NURS 1112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Role Conflict, Assertiveness
2 Nov 2016
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Cultural aspects of health: socially transmitted knowledge of values, beliefs, norms, and lifeways, visible & invisible, visible-values and approach to life) Ethnicity & race: certain diseases due to race. Why is it important to assess" culture: everyone is different, and not all cases are the same. Get to know the individual and their situation: cultural safety: have to have cultural sensitivity, be aware that their is differences in culture, cultural sensitivity: being sensitive to the understanding of people"s beliefs, culture. Leads to awareness: cultural competence: bridge cultural differences, consider the uniqueness of each client, the things that shape and influence the person"s health. Astle and barton"s assessment model (as in chapter 10 of canadian fundamentals in nursing (2010): Language and communication: distinction in language patterns, french canadian french vs french in france. Religion and spirituality: may have major influence on the person"s health, life & death.
