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 (C)</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 (A)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Assimilation/Acculturation (C)</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 (B)</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 (C)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to the state of being different?

<p>Diversity (A)</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 (C)</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 (D)</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 (D)</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 (A)</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 (B)</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 (A)</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 (A)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

<p>Stereotyping (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'ethnocentrism' refer to?

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

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

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

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