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16 Cards in this Set
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the main goal of transcultural nursing
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to provide culturally specific care
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norms and practices of a particular group that are learned and shared and guide thinking, decisions, and actions
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culture
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the individual's desirable or preferred way of acting or knowing something that is sustained over a period of time and which governs actions or decisions
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cultural values
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the perception that one's own way is best when viewing the world
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ethnocentrism
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large groups of people classified according to common traits or customs
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ethnic
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there appears to be no established agreement on any specific definition of this
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race
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the study of culture
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ethnography
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an inherited disease in which the red blood cells, normally disc-shaped, become crescent shaped
as a result, they function abnormally and cause small blood clots |
sickle cell anemia
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what groups is sickle cell anemia more common in?
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black or African-descended populations
1/500 African Americans |
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people with sickle trait are more likely to survive what illness?
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malaria
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a genetic disorder that is characterized by an inability of the body to utilize the essential amino acid, phenylalanine
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phenylketonuria (PKU)
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what groups is Phenylketonuria more common in?
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white or Northern European-descent populations
1/10,000-20,000 Caucasians |
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a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder caused by an enzymatic deficiency
developmental retardation, followed by paralysis, dementia, seizures, and blindness death by age 4 |
Tay-Sachs
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what groups is Tay-Sachs more c ommonin?
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Ashkenazi Jews
1/25 in Jews |
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cystic fibrosis population %'s
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White - 90%
Ashkenazi - 97% Hispanics - 57% African Americans - 75% Asians - 30% |
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Geissler study
focused on what three selected NANDA nursing diagnoses in an effort to validate their cultural appropriatenness? |
impaired verbal communication
social isolation noncompliance in culturally diverse situations |
