NSG 300 TOPIC 10: CULTURAL AWARENESS
Culture
refers to the learned and shared beliefs, values, norms, and traditions of a particular
group, which guide our thinking, decisions, and actions.
unconscious bias
refers to a bias that we are unaware of, and which happens outside of our control
which is influenced by our personal background, cultural environment, and
personal experiences.
implicit bias
we are aware the bias is present
Culturally congruent care
care that fits a person's life patterns, values, and system of meaning
Cultural competence
enabling of health care providers to deliver services that are respectful of and
responsive to the health beliefs, practices, and cultural and linguistic needs of
diverse patients.
health disparity
a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic,
and/or environmental disadvantage
marginalized groups
more likely to have poor health outcomes and die at an earlier age because of a
complex interaction between individual genetics and behaviors; public and health
policy; community and environmental factors; and quality of health care
social determinants of health
The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, shaped by the
distribution of money, power, and resources at global, national, and local levels
health care disparities
, differences among populations in the availability, accessibility, and quality of
health care services
what groups are more likely to be impacted by health care disparities
African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics, low- and middle- income groups, the
uninsured, some subgroups of the LBGT community
intersectionality
Belonging simultaneously to multiple social groups
oppression
A system of advantages and disadvantages tied to our membership in social groups
-the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority
Cultural competence or cultural respect
Meaningful and useful care strategies based on knowledge of the cultural heritage,
beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of those to whom they render care
racial identity
based on one's self-identification with one or more social groups in which a
common heritage with a particular racial group is shared
ethnic and cultural identity
the frame in which individuals identify consciously or unconsciously with those
with whom they feel a common bond because of similar traditions, behaviors,
values, and beliefs
Acculturation
occurs when an individual or group transitions from one culture and develops traits
of another culture
Assimilation
the process in which the individual adapts to the host's cultural values and no
longer prefers the components of the origin culture
Transcultural nursing
Culture
refers to the learned and shared beliefs, values, norms, and traditions of a particular
group, which guide our thinking, decisions, and actions.
unconscious bias
refers to a bias that we are unaware of, and which happens outside of our control
which is influenced by our personal background, cultural environment, and
personal experiences.
implicit bias
we are aware the bias is present
Culturally congruent care
care that fits a person's life patterns, values, and system of meaning
Cultural competence
enabling of health care providers to deliver services that are respectful of and
responsive to the health beliefs, practices, and cultural and linguistic needs of
diverse patients.
health disparity
a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic,
and/or environmental disadvantage
marginalized groups
more likely to have poor health outcomes and die at an earlier age because of a
complex interaction between individual genetics and behaviors; public and health
policy; community and environmental factors; and quality of health care
social determinants of health
The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, shaped by the
distribution of money, power, and resources at global, national, and local levels
health care disparities
, differences among populations in the availability, accessibility, and quality of
health care services
what groups are more likely to be impacted by health care disparities
African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics, low- and middle- income groups, the
uninsured, some subgroups of the LBGT community
intersectionality
Belonging simultaneously to multiple social groups
oppression
A system of advantages and disadvantages tied to our membership in social groups
-the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority
Cultural competence or cultural respect
Meaningful and useful care strategies based on knowledge of the cultural heritage,
beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of those to whom they render care
racial identity
based on one's self-identification with one or more social groups in which a
common heritage with a particular racial group is shared
ethnic and cultural identity
the frame in which individuals identify consciously or unconsciously with those
with whom they feel a common bond because of similar traditions, behaviors,
values, and beliefs
Acculturation
occurs when an individual or group transitions from one culture and develops traits
of another culture
Assimilation
the process in which the individual adapts to the host's cultural values and no
longer prefers the components of the origin culture
Transcultural nursing
