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NUR 104 Exam 2/185 Q’s and A’s/Distinction Graded
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NUR 104 Exam 2/185 Q’s and A’s/DistinctionGraded
Cultural assimilation - -process that occurs when a minority group, living as
a part of a dominant group within a culture, loses the cultural characteristics
that made it different
-Cultural blindness - -the process of ignoring differences in people and
proceeding as though the differences do not exist
-Cultural competence - -care delivered with an awareness of the aspects of
the patient's culture
-Cultural diversity - -1. coexistence of different ethnic, biological sex, racial,
and socioeconomic groups within one social unit; 2. diverse groups in
society, with varying racial classifications and national origins, religious
affiliations, languages, physical size, biological sex, sexual orientation, age,
disability, socioeconomic status, occupational status, and geographic
location
-Cultural imposition - -tendency of some to impose their beliefs, practices,
and values on another culture because they believe that their ideas are
superior to those of another person or group
-Cultural respect - -enables nurses to deliver services that are respectful of
and responsive to the health beliefs, practices, and cultural and linguistic
needs of diverse patients; critical to reducing health disparities and
improving access to high-quality health care
-Culture - -sum total of human behaviors or social characteristics particular
to a specific group and passed from generation to generation or from one to
another within the group
-Culture conflict - -situation that occurs when people become aware of
cultural differences, feel threatened, and respond by ridiculing the beliefs
and traditions of others to make themselves feel more secure about their
own values
-Culture shock - -those feelings, usually negative, a person experiences
when placed in a different culture
-Ethnicity - -sense of identification that a cultural group collectively has; the
sharing of common and unique cultural and social beliefs and behavior
patterns, including language and dialect, religious practices, literature,
, folklore, music, political interests, food preferences, and employment
patterns
-Ethnocentrism - -belief that one's own ideas, beliefs, and practices are
best, superior, or most preferred to those of others; using one's cultural
norms as the standard to evaluate others' beliefs
-Linguistic competence - -the ability of caregivers and organizations to
understand and effectively respond to the linguistic needs of patients and
their families in a health care encounter
-Personal space - -external environment surrounding a person that is
regarded as being part of that person
-Race - -division of human beings based on distinct physical characteristics
-Stereotyping - -assigning characteristics to a group of people without
considering specific individuality
-Subculture - -group of people with different interests or goals than the
primary culture
-Transcultural nursing - -providing nursing care that is planned and
implemented in a way that is sensitive to the needs of individuals, families,
and groups representing the diverse cultural populations within our society
-Abstinence - -refraining from having sex
-Biological sex - -term used to denote chromosomal sexual development—
male (XY) or female (XX)
-Bisexual - -having sexual feelings for people of both sexes
-Cisgender - -gender identity or role performance that matches society's
expectations based on biological sex
-Contraception - -prevention of conception or pregnancy; also used to
describe methods used for birth control
-Erogenous zones - -areas of the body that produce sexual desire and
arousal when stimulated
-Female genital mutilation (FGM) - -any procedure that involves partial or
total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female
genital organs for non-medical reasons
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