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culteral diversity
chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| culture | shared system of bleifs/values |
| subculture | large group of people who are members of larger culteral group - have certain characteristics not common to the larger culture |
| groups in society | dominant group and minoirity group |
| dominant group | group that has the most authority to control values |
| minority group | smaller group - has characteristic that identifies the group as different |
| cultural assimilation (acculturation) | minoirities living within a dominant group lose the characateristics that made them diffierent |
| cultlure shock | the feelings a person experiences when placed in a different culture |
| ethnicity | sense of identification with a cultural group |
| Race | based on specific physical characteristics |
| stereotyping | assuming that all members of a culture group are the same - maybe positive or negative assumptions |
| cultural imposition | belief that everyone should conform to the majority belief system |
| cultural blindness | ignores differences and proceeds as if they did not exist |
| ethnocentrism | belief thata one's ideas are most preferred to to others |
| culturally competent nursing care | must be sensitive to needs of others from divers cultures |
| how to provide culturally comptent care | develop self - awareness, develop cultural knowledge, accommodate for cultral practices in healthcare |
| What part of nurse/pt relationship is most affected by cultural differences? | verbal and non-verbal communication |