Chapter 9

Question 1

Define culture

Answer 1

• Norms, values, and traditions passed down through the generations
• Way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
• Integrated patterns of human behavior

Question 2

Culture includes…

Answer 2

Customs, beliefs, language, arts, religion, values, dress, cuisine, traditions, thoughts, communications, actions

Question 3

Cultural competency

Answer 3

• Respecting a patient’s health beliefs and understanding the effect of the patient’s beliefs on health care delivery
• Enables health care providers to deliver services that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices, and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse patients

Question 4

Culturally congruent care

Answer 4

• Goal of transcultural nursing
• Care that fits a person’s life, values, and system of meaning
• Delivering services that are respectful of and responsive to the needs of diverse patients

Question 5

Cultural assessment

Answer 5

• Goal: obtain accurate information from a patient that allows you to formulate a mutually acceptable and culturally relevant plan of care

Question 6

Cultural influence on health/healthcare

Answer 6

• Perceptions of health, illness, death
• Beliefs about causes of disease
• Approaches to health promotion
• Where patients seek help/care
• Types of treatment they prefer

Question 7

Health disparity

Answer 7

• A particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage
• An inequality or difference between the health status of a disadvantaged group

Question 8

Healthcare disparity

Answer 8

• Differences among populations in the availability, accessibility, and quality of health care services