Health assessment: chapter 2 cultural competence

What must a nurse assess first when providing culturally competent health care to an Asian American patient?

The nurses heritage vased cultural values, belifefs, attitudes, and practices to identify any biases and difference before making any decisions

What is the greatest influence on health status

poverty

learned behavior

Learned from birth through process of language and socialization

learned behavior example

Not being friends with "the nerd"

Ethnicity

Social group with shared traits

Acculturation

Process of adopting culture and behavior of the majority culture

Spirituality

broader term that encompasses something larger than one's own existence with a belief in transcendence

Religion

An organized system of beliefs as a shared experience that can assist in meeting one's individual spiritual needs

Importance of spiritual assessment

Can improve coping mechanisms, promote engagement, and in times of serious illness or death

Cultural awareness

having an increased understanding about own culture and other cultures. this should be ongoing learning.

cultural knowledge and skills

Learn about other cultures and obtain needed skills through your clinical experience

Cultural humility

see values in other beliefs

Cultural sensibility

-A deliberate and pro-active behavior

-Examining cultural situations through thoughtful reasoning, responsiveness and discreet interactions

shared behavior

a practice by all members of the same group

adapted behavior

fitting into an environment based on culture and resources

dynamic behavior

an everchanging interphase