Cultural Concepts: Race, Racism, and Assimilation
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What is the ultimate goal of cultural competence in nursing care?

  • Preventing stereotyping in cultural encounters
  • Integrating client's values and beliefs into the plan of care (correct)
  • Understanding one's own cultural background
  • Promoting cultural diversity within the healthcare setting
  • Which term refers to the ability to collect culturally relevant data in a culturally sensitive manner?

  • Cultural Skills (correct)
  • Cultural Knowledge
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Cultural Desire
  • What is the study of distance between people in their interactions called?

  • Social zone analysis
  • Personal space study
  • Intimate zone theory
  • Proxemics (correct)
  • What is the role of a cultural broker?

    <p>Engaging both the speaker and the listener to effectively transmit language nuances</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What should caregivers be aware of when working in a patient's intimate zone?

    <p>The patient's response to body language</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to the study of human cultures with a focus on cultural patterns of behaviors and thoughts?

    <p>Ethnography</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What process involves developing a new cultural identity by incorporating traits from another culture?

    <p>Assimilation/Acculturation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to assumptions held about other groups, such as that race is biologically discrete and unequal?

    <p>Racism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term describes the relationship among individuals who believe they share cultural characteristics that make them a distinct group?

    <p>Ethnicity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What social construct groups humans based on ancestry and cultural & social characteristics, but holds no scientific merit?

    <p>Racism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to the state of being different?

    <p>Diversity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does cultural competence refer to in the context of healthcare?

    <p>The caregiver's ability to understand and respect the cultural context of the patient</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the various factors that contribute to diversity?

    <p>Sex, gender, age, culture, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, educational attainment, and religious affiliation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspects of a social group are included in the concept of culture?

    <p>Thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can communication techniques either inhibit or enhance a health assessment?

    <p>They can either inhibit or enhance a health assessment based on cultural variations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which concept in alternative healing involves a combination of mental, emotional, spiritual, relationship, and environmental components?

    <p>Holism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM), which type of medicine is used together with conventional medicine?

    <p>Complementary medicine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following represents the perspective that mind and body are indivisible and that well-being is a combination of personal satisfaction and contributions to the larger community?

    <p>Humanism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of medicine is based on practices handed down over thousands of years, including Egyptian, Chinese, Indian, Greek, and Native American traditional medicine?

    <p>Alternative medicine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of care does LAC/USC Chaplains provide according to the text?

    <p>Spiritual care</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main goal of Transcultural Nursing according to Madeleine Leininger?

    <p>To provide culturally responsive care</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to assumptions that an individual reflects all characteristics of a larger group?

    <p>Stereotyping</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'ethnocentrism' refer to?

    <p>Belief in the superiority of one's own culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which concept leads to differences in care experienced by different populations?

    <p>Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the theory of Culture Care proposed by Madeleine Leininger?

    <p>Striving for cultural responsiveness in care</p> Signup and view all the answers

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