NURSING 426 - Community Health Exam 2 Study Guide.

NURSING 426 - Community Health Exam 2 Study Guide/NURSING 426 - Community Health Exam 2 Study Guide. Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity & Community Health Nursing [4] Transcultural nursing terminology o Culture universal: refers to the “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” o Cultural imposition: a person’s tendency to impose his or her own beliefs, values, and patterns of behavior on individuals from another culture. Cross cultural (Intercultural) communication: communication process between a nurse and a patient who has a different cultural background as they attempt to understand the other’s point of view from a cultural perspective. Health-Related beliefs & practices (role/value of folk/religious healers)—before determining whether cultural practices are helpful, harmful, or neutral, the nurse must 1st understand the logic underlying the practice and then be sure to grasp the nature & meaning of the practice from the client’s cultural perspective. o Understand personal culturally based values, beliefs, attitudes, and practices o Include the client’s belief about the cause of illness