Inclusion, Equity and Diversity

A collection of vocabulary flashcards based on cultural competence, health disparities, and relevant terms in nursing.

Certified Medical Interpreter

A professional who can translate one language to another for communication purposes within the medical field.

Cultural Competence

Being able to incorporate effective nursing care with emic and etic knowledge including appreciating, accepting, and respecting all individuals' cultural influences, beliefs, customs, and values.

Cultural Health Assessments

Assessments that can be conducted to gather information regarding the client's culture and how it can affect their health.

Culture

The learned, shared, and transmitted values, beliefs, norms, and lifeways of a particular group that guides their thinking, decisions, and actions in patterned ways.

Emic Knowledge

An insider's viewpoint of a culture.

Etic Knowledge

An outsider's viewpoint of a culture.

Health Disparities

Preventable differences in incidence and prevalence of disease, injury, or violence among populations, based on race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, LGBT, age, or socioeconomic status.

Health Equality

The distribution of the same resources, including opportunities, to all individuals within a population.

Health Equity

Valuing all individuals equally and removing obstacles to optimal health and health care across different populations.

Leininger’s Sunrise Enabler

A visual portrayal of elements within the theory to assist nurses and other health care providers to provide culturally congruent care that works together to enhance the health and well-being of all clients at all stages of life.

Marginalized Sexual Groups

Clients who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual, and can also include those clients who are questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Transgender

Clients who have a gender identity that differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.

Vulnerable Populations

Groups of people who are at higher risk for poor health outcomes resulting from barriers to social, economic, and environmental resources including limitations due to illness or disability.