Culture 101
A way of life including standards of behavior and sets of rules to live by.
What is culture?
The attitude that a groups ways of doing things is superior.
What is ethnocentrism?
This concept replaced the melting pot concept.
What is cultural diversity?
An essential part of being human coming from the Latin word meaning breathe or air.
What is spirituality?
A patient of this religion observes the sabbath.
What is Judaism?
Generally accepted ways of doing things common to people who share same culture.
What are customs?
A nurses continuous pursuit of knowledge to effectively provide care to patients of a different cultures.
What is cultural competence?
The basic unit of society.
What is the family?
How people respond and deal with feelings.
What is emotional needs?
The nurse may baptize an extremely ill or stillborn child for a patient of this religion.
What is Roman Catholic?
Intolerance of another cultural group.
What is prejudice?
An awareness of different cultures.
What is cultural sensitivity?
Philosophy including uniqueness and value of each human being.
What is self worth?
Made up of ministers, priests, rabbis, etc.
What is pastoral care team?
They do not believe in health insurance or social security and help each other in time of need.
Who are the Amish?
When rights and privileges are withheld from another cultural group.
What is discrimination?
Giving up parts of your own culture to adopt parts of culture of dominant group.
What is assimilation?
Some people follow clock time others follow this type of time.
What is linear time?
Patients who are unable to practice their religious rituals can be in this.
What is spiritual distress?
This patient of this religion may request a bed or chair be positioned Southwest from the United States.
What is Muslim?
An assumption used to describe all members of a group without exception.
What is a stereotype?
Ginger and Davidhizars Transcultural model includes evaluating these Aspects.
What are:
communication, space, social organization, time, environmental control, and biological variations.
Three health belief systems.
What are biomedicine, personalistic and naturalistic?
Caring for the total person includes:
What is physical, emotional and spiritual needs?
Will refuse to receive whole blood products.
What is Jehovah’s witnesses?