Cultural Competence: cultural care Flashcards

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___________ All persons who were granted lawful permanent residence.

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Legal resident

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___________the conferring, by any means, of citizenship upon a person after birth.

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Naturalization

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___________An alien who seeks temporary entry to the U.S for a specific purpose

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Non-Immigrant

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An alien, appearing to be inadmissible to the inspecting officer, allowed into the U.s for urgent humanitarian reasons or when that aliens entry is determined to be for significant public benefit is termed what?

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Parolee

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5
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An alien admitted to the US as a lawful permanent resident

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Permanent resident alien

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__________ is any person who is unable or unwilling to return to that country because of persecution or a well founded fear of persecution

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Refugee

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_______ are all foreign born non citizens who are not legal residents

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Unauthorized residents

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The national standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in Health care demand that all patients recieve_____ care, _____care, and ____________

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Effective care; respectful care; cultural and linguistic competence

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A ______ is the unusual and disproportionate frequency of a given health problem within a population when compared with other populations

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Health disparity

-factors that contribute are health care system, providers, communities etc

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__________ implies that caregivers possess some basic knowledge of and constructive attitudes toward the diverse cultural populations found in the setting in which they are practicing.

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culturally sensitive

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____________ implies that the caregivers apply the underlying background knowledge that must be possessed to provide a given person with the best possible healthcare

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Culturally appropriate

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What does culturally competent imply?

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that the caregivers understand and attend to the total context of the individuals situation including awareness of immigration status, stress factors, other social factors and cultural similarities and differences.

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13
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To be culturally competent what four areas of knowledge must be understood?

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  1. your own personal heritage
  2. the heritage of the nursing profession
  3. the heritage of the health care system
  4. The heritage of the patient
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________ a concept that describes “ the degree to which ones lifestyle reflects his or her respective American Indian tribal culture”… This has been expanded to study the degree to which a persons lifestyle reflects his or her traditional heritage.

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Heritage Consistency

- Heritage consistent( traditional)
Heritage inconsistent (modern)
  • the concept of heritage consistency includes a determination of a persons cultural, ethnic, and religious background and socialization experiences.
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The four basic characteristics of culture are?

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  1. learned
  2. shared
  3. adapted
  4. dynamic
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_____ social group within the social system that claims to posses variable traits such a s a common geography origin, migratory status, religion, race, language, shared values, tradition,s or symbols, and food preferences.

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ethnic background

17
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Spirituality vs Religion

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Spirituality: born out of each person’s unique life experience and his or her personal effort to find purpose and meaning in life

Religion- an organized system of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially belief in or the worship of God or Gods.

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___________ The process of adapting to and acquiring another culture

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Acculturation

19
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________the process by which a person develops a new cultural identity and becomes like the members of the dominant culture.

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Assimilation

20
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____________dual pattern of identification and often of divided loyalty

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Biculturalism

21
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Review the extensive list numbers 1-12 of heritage assesment questions

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Page 17-19

22
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what is health?

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balance of mind, body, and spirit….. illness is the loss of this balance

23
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What 3 ways is diseas causation viewed as?

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  1. biomedical or scientific
  2. Naturalistic or holistic
  3. Magicoreligous perspective
24
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________ theory of illness causation is based on the assumption that all events in life have a cause and effect, that the human body functions more or less mechanically

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Biomedical or scientific

  • all life can be reduced or divided into smaller parts
    all of reality can be observed and measured
    germ theory- microscopic organisms such as bacteria and viruses are responsible for specific disease conditions.
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__________theory believes that human life is only one aspect of nature and a part of the general order of the cosmos.

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Naturalistic/holistic

  • yin/yang theory- health is believed to exist when all aspects of the person are in perfect balance.
    foods are classified as hot and cold in this theory and are transformed into yin and yang energy when metabolized by the body. ( asians)

*hot/cold theory- four humors of the body (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile- regulate basic bodily functions and are described in terms of temp, dryness and moisture

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___________theory believes the person is whole, not just a particular ailment.

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Hot/cold theory
* health consists of a positive state of total well being, including physical, psychological, spiritual and social aspects of the person

Under Naturalistic umbrella!

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___________ theory’s basic premise is that the world is seen as an arena in which supernatural forces dominate. The fate of the world and thos in it depends on the action of supernatural forces for good or evil

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Magicoreligioius

  • examples are voodoo,
28
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folk healers from different cultures…

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sabedor- manipulates bones and muscles
hougan-voodoo priest
shaman-medicine woman
braucher- amish visit this folk healer