NMNC 1110 Intro to Nursing Concepts Exam 4 Questions & Answers 2024/2025
Culture - ANSWERSa pattern of shared attitudes, beliefs, self-definitions, norms, roles, and values that can occur among those who speak a particular language or live in a defined geographic region
Enculturation - ANS...
Culture - ANSWERSa pattern of shared attitudes, beliefs, self-definitions, norms, roles, and values that
can occur among those who speak a particular language or live in a defined geographic region
Enculturation - ANSWERSProcess by which a person learns norms, values, and behaviors of another
culture
Ex: a high school student from the U.S. spends a summer abroad with a family in Switzerland
Acculturation - ANSWERSprocess of acquiring new attitudes, roles, customs, or behaviors
Ex: an immigrant from China develops a preference for Western foods and music
Assimilation - ANSWERSprocess by which a person gives up his/her original identity and develops a new
cultural identity by becoming absorbed into the dominant cultural group
Ex: a Native American loses his Native identity after living in Chicago for 10 yrs
Biculturalism - ANSWERSDual pattern of identification.
Ex. A woman of Christian faith married to a Muslim adopts some Muslim practices and also maintains
some traditional Christian practices.
Cultural bias - ANSWERSa predisposition to see people or things in a certain light, either positive or
negative
Cultural awareness - ANSWERSBecoming more self-aware of your biases and attitudes about human
behavior is the first step in providing patient-centered care
Cultural desire - ANSWERSThe motivation of a health care professional to "want to"—not "have to"—
engage in the process of becoming culturally competent
, Cultural competency rules - ANSWERS1. respecting a patient's health beliefs and understanding the
effects of the patient's beliefs on health care delivery
2. shifting a model of understanding a patient's experience from a disease happening in the patient's
organ systems to that of an illness occurring in the context of culture
3. ability to elicit a patient's explanation of an illness and its causes
4. ability to explain to a patient the health care provider's perspective on the illness and its perceived
causes
5. being able to negotiate a mutually agreeable, safe, and effective treatment plan
Illness - ANSWERSThe way that individuals and families react to disease
Disease - ANSWERSMalfunctioning biological or psychological processes
patient centeredness - ANSWERSprovides individualized care and restores an emphasis on personal
relationships
cultural competence - ANSWERSaims to increase health equity and reduce disparities by concentrating
on people of color & other disadvantaged populations
Cultural assessment data - ANSWERS*review Box 4.2 in Giddens*
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