Spirituality/culture

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Includes knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society

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Culture

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Ongoing process in which the healthcare professional continuously strives to achieve the ability and availability to work effectively within the cultural context of the patient (individual, family, community)

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Cultural Competence

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The deliberate self examination and indepth exploration of our personal backgrounds, biases, stereotypes, prejudices and assumptions that we hold about individuals who are different from us

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Cultural Awareness

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strong discomfort after moving to a new country, new geographic area, or into a hospital

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Culture shock

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(is not race) the sense of identity one has based on common ancestry & national religious tribal, linguistic, or cultural origins

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Ethnicity

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Classification based on shared biological characteristics, genetic markers, or features

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Race

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insider or native perspective

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emic worldview

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outsiders perspective

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etic worldview

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Socialization into one's primary culture as a child

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enculturation

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The process of adapting to and adopting a new culture

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acculturation

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when an individual gradually adopts and incorporates the characteristics of the dominant culture

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Biculturalism

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occurs when an individual rejects a new culture because experience with a new or different culture is extremely negative

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cultural backlash

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comparative study of cultures to understand similarities and differences across human groups

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transcultural nursing

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care that fits the persons valued life patterns and set of meanings

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culturally congruent care

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ability of a nurse to bridge cultural gaps in caring, work with cultural differences, and enable clients and families to achieve meaningful and supportive caring

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culturally competent care

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hexes, spells, magic, evil, illness from being bad, may need healer in addition

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Magico-religious

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germs, bacteria, expect surgery, pill treatment

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scientific (biomedical)

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balance or harmony in nature to be maintained: medicine wheel, yin & yang, hot-cold theory

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Holistic health belief

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group of people who originated from the mountainous regions of laos believe that epilepsy or seizure disorder is caused by the wondering of the soul

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Hmong refugees

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performs the ritual to retrieve the client's soul

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shaman

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attribute illness to natural, impersonal, and bilogical forces that cause alteration in the equilibrium of the human body. emphasizes heat, cold, massage and surgery

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Naturalistic Practitioners

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an external agent, which can be human, or non human, causes health and illness. emphasize the importance of human relationship with others, both living, and deceased and with their deities

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Personalistic Practitioners

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view pregnancy as hot state so they encourage cold foods such as milk and milk products, yogurt, sour foods, and vegetables

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Hindus

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non western cultures view postparte and the vulnerability of the mother to cold,mothers refuse showers and prefer sponge baths

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non western culture

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gather significant information from the client that will enable the nurse to implement culturally congruent care

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Goal of cultural assessment

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spirits are dead ancestors or forces external to the person

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Hmong animist

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when they refrain from electrical appliances

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sabbath

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include meat, fish, fresh fruit, vegetables, eggs, milk, and cheese

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Halal foods for muslims

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comes from animals slaughtered during a prayer ritual

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Halal meat

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animals with fangs, pork products, gelatin products, and alcohol

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Haram, prohibited foods

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fasting during the daylight hours for 28 days

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Ramadan

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retain and/or preserve relevant care values so that clients maintain their well being, recover from illness, or face handicaps and/or death

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Cultural Care preservation or maintenance

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Adapt or negotiate with others for a beneficial or satisfying health outcome

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Cultural Care accommodation or negotiation

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Reorder, change, or greatly modify clients lifestyles for a new, different, and beneficial health care pattern,

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Cultural Care repatterning or restructuring

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defined as an awareness of one's inner self and a sense of connection to a higher being, nature, or to some purpose greater than oneself

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Spirituality

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1. It is a unifying theme in people's lives

2. It is a state of being

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Two characteristics of spirituality

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the belief that there is a force outside of and greater than the person

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Self Transcendence

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provide the foundation for truth

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Beliefs and Values

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often used when making difficult decisions

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Inner strength

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foster calm, postive, and peaceful feelings despite life experiences of chaos, fear and uncertainty

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Inner peace and harmony

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individuals who either do not believe in the existence of God.

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Atheist

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believe that there is no known ultimate reality

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agnostic

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supports the transcedent relationship between a person and God or some other higher power

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Vertical dimension of spiritual well being

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describes positive relationship and connections people have with others

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Horizontal dimension of well being

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relationship with a divinity, higher power, authority, or spirit that incorporates a reasoning faith (belief) and trusting faith (action)

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Faith

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is associated with the "state of doing" or a specific system of practices associated with a particular denomination, sect, or form of worship. Refers to the system of organized beliefs and worship that a person practices to outwardly express spirituality

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Religion

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an attitude of something to live for and look forward to. provides comfort while people endure life threatening situations, hardships, and other personal challenges, is associated with faith

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Hope

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impaired ability to experience and integrate meaning and purpose in life through connectedness with self, others, art, music, literature, nature, and/or power greater than oneself

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Spiritual Distress

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B- Belief System
E- Ethics and Values
L- Lifestyle
I- Involvement in a spiritual community
E- Education
F- Future Events

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Belief assessment tool

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Orthodox Jew: No pork or shellfish
Muslims: No caffeine or alcohol
Older Catholics: No meat on fridays
Buddhists/ Hindus: may be vegetarian
Food Preperation: Kosher Law

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Diet/Nutrition

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Islam: month of ramadon, no food & avoid beverages during daylight & may eat after sunset
Jewish: fast on Yom Kippur
Devout Catholics: fast on Good Friday

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Fasting

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Orthodox and Jewish ment keep head covered with Yamakah
Orthodox Jewish women cover hair
Muslim women may cover their hair depending on country of origin: assign same sex nurses as the pt.
Mormons may wear special undergarments
Hindu women wearing sari
Conservative dress for women

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Dress

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The ability to collect relevant cultural data regarding the client's presenting problem, as well as accurately performing a culturally based physical assessment in a culturally sensitive manner

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Cultural Skill

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Communication
Orientation
Nutrition
Family Relationship
Health Beliefs
Education
Religion

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CONFHER

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The act of directly interacting with clients from culturally diverse backgrounds

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Cultural Encounters

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Risk for spiritual distress, Spiritual distress, Fear, chronic or situational low self estemm, disturbed sleep pattern, ineffecting coping, decisional conflict, Readiness for enhanced spiritual well being

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Nursing Diagnoses Related to Spirituality

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Help pt with religious obligations, help pt draw on & use inner resources, Help pt with relationship with supreme being, help pt find meaning, promote a sense of hope, Life Review, provide spiritual resources

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Planning

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Ask regarding needs, don't assume, inform pt & family of resources & chapel/ meditation room available, respect & ensure safety of client's religious articles, ask another nurse or chaplain if you are uncomfortable with a particular religious practice

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Interventions

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characteristics that show a person's ability to experience and integrate meanin and purpose in life through connectedness with self and others

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Readiness for enhanced spiritual well being

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reflect a person's actual or potential dispiritedness (expressing lack of hope, meaning or purpose in life; anger towards God; or verbalizing conflicts about personal beliefs.

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Spiritual distress and risk for spiritual distress