Definition
 an individual who mediates spoken communication between people speaking different languages without adding, omitting, or distorting meaning or editorializing
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Magico-religious health belief view 
Definition
 a belief system in which people attribute the fate of the world and those in it to the actions of God, the gods, or other supernatural forces for good or evil
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Modern 
Definition
one's acculturated belief system; the opposite of traditional
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Prejudice  
Definition
a negative belief or preference that is generalized about a group and that leads to "prejudgment"
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Race
Definition
classification of people according to shared biologic characteristics and physical features
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Scientific health belief
Definition
 based on the belief that life and life processes are controlled by physical and biochemical processes that can be manipulated by humans
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Stereotyping  
Definition
assuming that all members of a culture or ethnic group are alike
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Subculture 
Definition
usually composed of people who have a distinct identity and yet are related to a larger cultural group
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Traditional 
Definition
observance of the beliefs and practices of one's heritage cultural belief system
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Translator 
Definition

a person who converts written material (such as patient education pamphlets) from one language into another


 

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