CH.9
A particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage
Health Disparity
Conducting a self-examination of one's own biases toward other cultures and the in-depth exploration of one's cultural and professional background
Cultural Awareness
1. The inside perspective of a cultural encounter
2. The outside perspective of a cultural encounter
1. Emic World View
2. Etic World View
A set of relationships that a patient identifies as family or as a network of individuals who influence one another's lives, whether there are actual biological or legal ties
Family
The uniqueness of each family unit
Family diversity
Refers to the learned and shared belief, values, norms, and traditions of a particular group, which guide our thinking, decisions, and actions
Culture
A set of evidence-based, scientifically researched stands of care
Core Measures
To understand how the patient's religious values will affect their willingness to receive care
Cultural Assessment
Includes both relational and transactional concepts. This is the 3rd level of the family nursing practice approach
Family as a system
A system of support and structure within a family that extends beyond the walls of the household
Family durability
Assumed belief regarding a particular group
Stereotype
Occurs when an individual or group transitions from one culture and develops traits of another culture
Acculturation
The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health decisions.
Perspective in which the family is viewed as a unit of interacting members having attributes, functions and goals separate from those of the individual family members. This is the first level of the family nursing practice approach
Family as a context
Family's ability to cope with expected and unexpected stressors
Family resiliency
Emphasizes the need to provide care based on an individuals cultural beliefs, practices, and values; therefore effective communication is a critical skill in culturally competent care and helps you engage patient-centered dialogue
Culturally Congruent Care
The process in which the individual adapts to the hots cultural values and no longer prefers the components of the origin culture
Assimilation
A process that encourages healthcare professionals to directly engage in face-to-face cultural interactions and other types of encounters with patients from culturally diverse backgrounds
Cultural Ecounter
Nursing approach that takes into consideration the effect of one intervention on all members of a family
Family as a patient
Assumes that all people, regardless of age, are members of some type of family form
Family nursing
Professional healthcare must be culturally sensitive, appropriate and competent to meet the multifaceted healthcare needs of each person, family and community
Cultural Competence
The motivation of a healthcare professional to want to or don't want to engage in the process of becoming culturally aware, knowledgeable, and skillful in seeking cultural ecounters
Cultural Desire
They are more likely to have poor health outcomes and die earlier because of a complex interaction among their individual policies and practices of healthcare, government systems, and the clinical care they receive
Marginalized Groups
Family dynamics
List the 3 levels of family nursing in order
1. Family as a context
2. Family as a patient
3. Family as a system