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 |