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Sherpath: Culturally Competent Nursing Care-Questions withCorrect Answers/ Verified/ latest Version (2024/2025)
cultural competence - ✔✔set of appropriate behaviors, attitudes, and policies which come
together in an organization or among professionals and enables the organization or the
professionals to work in cross-cultural situations; a nurse who provides culturally
appropriate and specifically tailored care to people of all ethnicities and cultures
most commonly defined characteristics of cultural competence - ✔✔cultural awareness,
cultural knowledge, cultural sensitivity, cultural skill, cultural humility, and cultural
proficiency.
cultural awareness - ✔✔Understanding one's own culture and being mindful of
preconceived biases when interacting with different cultures.
cultural knowledge - ✔✔The basis for cultural understanding. It is a constant process of
acquiring information about other cultures.
cultural sensitivity - ✔✔Having value, admiration, and respect for cultures that are different
from one's own.
cultural skill - ✔✔Having the ability to effectively communicate with individuals of other
cultures that includes their beliefs and values when planning and providing care.
cultural humility - ✔✔Recognizing one's own limitations in knowledge and understanding of
another individual's culture and perspectives.
cultural proficiency - ✔✔Maintaining and acquiring new cultural knowledge along with
sharing that information with others to encourage a culturally competent organization.
The following are ways to reduce disparities in health care while providing culturally
competent care: - ✔✔Humanize your patient.
, Remain conscious and aware of your own biases.
Do a teach-back with the patient to confirm clarity of the conversation.
Educate the patient about his or her disease process or health condition.
Welcome friends and family members to be involved.
Learn key words or phrases in common languages in your area.
Always use a qualified medical interpreter.
Consider the health literacy of the patient.
Respond thoughtfully to complaints, and have empathy.
Hold your institution accountable for providing culturally competent care.
Encourage patients to complete patient satisfaction surveys and demographics forms.
Advocate that your institution interpret and instill necessary changes based on the
outcomes of the surveys.
ETHNIC - ✔✔Explanation: Ask if the patient has identified any causes for his or her
symptoms and what concerns the patient most about the symptoms.
Treatment: Ask if the patient has tried any medications, herbal supplements, or other forms
of treatment to address the symptoms.
Healers: Ask if the patient has sought advice or treatment from alternative health care
providers or friends without a medical background.
Negotiate: Identify treatment options that will be acceptable to both the nurse and the
patient based on the patient's beliefs/cultures and the medical treatment that has been
offered.
Intervention: Decide which interventions are appropriate including those that may include
alternative treatments, spirituality, and healers.
Collaboration: Ensure that medical decisions and the plan of care have been collaborated
with the patient, the patient's family, the health care team, and any other community
members who may be involved.
Communication - ✔✔Language(s) spoken
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How do you feel about eye contact with conversation?
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