GNUR 207 Exam 1
cultural imposition - ANS-intrusively apply the majority cultural view to individuals and
family (food, medical preferences, dress)
cultural imperialism - ANS-practice of extending policies and practices of one group
(usually dominant one) to disenfranchised and minority groups
cultural relativism - ANS-values of culture arise out of your own historical background
and understood in light of that background (abortion, discipline of children)
cultural sensitivity - ANS-personal attitudes and not saying things may be seen as
offensive to someone from cultural or think background different from health-care
providers
ethnocentrism - ANS-tendency to believe your own culture is superior to others
cultural pluralism - ANS-understanding and appreciation various cultures and
subcultures even presence of diverse characteristics, difference but many
commonalities, culture is different but everyone is human
individualistic values - ANS-people think of themselves as separate entities and are
largely concerned with their own personal needs
collectivist values - ANS-people define themselves as part of a group and stress over
individual goals
culturally competent care - ANS-- individual cultural competence: integrating knowledge,
attitudes, beliefs, skills, and encounters with those different from one's own to enhance
communication
- cultural awareness
- cultural knowledge
- develop ability to work within others; cultural context, free from ethnocentric
judgements
culture - ANS-- complex whole encompassing values, attitudes, customers shared by
group of people transmitted from one generation to next
- thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, institutions
, ethnicity - ANS-- culturally sensitive history taking tool, help create environment in which
pt is more likely discuss situation openly and honestly from his or her own cultural
perspetive
linear view of time - ANS-- time in minutes and hours
- everything scheduled
circular view of time - ANS-- time is to be enjoyed
- very relaxed
personal space - ANS-behaviors and attitudes toward space around individual
territoriality - ANS-behaviors and attitudes toward area they have claimed and defend or
react emotionally when others encroach
time - ANS-concept of past, present, and future
communication - ANS-verbal and nonverbal communication influenced by hierarchical
relationships, gender, and religion
food choices - ANS-- kosher
- vegetarian
- religious diets
traditions - ANS-beliefs and practices held or observed by specific human groups that
have been passed down from their ancestors through their grand-parents, parents and
the society around them
CLAS services - ANS-- cultural competence
- linguistic competence: must provide free language assistance dot each client with
limited english proficiency
- health literacy skill: providing education materials and forms in commonly encountered
languages (assessing literacy, developing materials culturally congruent and
appropriate reading level)
interpreter services - ANS-selecting and using interpreters, using word boards or index
cards, building trust
culture shock - ANS-condition occurs when one is suddenly immersed in culture very
different from their own (don't feel like valued)
cultural imposition - ANS-intrusively apply the majority cultural view to individuals and
family (food, medical preferences, dress)
cultural imperialism - ANS-practice of extending policies and practices of one group
(usually dominant one) to disenfranchised and minority groups
cultural relativism - ANS-values of culture arise out of your own historical background
and understood in light of that background (abortion, discipline of children)
cultural sensitivity - ANS-personal attitudes and not saying things may be seen as
offensive to someone from cultural or think background different from health-care
providers
ethnocentrism - ANS-tendency to believe your own culture is superior to others
cultural pluralism - ANS-understanding and appreciation various cultures and
subcultures even presence of diverse characteristics, difference but many
commonalities, culture is different but everyone is human
individualistic values - ANS-people think of themselves as separate entities and are
largely concerned with their own personal needs
collectivist values - ANS-people define themselves as part of a group and stress over
individual goals
culturally competent care - ANS-- individual cultural competence: integrating knowledge,
attitudes, beliefs, skills, and encounters with those different from one's own to enhance
communication
- cultural awareness
- cultural knowledge
- develop ability to work within others; cultural context, free from ethnocentric
judgements
culture - ANS-- complex whole encompassing values, attitudes, customers shared by
group of people transmitted from one generation to next
- thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, institutions
, ethnicity - ANS-- culturally sensitive history taking tool, help create environment in which
pt is more likely discuss situation openly and honestly from his or her own cultural
perspetive
linear view of time - ANS-- time in minutes and hours
- everything scheduled
circular view of time - ANS-- time is to be enjoyed
- very relaxed
personal space - ANS-behaviors and attitudes toward space around individual
territoriality - ANS-behaviors and attitudes toward area they have claimed and defend or
react emotionally when others encroach
time - ANS-concept of past, present, and future
communication - ANS-verbal and nonverbal communication influenced by hierarchical
relationships, gender, and religion
food choices - ANS-- kosher
- vegetarian
- religious diets
traditions - ANS-beliefs and practices held or observed by specific human groups that
have been passed down from their ancestors through their grand-parents, parents and
the society around them
CLAS services - ANS-- cultural competence
- linguistic competence: must provide free language assistance dot each client with
limited english proficiency
- health literacy skill: providing education materials and forms in commonly encountered
languages (assessing literacy, developing materials culturally congruent and
appropriate reading level)
interpreter services - ANS-selecting and using interpreters, using word boards or index
cards, building trust
culture shock - ANS-condition occurs when one is suddenly immersed in culture very
different from their own (don't feel like valued)
