Chapter 21 (Cultural Competence) Vocab

Question 1

Culture

Answer 1

the whole human behavior including ideas, beliefs, values, ways of relating to others, and language and manners or speaking and work and lifestyle practices

Question 2

Cultural Competence

Answer 2

a culturally conscious model of care in which a health care professional continually strives to achieve the ability and availability to work effectively within the cultural context of a client

Question 3

Health Disparity

Answer 3

a particular type of health difference linked closely with social, economic, and or environmental disadvantage

Question 4

Social Determinants of Health

Answer 4

the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age

Question 5

Disparities have been linked to what four things

Answer 5

inadequate resources, poor patient-provider communication, lack of culturally competent care, and inadequate access to language services

Question 6

Intersectionality

Answer 6

a research and policy model used to study the complexities of peoples lives and experiences

the model looks at how being marginalized affects people’s health and access to care

Question 7

marginalized groups

Answer 7

LGBTQ, veterans, colored people, people with physical or mental challenge, etc

Question 8

Oppression

Answer 8

a formal and informal system of advantages and disadvantages tied to membership in social groups

Question 9

World view

Answer 9

Assumptions that develop during childhood and guide how one sees, thinks about, experiences, and interprets the world.

Question 10

Core Measures

Answer 10

key quality indicators that help health care institutions improve performance, increase accountability, and reduce costs

Question 11

Cultural awareness

Answer 11

examining yourself and your cultural and professional background and recognizing prejudices, assumptions, biases you have toward other cultures

Question 12

Cultural Knowledge

Answer 12

what you know about the diverse groups and their values, health beliefs, care practices, disease incidence and prevalence, and how the world views them

Question 13

Cultural Skill

Answer 13

your ability to culturally assess a patient and collect relevant cultural data about their presenting problem and conduct a culturally based physical assessment

Question 14

Cultural Encounter

Answer 14

the process of face-to-face cultural interactions with patients from diverse backgrounds. How you learn about another group, how you communicate effectively with another group. It aims to modify health providers existing beliefs and prevent possible stereotyping

Question 15

Cultural desire

Answer 15

the motivation and commitment to caring and wanting to learn about other cultures to become culturally aware, culturally knowledgeable and culturally skillful and seeking cultural encounters

Question 16

Culturally congruent

Answer 16

care that involves applying knowledge of how culture influences one’s health beliefs, health practices, and communication patterns at each stage of the nursing process.

is the interaction between provider and client

Question 17

Cultural assessment

Answer 17

an assessment to understand how the patients religious values will affect his/her willingness to receive care

Question 18

Linguistic Competence

Answer 18

The ability to communicate effectively and convey information in a manner that is easily understood by diverse audiences