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Concepts Chapters 14 & 15 Flashcards

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a person who doubts the existence of god

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agnostic

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person who does not believe in the existence of god

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atheist

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a religious sacrament marked by the symbolic use of water resulting in admission of the recipient into the community of christians

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baptized

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a conviction or opinion that one considers to be true

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beliefs

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a positive or negative attitude or opinion that is unsupported by evidence

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bias

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universal life force or energy

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chi’i

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surgical removal of all or part of the penile foreskin

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circumcision

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the exchange of information and ideas by speech, writing, gesture, expression, body posture, intonation, and general appearance

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communion

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knowledge of a peoples history and ancestry and an appreciation for their artistic expressions, foods, and celebrations

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cultural awareness

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knowing yourself, examining your own values, attitudes, beliefs and prejudices

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cultural competence

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refraining from using offensive language, respecting accepted patterns of communication, and refraining from speaking in ways that are disrespectful of a persons cultural beliefs

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cultural sensitivity

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(1) the propagation of living organisms or tissue in special media conducive to their growth (2) values, beliefs, and practices shared by the majority within a group of people

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culture

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A hispanic american folk helper

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curandero

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regional variations of a language with different pronunciation, grammar, or word meanings

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dialects

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a family/household with shared equality between men and women

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egalitarian

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referring to a group within a race usually differentiated by geographic, religious, social, or language diferences

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ethnic

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the tendency of human beings to feel that their way of thinking, believing, and doing things is the only way or the only right way

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ethnocentrism

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a belief that cannot be proven, or for which no material evidence exists.

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faith

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the formation of a general principle or idea

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generalization

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approach to health care that considers the biologic, psychological, sociologic, and spiritual aspects and needs of the person

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holistic

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properly prepared in accordance with jewish dietary laws

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kosher

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a female dominated family/household.

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matriarchal

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a male dominated family/household

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patriarchal

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acceptable or comfortable space between two people when conversing

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personal space

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a positive or negative attitude or opinion that is unsupported by evidence
prejudice
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a biologic way of categorizing people based on physical characteristics, such as skin color and texture, facial characteristics, and body proportions
race
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a formalized system of belief and worship
religion
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a ceremonial act
rituals
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a member of certain tribal societies who acts as a medium between the visible world and an invisible spirit world and who practices for purposes of healing, divination, and control over natural events
shaman
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feelings of guilt and unworthiness, abandonment, anger, despair, or hopelessness; need to seek forgiveness; conflict between ones religious or spiritual beliefs and medical treatment
spiritual distress
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an intangible element of religion that concerns the spirit or soul
spirituality
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a set opinion or belief about a group of people that is applied to an individual
stereotype
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smaller group within the culture whose members have similar views and goals in addition to or in place of those of the main culture
subcultures
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multicultural nursing care that recognizes cultural diversity and is sensitive to the needs of the pt and family
transcultural nursing
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a measure of worth or efficiency; an ideal, custom, or institution of a society toward which the members of the group have an affective regard (emotional connection)
values
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the perspective a culture takes of the world that is shared by cultural group members, and that infuences health and illness beliefs
worldview
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a force that is positive, light, warm, or masculine
yang
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a force that is negative, dark, cold, or feminine
yin
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admission of reality, as in the reality of death; the final stage in the process of dealing with dying and death
acceptance
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consent constructed before the need for it arises; it spells out a pts wishes regarding surrey and diagnostic and therapeutic treatments .
advance directive
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grieving that occurs before the loss actually happens.
anticipatory grieving
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making available to pts the means to end their lives with knowledge that suicide is their intent .
assisted suicide
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an examination of the body organs and tissues to determine the cause of death.
autopsy
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an attempt to make an arrangement whereby one gives something in order to gain something in return; the third stage in Kubler ross stages of the grieving process.
bargaining
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the state of having suffered a loss by death.
bereavement
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the permanent stopping of integrated functioning of the person as a whole; cessation of brain functioning .
brain death
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respirations that gradually become more shallow and are followed by periods of apnea (no breathing) with repetition of the pattern .
cheyne-stokes respirations
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to say goodbye to those people and things that are important .
closure
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identifying symptoms that cause the pt distress, and adequately treating those symptoms .
comfort care
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a person with legal authority to determine cause of death .
coroner
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the cessation of all physical and chemical processes that invariably occurs in all living organisms a stage of life.
death
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defense mechanism in which the existence of intolerable conditions is unconsciously rejected; first stage in the acceptance of death .
denial
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a legal document that appoints a person chosen by the pt to carry out his or her wishes as expressed in an advance directive .
durable power of attorney for health care
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not natural or normally functioning .
dysfunctional
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an easy or painless death; | .
euthanasia (active, passive)
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.a process that occurs over a period of time as a person adapts to and moves through the pain of loss
grieving process
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.a person chosen by the pt to carry out the pts wishes as expressed in an advance directive
health care proxy
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an inner positive life force, a feeling that what is desired is possible .
hope
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a program that provides a continuum of home and inpatient care for terminally ill pts and their families .
hospice
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to no loner have or possess an object, person, or situation .
loss
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a notice of death published in newspaper .
obituary
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the act of treating symptoms to relieve pain and provide comfort .
palliation
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after death .
postmortem
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the stiffness that occurs in dead bodies as chemical changes take place .
rigor mortis
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a dress or garment for the sea; winding sheet .
shroud
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the medicolegal study of the dying process and death .
thanatology
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mercy killing is the deliberate ending of the life of a person who is incurably and terminally ill
active euthanasia
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is the withholding of heroic measures and allowing the person to die
passive euthanasia
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the total emotional response of pain and distress that a person experiences as a reaction to loss
grief

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