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RAD105 week 8 stack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is human diversity? | Human diversity refers to the variety of human societies, cultures, and characteristics, including both similarities and differences among people. It recognizes that each person is unique and valuable. |
| What is cultural competency? | Cultural competency is the ability to possess attitudes, behaviors, and policies that enable effective interaction with people from different cultural backgrounds in a cross-cultural or multicultural environment. |
| What are the six major areas of human diversity healthcare providers should understand? | Communication Space Time Environmental control Biologic variations Social organizations |
| What is ethnocentrism? | Ethnocentrism is the tendency to view one's own culture's values and norms as the only correct or acceptable ones and to judge other cultures by those standards. |
| What is the difference between assimilation and biculturalism? | Assimilation: Giving up one's original culture and adopting the dominant culture. Biculturalism: Being able to function effectively in both one's own culture and the mainstream culture. |
| Name four values associated with mainstream U.S. culture. | Individualism Personal achievement and success Competition Efficiency and practicality |
| What are the five elements of cultural competency? | Valuing diversity Cultural self-assessment Awareness of cross-cultural interactions Institutionalizing cultural knowledge Adapting services to meet multicultural needs |
| Why is empathy important in healthcare? | Empathy helps healthcare providers understand patients' feelings and cultural backgrounds, leading to better communication, increased patient satisfaction, improved healthcare outcomes, lower costs, and reduced provider liability. |
| What is emotional intelligence? | Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize, understand, manage, and use emotions effectively in oneself and others. |
| What is self-awareness? | Self-awareness is the ability to recognize and understand your own emotions, strengths, weaknesses, and how your emotions affect others. |
| In the years ahead, the population group that is expected to grow at a faster rate than all other minority groups, is the _______ population. | latinos |
| It is important that patients be referred to by their | preferred name |
| It is safe to conclude that in the years ahead, the U.S. population will | require a more diverse health care labor force. |
| It is illegal to deny an individual the opportunity to advance professionally through employment because of | gender |
| To protect the human rights of people with disabilities, four essential core values of human rights were recognized by the 1993 Vienna Declaration for Human Rights. These core values are | solidarity, dignity, autonomy, and equality. |