N-NF-II-125 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: White Privilege, Ethnocentrism, Stereotype
30 Oct 2022
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Introduction: nursing care is holistic and encompasses the client"s perspectives on health, which are greatly influenced by the client"s culture, each person is born into a culture influenced by the place of birth and the family of origin. Therefore, every nurse client interaction is a cultural encounter: a nurse cannot assume sameness of values, even if the client appears to resemble the nurse in outward appearance. In culturally responsive care, the nurse must respond to the client"s needs, not vice versa. Only through self-awareness, deliberate cultural assessment, and incorporation of the client"s culture into the plan of care can a nurse optimally care for a client. Culture is complex, with multiple definitions, and the term is often used interchangeably with other terms such as race, ethnicity, and nationality. Culture is the thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups (u. s. department of health and human services [usdhhs], office of minority health [omh], 2005).
