Exam 1 Flashcards
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The scientific study of the origin and behavior of man, including the development of the societies and cultures
What is anthropology?
True or false
Transcultural nursing focuses on similarities and differences of the beliefs, values, and customs of cultures
True
Transcultural nursing include aspects of _____________ and ___________.
Nursing and anthropology
Cross Cultural Healthcare
Nurses and other health care professionals using medical anthropological concepts
International Healthcare
Involves travel to or practice or service-learning experiences in other nations or countries
Transcultural Healthcare
Formal preparation in transcultural health care; integration of the values, beliefs, and patterns of cultural groups into professional practices
Who is the most culturally compotent provider?
One who has formally studied transcultural health
TCN A Certification
- Another name for it
- Education Required
- Serves to do what
TCN A-
- Transcultural nurse specialist
- Higher level degree
- Serves as an expert transcultural field practitioner, teacher, researcher, and consultant
TCN-B Certification
- Another name for it
- Education Required
- Serves to do what
- Transcultural nurse generalist
- Holds a diploma, an associate, or BSN degree from a program accredited by the Commission on the Collegiate of Nursing Education (CCNE) or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC)
- Able to apply transcultural nursing concepts, principles, and practices that are generated by transcultural nurse specialists (Worker bee)
Who developed transcultural nursing and when?
Nurse theorist Madeline Leininger in mid 1950’s/60’s
What was the goal when creating transcultural nursing?
Promote and maintain the culture care needs of human beings
How did Madeline Leininger first develop the theory?
She observed differences in responses to care and psychiatric treatments among children from diverse cultural backgrounds, noting that traditional psychoanalytical therapy strategies did not seem to help them.
Dr. Leininger is the author and editor of over ___ articles and 60 chapters
300
When was the Transcultural Nursing Society established?
1973
Emphasized cultural competence education for nurses
Dr. Marianne Jeffreys
Published ‘Transcultural Healthcare: A Culturally Competent Approach’ and its companion, ‘Guide for Culturally Competent Healthcare’.
Used for family
Dr. Larry Purnell
‘The Process of Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Healthcare Services’, and ‘ASKED’
She is known to sue
Dr. Josepha Campinha-Bacote
Transcultural Assessment Model
Has 6 areas:
- Communication – How people express themselves (language, tone, eye contact, etc.).
- Space – Personal space preferences (some cultures like more distance, others less).
- Social organization – Family roles and how decisions are made.
- Time orientation – Whether someone focuses more on the past, present, or future.
- Environmental control – Beliefs about health and who controls outcomes (self, fate, nature, etc.).
- Biological variations – Physical and genetic differences that may affect health (e.g., skin color, body structure, disease risk).
Dr. Joyce Giger
Evolutionary Phases of Transcultural Nursing/Health Care (Phases 1-4)
Phase 1: Developing awareness & sensitivity of cultural care differences and similarities (Replying in the know thyself assignment)
Phase 2: Holding Knowledge: Gaining in-depth knowledge of transcultural theory and research-based knowledge with cultural care competencies (You as the provider would self research on whatever culture)
Phase 3: Using creative and practical research-based findings with documented evidence for culturally congruent care practices (With your one patient- you start to incorporate practices from cultural interview and holding knowledge)
Phase 4: Implementing evidence-based transcultural translational projects into community and clinical settings for culturally congruent care with documented improved health outcomes for diverse populations
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What is Culture?
- A common set of beliefs and values of a specific group of people
- Learned and shared from one generation to another (grandparents, parents, etc.)
- Influence the way we think and behave
True or false
Culture is only learned from generation to generation
False
What are subcultures?
Subgroups who are different in certain ways from a dominant culture (in values, beliefs, customs, and ways of living)
- Have some distinctive features that characterize their unique way of living
- Different from main culture but have some features of dominant culture
What Makes Up a Culture?
-beliefs and values
-traditions and customs
-family
-art
-music
-language
-food
-clothes