NUR 215 FINAL EXAM Modules 10
Define culture: - answer shared similarities among members of a group. These
similarities include ways of thinking (values, norms, beliefs about health and illness),
language and communication, and customs (art, dress, music). Culture is transmitted
generationally (heritage) or across groups.
Cultural groups: - answer linked by a common ethnicity, race, nationality, language,
religion, location, sexual orientation, class, or gender.
ethnicity: - answer the shared identity, bond, or kinship people feel with their country of
birth or place of ancestral origin. affects culture.
traditionally been linked to biological or genetic traits, or shared origin or background.
While genetic discoveries have shown that races cannot be identified scientifically, race
continues to be used as a way to identify groups of individuals (when individuals self
identify on the u.s. census) This is called what? - answer race
culture influences what? - answer health beliefs, health practices, and manifestations of,
responses to, and treatment of illness or injury.
true or false culture evolves over time and is shared by members of a group who have
similar needs and life experiences? - answerTrue
many cultures consider the mind-body- spirit to be a single entity. Therefore, no
distinction is made between ___________ & ____________ illness. - answerphysical
and mental
although everyone within a culture shares cultural values, diversity exists forming what?
(they can be formed by factors - shared social values, ethnicity or occupation) -
answersubcultures
when exposed to a new culture, individuals can undergo the process of _________ by
adopting some of the cultural practices of the predominant group . - answeracculturation
If an individual adopts the predominant culture and forms a new cultural identity, this is
called what? - answerassimilation
If an individual is influenced by more than one cultural group, adopting preferences and
shared values from more than one origin they are considered what? -
answermulticultural
, avoid _________ behavior which assumes that group generalizations are true for each
individual in the group. - answerstereotyping
culture evolves as the following: (5) - answer- knowledge
-values
-beliefs
-morals and law
-customs and habits
cultural awareness: - answerinvolves self awareness for the nurse, examining personal
attitudes related to various aspects of culture, to identify possible bias.
nurses are knowledgable about the cultures prevalent in their area of practice is called
what? - answercultural sensitivity
cultural appropriateness means? - answernurses apply their knowledge of a clients
culture to their care delivery.
means that nurses understand and address the entire cultural context of each client
within the realm of care that they deliver. It is developed over a lifetime as the nurse
continues to attain knowledge and develop cultural skill through varied client
encounters. - answerculturally competent
similar to ethnocentrism and occurs when a nurse imposed their rules of their culture
onto another person. Is sometimes referred to as cultural blindness is called what? -
answercultural imposition
associated with an awareness of inner self, belief of a higher being or some connection
to a purpose greater to oneself. Hope, faith and transcendence are integral components
of what? - answerspirituality
intrapersonal - answerwithin ones self
interpersonal - answerwith others and the environment
transpersonal - answerwith an unseen higher power
is a belief in something or relationship with a higher power. Can be defined by a culture
or a religion: - answerfaith
is a concept that includes anticipation and optimism and provides comfort during times
of crisis: - answerhope
transcendence: - answeris the belief in a force outside the person and material world
that is superior.
Define culture: - answer shared similarities among members of a group. These
similarities include ways of thinking (values, norms, beliefs about health and illness),
language and communication, and customs (art, dress, music). Culture is transmitted
generationally (heritage) or across groups.
Cultural groups: - answer linked by a common ethnicity, race, nationality, language,
religion, location, sexual orientation, class, or gender.
ethnicity: - answer the shared identity, bond, or kinship people feel with their country of
birth or place of ancestral origin. affects culture.
traditionally been linked to biological or genetic traits, or shared origin or background.
While genetic discoveries have shown that races cannot be identified scientifically, race
continues to be used as a way to identify groups of individuals (when individuals self
identify on the u.s. census) This is called what? - answer race
culture influences what? - answer health beliefs, health practices, and manifestations of,
responses to, and treatment of illness or injury.
true or false culture evolves over time and is shared by members of a group who have
similar needs and life experiences? - answerTrue
many cultures consider the mind-body- spirit to be a single entity. Therefore, no
distinction is made between ___________ & ____________ illness. - answerphysical
and mental
although everyone within a culture shares cultural values, diversity exists forming what?
(they can be formed by factors - shared social values, ethnicity or occupation) -
answersubcultures
when exposed to a new culture, individuals can undergo the process of _________ by
adopting some of the cultural practices of the predominant group . - answeracculturation
If an individual adopts the predominant culture and forms a new cultural identity, this is
called what? - answerassimilation
If an individual is influenced by more than one cultural group, adopting preferences and
shared values from more than one origin they are considered what? -
answermulticultural
, avoid _________ behavior which assumes that group generalizations are true for each
individual in the group. - answerstereotyping
culture evolves as the following: (5) - answer- knowledge
-values
-beliefs
-morals and law
-customs and habits
cultural awareness: - answerinvolves self awareness for the nurse, examining personal
attitudes related to various aspects of culture, to identify possible bias.
nurses are knowledgable about the cultures prevalent in their area of practice is called
what? - answercultural sensitivity
cultural appropriateness means? - answernurses apply their knowledge of a clients
culture to their care delivery.
means that nurses understand and address the entire cultural context of each client
within the realm of care that they deliver. It is developed over a lifetime as the nurse
continues to attain knowledge and develop cultural skill through varied client
encounters. - answerculturally competent
similar to ethnocentrism and occurs when a nurse imposed their rules of their culture
onto another person. Is sometimes referred to as cultural blindness is called what? -
answercultural imposition
associated with an awareness of inner self, belief of a higher being or some connection
to a purpose greater to oneself. Hope, faith and transcendence are integral components
of what? - answerspirituality
intrapersonal - answerwithin ones self
interpersonal - answerwith others and the environment
transpersonal - answerwith an unseen higher power
is a belief in something or relationship with a higher power. Can be defined by a culture
or a religion: - answerfaith
is a concept that includes anticipation and optimism and provides comfort during times
of crisis: - answerhope
transcendence: - answeris the belief in a force outside the person and material world
that is superior.
