Cultural Sensitivity
The nurse is unable to understand what the patient is saying because the patient does not speak English is known as:
What is a language barrier?
Therapy used instead of conventional treatment
What is Alternative Therapy?
Cost-effective option
What is cost?
Manipulation of spine to relieve pressure on nerves
Knowledge of various cultural beliefs & values.
A judgment or belief about a group based on irrational suspicion or hatred.
What is prejudice?
Therapy used along with conventional treatment
What is complementary therapy?
Easier to access than traditional medicine
What is access?
Relax muscles, decrease stress: stroking, pressure, friction, kneading muscles and soft tissues.
What is massage therapy?
Belief: Practitioners who treat disease (not licensed HCP), herbalists, spiritualists, naturalists…medicine man
What is folk healing?
The nurse who is Caucasian asks the patient of Indian (South Asian) heritage if she wants any water. The patient moves her head side to side. The nurse interprets this as a "No" and leaves the room. Later, the patient calls for water and is upset. This is an example of ____ due to cultural differences.
What is a misunderstanding?
Nursing care that emphasizes the mid, body and spirit balance.
What is holistic care?
Patients feel practitioners of CAM spend more time with them.
What is personal touch?
Inserting fine needles into points along meridians “channels of energy".
What is acupuncture?
Belief: Proven scientifically then accepted as truth and law. Cannot be proven scientifically à unfounded belief and myth.
What are scientifically based beliefs or biomedical?
Treating a person poorly based on prejudice beliefs.
What is discrimination?
Drugs and treatments must be used to kill foreign invaders?
What is Western medicine?
Patients more able to participate and control their own care
What is self determination?
Using heated cups on skin for a few mins to create suction and draw blood to or away from parts of your body.
What is cupping?
Belief: Balance between yin & yang à maintains & restores health, disease is imbalance (cold, hot)
What is naturalistically or holistically based beliefs?
Cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone based on various factors including economic, education, language, and stereotyping.
What is bias?
Western, traditional, conventional medicine is also known as.
What is allopathic medicine?
A nursing student who studies hard for every exam during nursing school.
What is passing the NCLEX PN?
This CAM can interact with medications; interfere with surgery and its outcomes
What are herbal supplements?
Belief: Supernatural, magic: cause of illness, can heal the illness. Illness is sinful act or demon spirit.
What is magico-religious belief?