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NRS 460 Exam 3Madeline Leininger - answer Identify the nurse anthropologist who developed
Transcultural Nursing as a specialty practice:
False - answer True or False
Culture is a simplistic concept.
Norm - answer Don’t talk with your mouth full.
Ethnocentrism - answer A person's tendency to view his or her own way of life as the
most desirable, acceptable, or best.
Culturalism - answerClosely linked to ideas about "difference", Othering, stigma,
discrimination and racism
Othering - answerPeople thought to be "different" are imagined as being even more
different [from "us"] than they truly are
Value - answerA desirable or undesirable state of affairs. A universal feature of all
cultures, although the types and expression may differ widely.
Cultural Awareness - answerObserving and being conscious of similarities and
contrasts between cultural groups.
Cultural Sensitivity - answerBeing aware of, and understanding, a deeper level of
emotions that attach to your own culture and the way your culture may be perceived by
others. For example, is your culture perceived as being 'dominant'? Is there historical
baggage linked to it from the perspective of someone from another culture? And how
may cultural differences shape your approach to patients from other cultures?
Cultural Safety - answerIs defined as our understanding of our own personal culture and
the way in which these personal cultural values can affect the way we interact within our
new culture. This is not only about knowing how to protect the cultural rights of another
person, but also about ensuring that we feel safe when operating outside the comfort
zone of our own cultural norms".
Unsafe cultural practice - answerAny action which diminishes, demeans or
disempowers the cultural identity and well being of an individual.
,Cultural Competence - answerOccurs when a health care provider empowers a client,
and/or involves adapting health care services to meet the social, cultural, and linguistic
needs of a population.
Cultural Safety Principles - answer1. Reflecting on your own practice.
2. Minimize the power differentials between yourself and your clients
3. Develop trust by engaging in a conversation with the client to learn more about them.
4. Recognize and avoid stereotypical barriers.
5. Ensure that you do not diminish, demean, or disempower others through your
actions.
Ever Increasing Population - answerIdentify one of the biggest challenges to a
developing countries economic growth:
Elderly - answerAs of 2018, over 9% of the worlds population is of what age?
Aging population - answerDeveloping countries face higher mortality rates due to all of
the following except:
An ageing population
Violence
Communicable Disease
Malnutrition
Epidemiologic Transition - answerTransition from an infectious disease profile to a
chronic disease profile.
Alma Ata - answerHealth as a fundamental human right for individuals, families, and
communities
Service Learning - answerNot volunteerism
Nurses - answerHealthcare's most valuable asset
Promotion of safe sex practices - answerWhich of the following is NOT part of the World
Health Organization's goals for the Triple Billion Targets:
Affordable health care to the world's poorest
Promotion of safe sex practices
Better protection against epidemics
Enjoyment of better health, including protection from non-communicable diseases like
cancer
Critical Social Theory - answerOppression and facilitates group action
5x - answerAfter having read the article: "Too Much Pollution for One Place," identify
the rate of asthma in Chester's children.
, Urban Crowding - answerLiving Pattern Risk
Environmental Racism - answerPlacing environmental hazards in low income
communities
Radon - answerMost common cause of radiation exposure in the home
Sick building syndrome - answerCause toxic symptoms in occupants due to building
materials, poor ventilation, substances in furniture and carpeting, toxic mold, and/or
cleaning agents
Food Safety - answerClean Separate Cook Chill
Methane Gas - answerBy product of decomposing organic waste - a fire/explosion
hazard
Environmental Protection Agency - answerSets rules, but lacks resources to accomplish
the goals
Community Coalition - answerCan realize change when faced with an issue regarding
an environmental challenge from a large corporation
Built environment - answerConsists of the connections among people, communities,
and their surrounding environments that depend on habits, interpersonal relationships,
cultural values, and customs.
IPREPARE - answerI - Investigate potential exposures
P - Present work
R - Residence
E - Environmental concerns
P - Past work
A - Alarm
R - Referrals and RESOURCES
E - Educate
Can you tell me what you do at work - answerWhen using an environmental
perspective, which would be the most important question for a nurse to ask when
assessing potential heatlh problems?
Federal Policies have been weakened, and enforcement lacks funding. - answerWhich
conclusion can be drawn concerning efforts to decrease environmental pollution?
B - answerIn a community presentation about asthma, a nurse explained the causes of
asthma in children, how to observe for "triggers" that lead to an asthma attack, and how
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