Beliefs About Illness
Ethnicity and Culture
Cultural Care
Religion V. Spirituality
Barriers to Healthcare
100

A healthy state is one of balance and harmony.

Naturalistically or Holistically Based Beliefs

100

•The categorization of a group of people by a distinctive trait, such as the line of genealogy or ancestry, race, or nationality

Ethnicity

100

This type of care incorporate patient’s specific cultural beliefs into nursing care and recognizes and respects accepted patterns of communication

Cultural Sensitivity

100

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

100

Give an Example of Stereotyping in Healthcare

"Medicine Seeking Patients" "Illegal drug users" "Frequent Flyer" "Obese Patients" 

200

Beliefs in practitioners of specific alternative therapies.

Folk Healing

200

•The way of life that distinguishes a particular group of people from other groups

Culture

200

By being _______________ _____________ the nurse is aware of cultural differences and is relevant with aspects of a patient's culture. 

Cultural Competence

200

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

200

How do you diffuse a communicate with a non-English speaking patient?

Find/ Call an interpreter to discuss situation.

300

The principle of these beliefs is that disease is caused by supernatural forces, and health can be restored by supernatural forces.

Religiously Based Beliefs

300

4 Examples of Ethnicity

Genealogy

Ancestry 

Race

Nationality

300

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.

300

True or False: A patient has to believe in a specific religion to have a sense of belonging and contentment.

False

300

Give an example of a barrier to healthcare related to Geography

Rural Areas= decreased access to providers and facilities

400

Based on scientific research leading to best practices

Scientifically Based Beliefs, Biomedical

400

6 Examples of Culture 

Beliefs, Values, Symbols, Art, Morals, Laws, Customs, Attitudes, Communications, Traditions

400

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

400

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

400

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. 

500

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

500

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

500

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

500

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

500

List 7 Barriers to Healthcare

Economics, Education, Geography, Language, Stereotyping, Prejudice and Discrimination, Misunderstandings