ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING- CHAPTER 2 EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A+
Cultural Care
CLAS = standards that promote development of a healthcare workforce that can
respond effectively to the needs of diverse populations.
Acculturation
Process of merging with or adopting the traits of a different culture.
Cultural Awareness
Self-awareness of one's own cultural background, biases, and differences.
Cultural Needs
As important as physical and psychological needs. Avoid imposing personal cultural
values on the patient.
Cultural Competence
Involves respecting personal dignity and preferences as well as acknowledging cultural
differences.
Cultural Preservation- preservation of the patients traditional values.
Cultural Accommodation- supporting and facilitating the patients use of cultural
practices that are beneficial to pt health.
Cultural Re-Patterning- assisting in the modification or cultural practices that are not
beneficial.
Cultural Brokering- advocating, mediating, negotiating and intervening between the
patients culture and health care culture on behalf of the patient.
Cultural Assessment- Environmental Control
, How the environment affects the individual.
Agree = Actively Engage in Health Promotion & Disease Prevention and Treatment
Disagree (Outcomes Predetermined) = not likely to engage in health-related behaviors.
Belief in Harmony- engage in alternative medicine/spirituality.
Cultural Assessment- Time Orientation
Describes if the patient places more value on the past, present or future.
Past or Present = little interest in health promotion behaviors.
Cultural Assessment- Social Organization
Describes the significance of individual members of a family or the family as a whole.
Cultural Assessment- Health Beliefs & Practices
Biomedical Belief- focus on identifying a cause for every effect on the body; that the
body functions like a machine. Bases for US Healthcare System and is science based.
Naturalistic Belief- relate the individual as a part of nature or creation. An imbalance
causes disease. Bases for Eastern and Chinese medicine.
Magico-Religious Belief- link health to supernatural forces or good and evil. Belief in
faith healing used by Christian religion, voodoo and witchcraft.
Cultural Assessment Parameters
Ethnic Background
Religious Preferences
Family Structure
Language and Literacy Needs
Communication Needs
Education
Cultural Values
Food Patterns
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A+
Cultural Care
CLAS = standards that promote development of a healthcare workforce that can
respond effectively to the needs of diverse populations.
Acculturation
Process of merging with or adopting the traits of a different culture.
Cultural Awareness
Self-awareness of one's own cultural background, biases, and differences.
Cultural Needs
As important as physical and psychological needs. Avoid imposing personal cultural
values on the patient.
Cultural Competence
Involves respecting personal dignity and preferences as well as acknowledging cultural
differences.
Cultural Preservation- preservation of the patients traditional values.
Cultural Accommodation- supporting and facilitating the patients use of cultural
practices that are beneficial to pt health.
Cultural Re-Patterning- assisting in the modification or cultural practices that are not
beneficial.
Cultural Brokering- advocating, mediating, negotiating and intervening between the
patients culture and health care culture on behalf of the patient.
Cultural Assessment- Environmental Control
, How the environment affects the individual.
Agree = Actively Engage in Health Promotion & Disease Prevention and Treatment
Disagree (Outcomes Predetermined) = not likely to engage in health-related behaviors.
Belief in Harmony- engage in alternative medicine/spirituality.
Cultural Assessment- Time Orientation
Describes if the patient places more value on the past, present or future.
Past or Present = little interest in health promotion behaviors.
Cultural Assessment- Social Organization
Describes the significance of individual members of a family or the family as a whole.
Cultural Assessment- Health Beliefs & Practices
Biomedical Belief- focus on identifying a cause for every effect on the body; that the
body functions like a machine. Bases for US Healthcare System and is science based.
Naturalistic Belief- relate the individual as a part of nature or creation. An imbalance
causes disease. Bases for Eastern and Chinese medicine.
Magico-Religious Belief- link health to supernatural forces or good and evil. Belief in
faith healing used by Christian religion, voodoo and witchcraft.
Cultural Assessment Parameters
Ethnic Background
Religious Preferences
Family Structure
Language and Literacy Needs
Communication Needs
Education
Cultural Values
Food Patterns
