Client Diversity and Cultural Awareness

New England = Irish Detroit, Buffalo, Chicago = Polish Ohio and Pennsylvania = Amish Washington State and Oregon = Southeast Asians (Laotian, Vietnamese)

San Francisco (Chinatown) = Chinese Louisiana = Cajun (French/Indian) Hawaiian Islands = Pacific Islanders/Japanese/Chinese Michigan (Dearborn) = Shi’a Muslims

Culture = The values, beliefs, and practices of a particular group Race = Biologic variations used to categorize people with genetically shared physical characteristics Minority = Refers to collective people who differ from the dominant group in terms of cultural characteristics such as language, physical characteristics such as skin color, or both Cultural groups = Groups that tend to share biologic and physiologic similarities

<p>New York (Spanish Harlem) = Puerto Rican Miami (Little Cuba) = Cuban New York (Little Italy) = Italian Michigan (Dearborn) = Shi’a Muslims</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Art = Includes but is not limited to language, communication style, traditions, religion Music = Includes but is not limited to language, communication style, traditions, religion Dress = Includes but is not limited to language, communication style, traditions, religion Health beliefs and practices = Includes but is not limited to language, communication style, traditions, religion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Culture = Contributes to client diversity Acultural nursing care = Avoids concern for cultural differences Culturally sensitive nursing care = Respects and is compatible with each client’s culture Intercultural communication = Involves communication between different cultural groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nurses = Caring for clients with differences Traditional tendency = Treating clients as though no cultural differences exist Movement toward eliminating acultural nursing care = Promoting culturally sensitive nursing care Andrews, 2014 = Quote about human diversity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Age, gender, race, health status, education, religion, occupation, and economic level = Characteristics of client diversity Cultural concepts, cultural variations, intercultural communication = Information provided in the chapter Specific to a particular group of people = Components of culture Individual clients within each cultural group may deviate from others of similar origins = Consideration advised for nurses</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Equal treatment being politically correct = Contradicting the best interests of clients Ignoring differences in clients = Traditional tendency in nursing care Every human being being 'like all others, like some others, and like no other' = Perspective advised for nurses Nurses always considering cultural needs from an individual’s perspective = Advisable approach for caring for clients</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Client diversity = Differences among groups of people Cultural variations among different ethnic and racial groups = Differences within cultural groups Acultural nursing care = Care that avoids concern for cultural differences Culturally sensitive nursing care = Care that respects and is compatible with each client’s culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Clients varying by age, gender, race, health status, education, religion, occupation, and economic level = Example of client diversity Nurses caring for clients with differences of many sorts = Example of traditional nursing care approach Individual clients within each cultural group deviating from others of similar origins = Example of need for individual perspective in care Equal treatment being politically correct but contradicting the best interests of clients = Example of implications of ignoring cultural differences</p> Signup and view all the answers