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NUSA 401- HA
Term | Definition |
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culture | non-physical attributes of a person (thoughts, communications, actions, beliefs) |
Cultural competency | combination of attitudes, skills, knowledge and skills that a healthcare providers uses to deliver care |
Young old Middle old Old old | 65-74 75-85 85+ |
SDOH | Social Determinants of Health: affect a person’s health from preconception to the end of life. EBP indicates that poverty has greatest influence on healthcare. |
LEP | Limited English Proficiency: Use of wristband to alert staff that an interpreter is needed to communicate the |
Religion | organized system of beliefs as a shared experience that can assist in one’s individual spiritual needs. |
Spirituality | broader term that encompasses something larger than one’s own existence with a belief in transcendence |
Watson | has spirituality as the central concept in her theories. "Focusing on spirituality is addressing what it means to be a human. Everyone has spiritual needs that must be addressed." |
Disease causation theories -Biomedical -Naturalistic/ holistic -Magical religious | -cause and effect that can provide physical and psychological illness (ex. germ theory). -Belief in the forces of nature that there’s balance in the universe (ex. yin/yang theory, hot/cold theory). -Supernatural forces dominate resulting in good vs evil |
Traditional treatments and folk healers -hispanic -black -american indian -asian -amish | -espirtualista, yerbo, sabedor - hougan, spiritualist, old lady - shaman, medicine woman, medicine man -herbalist, acupuncturist, bonesetter - braucher |
Developmental competence -Parenteral perceptions of illness | Awareness of beliefs across the lifespan can impact perception of healthcare delivery and treatments - a belief that a birth defect/ congenital abnormalities are punishment for breaking religious laws. |
Some cultures express pain openly whereas others don’t | Transcultural expression of illness |
Culturally sensitive | has basic knowledge and understanding |
Culturally appropriate | applies knowledge to improve health outcomes |
Culturally competent | applies understanding all contextual aspects of care |
Cultural care | provision (providing) of healthcare across cultural boundaries in consideration of context |
Spiritual assessment -FICA -R-COPE | -Use open-ended qs for starter -(Faith Importance/Influence, Community and Address/Action) -Brief R-COPE to examine pt’s coping mechanism |
Interview Purpose | Record a complete health history (bridge to the physical examination). Subjective and Objective data. |
successful interview characteristics | getbd(mine). gather data establish trust from pt teach about health state (disease prevention, health promotion) build rapport to continue therapeutic relationship discuss health promotion and disease prevention |
interview contract terms | location, explanation (my role), purpose (mutual goal is optimal health), time frame, participation, confidentiality, cost |
receiving communication- interpretation | past experience, culture, self-concept, physical/mental state |
EHR (electronic health records) | is helpful for recording but can also be a barrier (ex. distraction in the interview) |
9 verbal responses that facilitate the interview. First 5 is mine: facilitation | encourages pt to say more and show that I’m interested and listen further (ex. umhmm, go on) |
9 verbal responses that facilitate the interview. First 5 is mine: silence | gives the pt to think and organize their thoughts. |
9 verbal responses that facilitate the interview. First 5 is mine: reflection | echoes what the pt just said to express meaning. Ex. I heard you just say that you’re experiencing pain in your left knee. Can you tell me more about that pain? For how long did you have this pain |
9 verbal responses that facilitate the interview. First 5 is mine: empathy | develops an understanding and sensitivity for others’ feelings. Putting myself in pt’s shoes. Ex. “I’m sorry that you’re going through this right now. I can feel that you’re really uncomfortable.” |
9 verbal responses that facilitate the interview. First 5 is mine: clarification |