NUR 436 - Community Nursing Exam 2
Questions with Complete Answers
Cultural Awareness - Answer-An in-depth self-examination of one's own background,
recognizing biases, prejudices, and assumptions about other people
Cultural Skill - Answer-Effective integration of cultural knowledge and cultural
awareness to meet the needs of clients.
Ex: Eye contact vs no eye contact, Physical distancing, Touch vs no touch
Cultural Knowledge - Answer-Information, skills, attitudes, conceptions, beliefs, values,
and other mental components of culture that people socially learn during enculturation.
Information about diverse cultures
Cultural Assessment - Answer-Systematic way to identify the beliefs, meanings,
behaviors and values of people while considering their history, life experiences, and
social and physical environments.
Stereotyping - Answer-Attributing certain beliefs and behaviors about a group towards
an individual without giving adequate attention to individual differences
Ethnocentrism - Answer-The inability to accept different worldwide views
- A type of cultural prejudice at a population level; the belief that one's own group
determines the standard for behavior by which all other groups are to be judged against
Cultural Blindness - Answer-The tendency to ignore all differences amount cultures as if
they do not exist and treat all people the same
- Not seeing that everyone is different and unique
Cultural Accommodations - Answer-Supporting and facilitating the client's use of cultural
practices that are beneficial to the client's health
- These practices are NOT harmful
Levels of Prevention for Cultural Competence - Answer-Primary: Intervening before
heath effects occur (Ex: Education, Immunizations)
Secondary: Screening to identify diseases at an early state. (Ex: Regular exams and
screenings)
, Tertiary: Treatment and Recovery, managing the diagnosis to slow progression
Cultural Imposition - Answer-When one person imposes his or her beliefs, values, and
practices on another because he or she believe his or her ideals are superior
Cultural Repatterning - Answer-Assisting the client to modify cultural practices that are
not beneficial to the client's health
Culture - Answer-Set of beliefs, values, and assumptions about life that are widely held
among a group of people and that are transmitted across generations
Race - Answer-A biological designation whereby group members share features
Ethnicity - Answer-Shared feeling of peoplehood among a group of individuals
Social Determinants of Health - Answer-conditions in the environments in which people
are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health,
functioning, and quality of life.
- Economic status
- Education
- Social environment
- Health & Healthcare
- Physical environment
Legal Immigrant - Answer-Any immigrant who goes through the correct procedure to
live and work in a country by receiving government permission
"Lawful Permanent Resident"
Refugee - Answer-A person who leaves their country in order to escape war,
persecution, or natural disaster
- Eligible for TNAF
TNAF
(The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) - Answer-
Refugee Act of 1980 - Answer-Reformed US immigration law and admitted refugees on
systematic basis for humanitarian reasons
Non-immigrant - Answer-A person who seeks temporary entry to the United States for a
specific purpose and who has declared ones intention to stay only for a temporary
period of time.
Ex: Students and Tourists
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