Exam 1 - Community Health UPDATED ACTUAL Questions And Correct Answers
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Example of cultural bridging technique: present foods relevant to patient's culture
What is cultural diversity defined as? a multifaceted and complex concept that refers to the differences among people,
especially those related to values, attitudes, beliefs, norms, behaviors, customs,
and ways of living.
Cultural competence through nursing practice includes a transcultural perspective. When thinking about nursing interventions we need to
having a what? think about them through a multicultural lens and consider and individual
lifestyles.
Culturally competent community health nursing requires Individual lifestyles and,
the nurse to understand what two main things? Their value system
Main goal of healthy people 2030 cultural perspectives: Eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health
Means in attaining heathy people 2030 main goal: Promotion of healthy behaviors,
Promotion of healthy and safe communities,
Achievement of health equity,
Prevention and reduction of disease prevalence
U.S. health improvement limitations: Different cultures and ethnic groups have not improved equally... Even though as
a country we are getting healthier, not everyone is getting healthier at the same
rate.
Why might patients rely on hospitals and urgent care? they dont have insurance
Patients who rely on hospitals or urgent care for health For any form of primary prevention... which means they usually present to these
care: facilities after the problem arrives. Importance of preventative care!
Sliding scale Clinics: offer care to patients without insurance. Take your annual income and put it on a
sliding scale to decide how much you must pay to be seen, but you must pay it
that day.
Culture Specific definition in transcultural nursing: "Particularistic values, beliefs, and patterning of behavior that tend to be special,
local, or unique to a designated culture and which do not tend to be shared with
members of other cultures"
What does culture specific means and what is an Unique behaviors designated by one group and not shared with members of
example? other cultures.
Example: certain gender adhering to clothing modesty.
, Culture Universal definition: "Commonalities of values, norms of behavior, and life patterns that are similarly
held among cultures about human behavior and lifestyles and form the bases for
formulating theories for developing cross-cultural laws of human behavior"
What is cultural universal and an example? A value, norm, behavior, or pattern held among multiple cultures.
Example: culturally valuing honesty.
3 cultural bridging techniques: preservation, accommodation, and restructuring
Culture care preservation and maintenance: Maintaining and preserving the cultural values, practices, and beliefs of individuals
or communities during healthcare.
Not changing cultural practice at all. You are changing the care you give.
Example of culture care preservation: Allow the patient to pray.
Culture care accommodation and negotiation: Work collaboratively with patients to find a compromise that respects both
cultural needs and healthcare requirements.
Compromising/accommodating to ensure both cultural and healthcare needs are
met.
Example of culture care accommodation and negotiation: In culture they eat a high sodium diet, but they have hypertension and need to eat
low sodium, so we will allow them to eat the same foods but figure out how to
modify them to lower the sodium levels within. Like using salt alternatives.
Culture care repatterning and restructuring: Assisting patients in changing or restricting their cultural practices when those
practices are harmful to their health.
Their cultural practice is harmful to their health and must be eliminated
Example of Culture care repatterning and restructuring: Pt Dx lung cancer from smoking rituals, so we need to encourage they stop
participating in those practices.
Ethnocentrism: belief their way of life is superior and looks down on other cultures.
Believing my culture is better. Because of this you may take up cultural
imposition...
Cultural Imposition: A person's tendency to impose their own beliefs/values/behavior on individuals
from another culture.
4 basic characteristics of culture: learned, shared, adapted, and dynamic
What is culture? Learned from birth through the processes of language acquisition and
socialization.
Shared by members of the same cultural group.
Adapted to specific conditions related to environmental and technical factors and
to the availability of natural resources.
Dynamic.
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Terms in this set (339)
Example of cultural bridging technique: present foods relevant to patient's culture
What is cultural diversity defined as? a multifaceted and complex concept that refers to the differences among people,
especially those related to values, attitudes, beliefs, norms, behaviors, customs,
and ways of living.
Cultural competence through nursing practice includes a transcultural perspective. When thinking about nursing interventions we need to
having a what? think about them through a multicultural lens and consider and individual
lifestyles.
Culturally competent community health nursing requires Individual lifestyles and,
the nurse to understand what two main things? Their value system
Main goal of healthy people 2030 cultural perspectives: Eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health
Means in attaining heathy people 2030 main goal: Promotion of healthy behaviors,
Promotion of healthy and safe communities,
Achievement of health equity,
Prevention and reduction of disease prevalence
U.S. health improvement limitations: Different cultures and ethnic groups have not improved equally... Even though as
a country we are getting healthier, not everyone is getting healthier at the same
rate.
Why might patients rely on hospitals and urgent care? they dont have insurance
Patients who rely on hospitals or urgent care for health For any form of primary prevention... which means they usually present to these
care: facilities after the problem arrives. Importance of preventative care!
Sliding scale Clinics: offer care to patients without insurance. Take your annual income and put it on a
sliding scale to decide how much you must pay to be seen, but you must pay it
that day.
Culture Specific definition in transcultural nursing: "Particularistic values, beliefs, and patterning of behavior that tend to be special,
local, or unique to a designated culture and which do not tend to be shared with
members of other cultures"
What does culture specific means and what is an Unique behaviors designated by one group and not shared with members of
example? other cultures.
Example: certain gender adhering to clothing modesty.
, Culture Universal definition: "Commonalities of values, norms of behavior, and life patterns that are similarly
held among cultures about human behavior and lifestyles and form the bases for
formulating theories for developing cross-cultural laws of human behavior"
What is cultural universal and an example? A value, norm, behavior, or pattern held among multiple cultures.
Example: culturally valuing honesty.
3 cultural bridging techniques: preservation, accommodation, and restructuring
Culture care preservation and maintenance: Maintaining and preserving the cultural values, practices, and beliefs of individuals
or communities during healthcare.
Not changing cultural practice at all. You are changing the care you give.
Example of culture care preservation: Allow the patient to pray.
Culture care accommodation and negotiation: Work collaboratively with patients to find a compromise that respects both
cultural needs and healthcare requirements.
Compromising/accommodating to ensure both cultural and healthcare needs are
met.
Example of culture care accommodation and negotiation: In culture they eat a high sodium diet, but they have hypertension and need to eat
low sodium, so we will allow them to eat the same foods but figure out how to
modify them to lower the sodium levels within. Like using salt alternatives.
Culture care repatterning and restructuring: Assisting patients in changing or restricting their cultural practices when those
practices are harmful to their health.
Their cultural practice is harmful to their health and must be eliminated
Example of Culture care repatterning and restructuring: Pt Dx lung cancer from smoking rituals, so we need to encourage they stop
participating in those practices.
Ethnocentrism: belief their way of life is superior and looks down on other cultures.
Believing my culture is better. Because of this you may take up cultural
imposition...
Cultural Imposition: A person's tendency to impose their own beliefs/values/behavior on individuals
from another culture.
4 basic characteristics of culture: learned, shared, adapted, and dynamic
What is culture? Learned from birth through the processes of language acquisition and
socialization.
Shared by members of the same cultural group.
Adapted to specific conditions related to environmental and technical factors and
to the availability of natural resources.
Dynamic.
