Beliefs About Illness
A healthy state is one of balance and harmony.
Naturalistically or Holistically Based Beliefs
•The categorization of a group of people by a distinctive trait, such as the line of genealogy or ancestry, race, or nationality
Ethnicity
This type of care incorporate patient’s specific cultural beliefs into nursing care and recognizes and respects accepted patterns of communication
Cultural Sensitivity
This is the formal structured system of beliefs, values, rituals, and practices of a person or group, usually based on the teachings of a god or other spiritual leader.
Religion
Give an Example of Stereotyping in Healthcare
"Medicine Seeking Patients" "Illegal drug users" "Frequent Flyer" "Obese Patients"
Beliefs in practitioners of specific alternative therapies.
Folk Healing
•The way of life that distinguishes a particular group of people from other groups
Culture
By being _______________ _____________ the nurse is aware of cultural differences and is relevant with aspects of a patient's culture.
Cultural Competence
This is the descriptive term that explains the spirit and the relationship of the spirit to the body, mind, and environment, including the patient’s relationship to others.
Spirituality
How do you diffuse a communicate with a non-English speaking patient?
Find/ Call an interpreter to discuss situation.
The principle of these beliefs is that disease is caused by supernatural forces, and health can be restored by supernatural forces.
Religiously Based Beliefs
4 Examples of Ethnicity
Genealogy
Ancestry
Race
Nationality
Give an example of something that is common in American Culture but may mean something different in Asian culture?
Touching the tops of heads, in Asian cultures the top of the head is sacred and if you touch a child's head and they get sick their culture may believe that you were the cause.
True or False: A patient has to believe in a specific religion to have a sense of belonging and contentment.
False
Give an example of a barrier to healthcare related to Geography
Rural Areas= decreased access to providers and facilities
Based on scientific research leading to best practices
Scientifically Based Beliefs, Biomedical
6 Examples of Culture
Beliefs, Values, Symbols, Art, Morals, Laws, Customs, Attitudes, Communications, Traditions
The professional actions and mutual decisions that help people to reorder, change, modify, or restructure their lifeways and institutions for better (or beneficial) health-care patterns, practices, or outcomes.
Cultural repatterning or restructuring
True or False: Research studies have found relationships between a patient’s religious beliefs and practices, such as prayer, and health. Findings indicate that expression of spirituality contributes to a healthier lifestyle; people who regularly participate in religious services tend to have a lower frequency of unhealthy behaviors and stronger support systems.
True
You observe another healthcare personnel being discriminatory against a patient's sexual orientation. What should you do?
Educate the healthcare personnel that their actions are could be taken as discrimination and hurtful towards the patient's care and trust. If unresolved go to supervisor.
Example: The patient seeks a reflexologist, who performs massage of the sole of the foot to relieve the pain of a migraine headache
Folk Healing
This is defined as the differences between groups of people in a certain geographical area, such as a city, state, or country; a specific place, such as a church or factory; or a conceptual community, such as the medical community.
Cultural Diversity
Professional acts or decisions that help cultures retain, preserve, or maintain beneficial care beliefs and values or face disabilities and death
Cultural preservation and maintenance
What are some actions that a nurse can take to help a patient in spiritual distress?
Offering presence, which means to give the patient time and attention
Providing opportunities for the patient to express his or her feelings
Using therapeutic communication techniques to promote the expression of feelings
Contacting the religious or spiritual advisor of the patient’s choice (only with the patient’s permission)
Providing for religious rituals as the patient desires, such as the practice of communion or the opportunity to pray
List 7 Barriers to Healthcare
Economics, Education, Geography, Language, Stereotyping, Prejudice and Discrimination, Misunderstandings