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Nursing
Undergraduate 3
05/07/2013

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accountability
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refers to individuals being answerable for their own actions
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advocacy
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refers to the support of a particular cause
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autonomy
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is freedom of choice and responsibility for the choices
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beneficence
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refers to taking positive action to help others
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code of ethics
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is the philosophical ideas of right and wrong that define the principles you will use to provide care to your patients
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confidentiality
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guarantees that any information a subject provide will not be reported in any manner that identifies the subject and will not be accessible to people outside the research team
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consequentialism
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a utilitarian system of ethics proposes that the value of something is determined by its usefulness
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deontology
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defines actions as right or wrong based on their "right-making characteristics"
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ethics of care
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delivery of health care based on ethical principles and standards of care
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fidelity
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refers to the agreement to keep promises
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justice
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refers to fairness
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nonmaleficence
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is the avoidance of harm or hurt
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responsibility
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refers to the duties and activities that an individual is employed to perform
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teleology
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the study of ends or final causes
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utilitarianism
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relies on the application of a certain principle
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value
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is a personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom, or object that sets standards that influence behavior
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assimilation
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to become absorbed into another culture and adopt its characteristics
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bilineal
Definition
kinship extends to both the father's and mother's side of the family
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culture
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integrated patterns of human behavior that include the language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethics, religious, or social groups
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emic worldview
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any intercultural encounter there is an insider or native perspective
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ethnocentrism
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a tendency to hold one's own way of life as superior to others
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transcultural nursing
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a comparative study of cultures to understand similarities and differences across human groups
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matrilineal
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kinship that is limited to only the mother's side
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naturalistic practitioner
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attribute illness to natural, impersonal, and biological forces that cause alternation in the equilibrium of the human body
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cultural pain
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disregarded values or cultural beliefs
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etic worldview
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outsider perspective
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ethnicity
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refers to a shared identity related to social and cultural heritage
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fictive
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nonblood kin
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subcultures
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various ethnic, religious, and other groups with distinct characteristics from the dominant culture
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patrilineal
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kinship that is limited to only the father's side
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personalistic practitioner
Definition
believe that an external agent, which can be human or nonhuman, causes health and illness
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cultural competence
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is the process of acquiring specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes to ensure delivery of culturally congruent
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