Learning Obj 5.1
This term used to categorize people with genetically shared physical characteristics.
What is race?
This skill is crucial for understanding a client's health needs, providing education, and ensuring informed consent.
What is effective communication?
This term involves recognizing and respecting the impact of culture on health beliefs, practices, and preferences.
What is culturally sensitive nursing care?
Biologic characteristics of primary importance to nurses are those that involve these areas.
This term is referred to as shared cultural heritage.
What is ethnicity?
The nurse is caring for a client of the Jehovah's Witness faith who was transported to the emergency department after a car accident. The nurse is aware that the client is likely to refuse this treatment.
What is a blood transfusion?
This term involves gathering information about a patient's cultural background, beliefs, practices, and values to understand how these factors might influence their healthcare preferences and decisions.
Characteristics of anemia or inadequate oxygenation are best to be assessed in these areas of the body to provide accurate data in people of color, instead of the skin.
What are the sclera and or hard palate?
These are the four major minority groups in addition to Anglo Americans.
What is African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and Native Americans?
There are cultures that value family involvement in decision-making and expect the inclusion of family members in healthcare discussions and planning. This action should be done by the nurse.
What is recognize and respect the cultural diversity by actively involving the client's family in care decisions?
This term refers to the belief that one’s own ethnicity is superior to all others.
What is Ethnocentrism?
This condition may be referred to as "Mongolian spots".
What is hyperpigmentation on the lower back, abdomen, thighs, shoulders, or arms of infants and children with dark skin?
The nurse is admitting a client who practices the Muslim faith to the acute care unit and calls the dietary department to remove all pork items from the food tray without consulting the client about food preferences. The nurse is demonstrating this behavior when performing this action.
What is generalizing?
This term refers to understanding and addressing the impact of culture on health and illness.
What is transcultural nursing?
Unique cultural groups that coexist within the a dominant culture are called this.
What are subcultures?
These are factors that interfere with achieving culturally sensitive nursing.
What are stereotypes, generalization, and ethnocentrism?