Week 12: Learning more about the profession Flashcards
What influences identity?
interactions with others
roles we assume
groups
labels
What is culture?
Group of people
Shared Experience and Practice
But not in identical ways
Passed down from one generation to the next
Behavior
Social norms
Culture = dynamic and changing
Language, ethnicity, spirituality
Socioeconomic status
Age
Geographics
Childhood
Value
Worth of concepts influencing behavior and character
Ex, academic integrity
Belief
Conviction in truth (not always backed up by evidence)
Ex, cheating is bad
Assumptions and biases
Culture can influence assumptions (Assumptions are dangerous!)
How can nurses avoid assumptions?
Don’t say “the Korean man in Bed 2”, say name
Don’t categorize/generalize people
Challenge problematic behaviors
Examining privilege and social position
Special right, advantage, or immunity for specific person or group
Canadian nursing student
RN
Race (socially constructed group)
- Don’t use this as the base to understand culture
Culturally sensitive care
Reflection on own culture and beliefs affecting nurse-patient relationship
Understand bio-psychosocial needs
cultural background relates to care needs
Cultural sensitivity limitations
Nurses need to be more than sensitive
- Need to engage in practices to create change and acknowledge own biases, assumptions, values, beliefs, norms
Cultural humility
Openness to understand other cultures
Lifelong commitment to self-evaluation, self-critique, fixing power imbalances, develop partnership
Cultural safety
All people feel respected and safe when interacting with the healthcare system
Remember: discrimination affects health
Promoting cultural safety
Recognize, respect, nurture unique cultures
Meet people’s needs given unique context of their life
understanding one self
Reflexivity
Scrutinizing own and other’s claims, assumptions and practices
Cultural assessment guide
Could create greater marginalization’s
Us vs them
Focus on issues in groups
