Nursing 2220A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Acculturation, Mammography, Ethnocentrism
23 Mar 2018
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Care involves recognizing and transcending the barriers and challenges established by cultural differences. The nurse considers the common threads that are held by all, as well as the unique elements maintained by the client. (leininger, 1997). Diversity: refers to variety and differences of attributes among, between, and within groups, the preservation and value of traditions, and adaptation leading to creativity and innovation. Includes characteristics and constructs such as gender, language, sexual orientation, and visible and invisible disabilities. Like culture, diversity is a process of change, affecting people in similar and different ways. Concepts that relate to culture: dynamic: created through interactions with the world. It is malleable, it can be changed: shared: individuals agree on the way they name and understand reality, symbolic: often identified through symbols such as language, dress, music and behaviours. Learned: passed on through generations, changing in response to experiences and environment. I(cid:374)tegrated: pa(cid:374) all aspe(cid:272)ts of a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual(cid:859)s life (nova scotia department of health, 2005)
