NURS 3120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Acupressure, Intercultural Competence, Stereotype
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Culturally and spiritually competent care is delivered when nurses value their patients. Definitions: culture: the thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious or social groups. Includes: religious affiliation, language, physical size, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, political orientation, socioeconomic status, occupational status, and geographic location: ethnicity: characteristics that a group may share in some combination. Includes: common geographic origin, race, language, dialect, religious beliefs, traditions and symbols, literature, folklore, music, food, and employment patterns: race: genetic in origin, spirituality: one"s relationship to god, broad concept. Includes: physical characteristics, skin color, bone structure, eye color, hair color: culturally competent care, access to language services, organizational support for cultural competence. Cultural desire: motivated to interact with people from different cultures and put aside their own beliefs. Cultural awareness: self examination of their own background, identify feelings gained from experiences they have had with people from other groups groups appropriate assessment.
