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Jul 21, 2024 · Integrating Cultural Practices. A holistic approach to care considers cultural beliefs and practices. Example: Spiritual support can be essential for some patients. This might include prayer, rituals, or services from a religious leader. Solution: Be open to integrating these practices into the care plan.
- Culture Defined
- Important Terms Related to Culture
- Individualism, Collectivism, and Individuality
- Variant Characteristics of Culture
Anthropologists and sociologists have proposed many definitions of culture. For the purposes of this book, which is primarily focused on individual cultural competence instead of the culturally competent organization, culture is defined as the totality of socially transmitted behavioral patterns, arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways, and all ot...
Attitude is a state of mind or feeling about some aspect of a culture. Attitudes are learned; for example, some people think that one culture is better than another. No one culture is “better” than another; they are just different, and many different cultures share the same customs. A belief is something that is accepted as true, especially as a te...
All cultures worldwide vary along an individualism and collectivism scale and are subsets of broad worldviews. A continuum of values for individualistic and collectivistic cultures includes orientation to self or group, decision making, knowledge transmission, individual choice and personal responsibility, the concept of progress, competitiveness, ...
Great diversity exists within a cultural group. Major influences that shape people’s worldviews and the degree to which they identify with their cultural group of origin are called the “variant characteristics of culture.” Some variant characteristics cannot be changed, while others can. They include but are not limited to the following: 1. Nationa...
- Larry D. Purnell, Eric A. Fenkl
- 2021
Nov 1, 2021 · Social ties have previously been shown to affect mental health, health behaviours, physical health and even mortality [25]. These effects can vary in a migrant population as migrants might be living in large communities or isolated depending on the type of acculturation strategies they have adopted.
- B. Choy, K. Arunachalam, Gupta S, M. Taylor, A. Lee
- 2021
Nov 2, 2023 · Cultural beliefs can also impact how patients interact with health care providers. Some cultures may view health care providers as authority figures and may be less likely to ask questions or express their opinions. In other cultures, patients may expect health care providers to be more involved in decision-making and may expect to be consulted ...
Jun 23, 2017 · Migrants in the UK have a diverse range of cultural, spiritual and religious beliefs. Health beliefs and values vary between cultures and between individuals within cultural groups. Culture ...
Dec 1, 2022 · International nurses can be motivated by high expectations and aspirations for a new life for them and their families (O'Brien, 2012), the need to support their families financially through remittance (Dahl et al., 2021), and a desire to develop and experience professional growth that enhances careers within different health and care settings (Smith and Gillin, 2021).
Feb 24, 2017 · The purpose of this book is to bridge “basic” theory and research on acculturation—that. is, what acculturation is, how it operates, and what are the appropriate methods to study. it—with ...
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