Chapter 8 - Cultural Competency Flashcards
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What is Cultural Competency?
Cultural competency means being able to work within the context of the cultural beliefs, behaviors and needs presented by patients,their families and the healthcare community.
True or false: Cultural Competency includes developing effective culture brokering skills to ensure optimum communication between patient and healthcare provider.
True.
True or false: It falls to the medical interpreter to step in when unshared cultural assumptions may be creating barriers to understanding.
True.
What does “yes” mean in some cultures?
It means “I hear you”.
In some cultures, avoiding direct eye contact is a mark of what?
A mark of respect.
What is “Assimilation”?
Assimilation is when people grow up within one culture and later choose to blend in with another, leaving their original language, values and practices behind.
What is “Acculturation”?
Acculturation is when people hold onto to the original culture while also learning enough of the dominant culture, including language, values and practices, in order to navigate through daily life.
True of false: Regardless of one’s own attitude toward cultural differences, it is important to develop genuine cultural sensitivity in order to be an effective interpreter.
True.
True or false: Traditional medicine encompasses the knowledge, skills and practices used by indigenous cultures to maintain health, as well as to prevent, diagnose, improve or treat physical and mental illnesses.
True.
What is the role of kidneys in the body?
Filter the blood to remove waste products, maintain electrolyte concentrations, and remove excess water to maintain the fluid volume within the body.
What is the function of the Renal Pelvis?
It collects urine produced by the kidneys.
What is the function of the Ureters?
Transport urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
What is the function of the Urethra?
Transport urine from the bladder through the urethral meatus, where it is excreted.
What is Renal Calculi?
Kidney stones.
What is Cystoscopy?
It is the visual examination of the urinary bladder.
What are the two types of Dialysis?
Hemodialysis and Peritoneal dialysis.
