N340 Test 1 Cultural Competence

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Cultural and linguistic competence

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a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system among professionals that enables work in cross-cultural situations.

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Cultural care nursing

Back 2

professional health care that is culturally sensitive, appropriate, and competent

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Culture

Back 3

the nonphysical attributes of a person- the thoughts, communications, actions, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups

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Culture-bound syndrome

Back 4

a condition that is culturally defined

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Ethnicity

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a social group within the social system that claims to possess variable traits such as a common geographic origin, migratory status, and religion

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Ethnocentrism

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tendency to view your own way of life as the most desirable,acceptable, or best and to act superior to another culture's lifeways

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Folk healer

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lay healer in the person's culture apart from the biomedical/scientific health care system

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Health/Illness

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the balance/imbalance of the person, both within one's being (physical, mental, and/or spiritual) and in the outside world (natural, communal, and/or metaphysical).

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Heritage consistency

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the degree to which a person's lifestyle reflects his or her traditional heritage, whether it is American Indian, European, Asian, African, or Hispanic.

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Religion

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the belief in a divine or superhuman power or powers to be obeyed and worshiped as the creator(s) and ruler(s) of the universe; and a system of beliefs, practices, and ethical values.

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Socialization

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the process of being raised within a culture and acquiring the characteristics of that group

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Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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a federal law that mandates that when people with limited English proficiency (LEP) seek health care in health care settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, daycare centers, and mental health centers, services cannot be denied to them

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Values

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a desirable or undesirable state of affairs and a universal feature of all cultures

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4 basic characteristics of culture

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1) learned from birth through language acquisition and socialization
2) shared by all members of the same cultural group
3) adapted to specific conditions related to environmental and technical factors and to the availability of natural resources
4) dynamic and ever changing

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Biomedical

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(scientific) all events in life have a cause and effect, all life can be reduced or divided, and all reality can be observed and measured

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Naturalistic

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(holistic) forces of nature must be kept in balance

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Magicoreligious

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supernatural forces dominate (ex. voodoo, faith-healing)

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xenophobia

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fear or contempt of strangers or foreigners, especially as reflected in one's political or cultural views (Adolf Hitler, Westboro baptist church)