NUR 430 - Transcultural Patterns of Health Week 1 Flashcards

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering key terms, definitions, cultural assessment principles, and culture-care theories from Week 1 Transcultural Nursing.

Transcultural nursing

A field that focuses on cultural care values, beliefs, and practices of individuals and groups; blends nursing and anthropology; and concerns nursing actions and decisions that help people of any culture achieve beneficial health outcomes.

Anthropology

The study of humans past and present, including origins, behavior, social relationships, physical and mental characteristics, customs, and development across time and place.

Subculture

A group with values distinct from the majority and potentially its own customs, attitudes, and language/slang; may form around occupation, age, ethnicity, or religion.

Ethnicity

The perception of belonging to a particular ethnic group or groups, distinct from race; multiethnic individuals may not identify with a single group.

Cultural context

The conditions and circumstances of when and where something happens, which give meaning to events and must be assessed, interpreted, and examined by the healthcare team.

Cultural competence

The skills, knowledge, and understanding that allow culturally appropriate assessment and intervention, including accepting and respecting cultural differences.

Ethnocentrism

The belief that one's own culture's way of doing, thinking, or acting is correct and that other ways are inferior.

Stereotype

An assumption that all people in a cultural group are the same; functions as an endpoint that stops individual inquiry.

Generalization

A statement about a common cultural pattern that must be checked in the individual case; serves as a beginning point for further assessment.

Cultural Iceberg

A concept emphasizing that while some cultural features (e.g., speech patterns, foods) are visible, many critical influences (e.g., personal values, worldview, thought patterns) are less visible or non-visible.

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)

Services aimed at providing effective, understandable, respectful, and quality care responsive to cultural health beliefs/practices, languages, health literacy, and communication needs.

Leininger's Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality

A foundational transcultural care theory depicted by the Sunrise Enabler that uses three modes of decisions/actions (preservation/maintenance, accommodation/negotiation, repatterning/restructuring) to achieve culturally congruent care.

Purnell Model for Cultural Competence

A circular model organizing cultural assessment across 12 domains from person to family, community, and global society, illustrating a competence progression from unconsciously incompetent to unconsciously competent.

Marilyn Ray's Theory of Transcultural Caring Dynamics in Nursing

A model defining caring as the essence of nursing, incorporating six essences of caring, transcultural caring ethics, universal spiritual sources, and transcultural context.

Campinha-Bacote's Model of Cultural Competence

A process model viewing cultural competence through five interconnected components: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Skill, Cultural Knowledge, Cultural Encounters, and Cultural Desire.

Cultural Awareness (Campinha-Bacote)

Awareness of one's biases and the presence of racism; requires deliberate self-examination.

Cultural Skill (Campinha-Bacote)

The ability to conduct a cultural assessment and gather relevant cultural data.

Cultural Knowledge (Campinha-Bacote)

Knowledge of cultural worldviews and biocultural ecology.

Cultural Encounters (Campinha-Bacote)

Direct interactions and other encounters with people from cultures different from one's own.

Cultural Desire (Campinha-Bacote)

The genuine motivation or desire to become culturally competent.

Andrews/Boyle Transcultural Interprofessional Practice (TIP) Model

A model emphasizing that cultural context interacts with health-related values, attitudes, beliefs, and practices, requiring the interprofessional healthcare team to integrate culture directly into client care.

Cultural Self-Assessment

An ongoing personal and professional reflection process using life experiences to gain insight into personal health-related attitudes, values, beliefs, biases, and self-location.

The 4 C's

A cultural assessment questioning framework consisting of:

Call (what do you call your problem?)

Cause (what caused it?)

Cope (how do you cope with it?)

Concerns (what concerns do you have?).

Health Disparities

Population-specific differences in disease, health outcomes, or access to care that affect specific high-risk or marginalized groups.