Cultural Diversity 3

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cultural pain

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may be suffered by a client whose valued way of life is disregarded by practitioners

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Example of cultural pain

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inability of Orthodox Jews to pray in groups at the bedside with the dying client because of limitations in the number of visitors allowed can cause cultural pain in the client and family

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Informed consent and advance directives do what for the client?

Back 3

protect the right of the individual to know and make decisions insuring continuity of these rights even to the time when the individuals is incapacitated.

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What cultures expect their family to make decisions for them, and family members prefer to protect the individual from unnecessary suffering by knowing the reality of imminent death?

Back 4

African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanics

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Among the Orthodox Jews the dead person is generally buried when?

Back 5

before sundown

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Some Buddhist may refuse to move the dead body after death, why?

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because of their belief that the spirit of the dead takes some time to leave the body.

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The dominant practice of bringing a stillborn fetus to the mother immediately after birth promotes what?

Back 7

healthy grieving

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What culture regards bringing the stillborn fetus immediately after birth adding to the mother's and family's suffering?

Back 8

Asian Indians

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What cultures believe that it is the soul that lives on and the body is only a shell?

Back 9

Hindus and Buddhists

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Hindu mourn with what color?

Back 10

white

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What culture may hire people to lead the open grieving?

Back 11

Korean

Front 12

What culture may refuse an autopsy or organ donation for fear of desecrating the dead and because of their belief that one has to be whole to appear in front of the creator?

Back 12

Devout Muslims

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Cultural Assessment

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is a systematic and comprehensive examination of the cultural care values, beliefs, and practices of individuals, families, and communities.

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What is the goal of a cultural assessment?

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is to generate from the clients themselves significant information and understanding that will enable the nurse to implement culturally congruent care

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Ethnohistory

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refers to significant historical experiences of a particular group

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What does a nurse begin with in a cultural assessment?

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knowing population demographic changes in the community setting