NURS 2900 Exam 5 Study Guide questions with
Correct Answers
phenomena of culture Correct Answer ✓✓ "the integrated pattern of
thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and
institutions associated, wholly or partially, with racial, ethnic, or
linguistic groups, as well as with religious, spiritual biological,
geographic or sociological characteristics."
characteristics of culture Correct Answer ✓✓ - Cultural beliefs provide
identity and a sense of belonging
- Cultures consist of common beliefs and practices
- Culture is both universal and dynamic
- Culture exists at many levels (material and non-material)
-Cultural values, beliefs, and traditions are passed down through
generations
- Cultural assumptions and habits are unconscious
-Culture is diverse
why is the phenomena of culture important (how does it affect nursing
care needs of clients) Correct Answer ✓✓ - Nursing care that is
appropriate for the dominant cultural group may be ineffective and
inappropriate for people with a different cultural heritage
- Culture has a significant effect on health and illness behaviors, as well
as patterns of response to illness or medical care
- may directly influence health behaviors such as diet and exercise
,- Cultural beliefs and practices affect health problems and the
interventions
- An understanding of the patient's perceptions and context in which
they live is necessary for optimal patient care
- Health disparities exist among racial + ethnic groups
1. Health status
2. Quality of care
3. Access to care
- Nurses are called to provide culturally competent care + help eliminate
disparities
ethnicity Correct Answer ✓✓ - Refers to groups whose members share a
common social + cultural heritage that is passed down from generation
to generation
- Have some characteristics in common not shared or understood by
outsiders
race Correct Answer ✓✓ - Strictly related to biology
- Refers to grouping of people based on biological similarities (skin
color, blood type, bone structure)
religion Correct Answer ✓✓ People within ethnic groups may share
same religion
socialization Correct Answer ✓✓ Process of learning to become
member of a society or group (ex: becoming nursing student)
, acculturation Correct Answer ✓✓ - Learning process through which
immigrants (new members of group or country) assume characteristics
of that culture
- Accepts both own + new culture adopting elements of each
assimilation Correct Answer ✓✓ - New members gradually learn + take
on essential values, beliefs, + behaviors of dominant culture
- Complete when newcomer is fully merged into dominant cultural
group
ethnocentrism Correct Answer ✓✓ - Tendency to think that your own
group (cultural, professional, ethnic or social) is superior to others and to
view behaviors and beliefs that differ greatly from your own as
somehow wrong, strange, or unenlightened
subcultures Correct Answer ✓✓ Groups within a larger culture or social
system that have some characteristics that are different from those of the
dominant culture
- Age-related (the elderly)
- Educationally different
- Sexual orientation
- Gender-related
- Some may be considered 'vulnerable'
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