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Fundamentals Ch 13
Culture and Ethnicity
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
02/09/2010

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culture
Definition
Is diverse
Exists at many levels
Has common beliefs and practices
Is all-encompassing
Provides identity
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bicultural
Definition
identify with two cultures and maintains some of the values and lifestyles of each
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minorities
Definition
made up of individuals who share race, religion, or ethnic heritage (some consider it offensive)
Term
vulnerable population
Definition
groups who are more likely to develop health problems and experience poorer outcomes because of limited access to care, high-risk behaviors, and/or multiple and cumulative stressors
Term
ethnicity
Definition
describes cultural heritage
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race
Definition
describes biooogical descent
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acculturation
Definition
cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture; also : a merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact
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cultural assimilation
Definition
a process by which members of an ethnic minority group lose cultural characteristics that distinguish them from the dominant cultural group or take on the cultural characteristics of another group.
Term
environmental control
Definition
person’s perception of his ability to plan activities that control nature or direct environmental factors
Term
Communication

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Time orientation

Social organization

Environmental control
Definition
cultural specifics that affect health
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biological variations
Definition
ways people are different genetically and physiologically
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indigenous health care
Definition
folk medicine and traditional healing methods; including OTC and self-remedies
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biomedical health care system
Definition
combones Western biomed beliefs w/ traditional North American values of self-reliance, individualism, & aggressive action
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alternative health care
Definition
diet tx, mind-body control methods, therapeutic touch, accupressure, refexology, naturopathy (natural remedies), kinesiology, & chiropractic
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alternative health care
Definition
diet tx, mind-body control methods, therapeutic touch, accupressure, refexology, naturopathy (natural remedies), kinesiology, & chiropractic
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holistic
Definition
need for harmony & balance of the body with nature
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magico-religious
Definition
focus is on need for balance and harmony
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folk
Definition
a certified nurse midwife is an example of what kind of medicine?
Term
complementary medicine
Definition
chiropractic care, biofeedback
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alternative medicine
Definition
therapies used instead of conventional medicine (iridology, aromatherapy, magnet therapy)
Term
teamwork
Definition
purnell and paulanka stress culturally competant care as?
Term
cultural awareness
Definition
refers to an apprectiaiton of the external signs of diversity
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cultural sensitivity
Definition
more to do with personal attitudes and being careful not to say or do somwthing that might be offensive to someone from a different culture
Term
Leninger
Definition
they used research to provide culturally congruent, safe care
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Campinha-Bacote
Definition
cultural competence as a process, used the ASKED model
Term
lack of knowledge, emotional responses, ethnocentirsm, cultural steretpes, prejudice
Definition
Barriers to culturally competent care
Term
5 components of cultural competence
A – wareness (cultural sensitivity, cultural biases)
S – kills (cultural assessment tools)
K – nowledge (cultural worldviews, theoretical frameworks)
E – ncounters (cultural exposure, cultural practice)
D – esire (to be culturally competent)
Definition
5 components of asked model
Term
like, inquire, visit, experience
Listen, Evaluate, Acknowledge, REccommend, Negotiate
Definition
LIVE and LEARN models
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