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Nurs100testwk8
over nurs concepts on teaching, legal, cultural, psychosocial and home delivery
Question | Answer |
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belief that the environment is the most important influence in determining human action | behaviorism |
learning is a complex thinking process emphasizes individual perception and motivation | cognitivism |
3 domains: cognitive, affective and psychomotor | cognitivism |
focuses on both cognitive (thinking) and affective (feeling) qualities of the learner. Learning is self motivated | humanism |
The process of acquiring knowledge or skills that are not part of normal human growth. | learning |
The extent in which a person’s behavior coincides with medical or health advice | compliance |
form of discrimination and prejudice against an older adult | ageism |
normal loss of hearing acuity, speech intelligibility, auditory threshold and pitch associated with aging | presbycusis |
defect in vision in advancing age involving loss of accomodation or recession of near vision. | presbyopia |
theory holds that with aging, the body becomes less able to recognize or tolerate the "self" | autoimmunity theory |
a theory that the structural and functional changes associated with growing old are accelerated by abuse of the body | wear and tear theory |
theory of natural withdrawal between individual and society | disengagement theory |
theory that the older person who is more active socially is more likely to adjust well to aging | activity theory |
awareness by the nurse of his or her own cultural belief practices and an understanding of the limitations that these beliefs put on the nurse when dealing with those from other cultures | cultural competence |
a set of learned values, beliefs, customs and practices that are shared by a group and passed from one generation to another | culture |
a perception that the practices and beliefs of one's own culture are superior to those of other cultures | ethnocentrism |
a fixed concept of how all members of an ethnic group act or think | ethnic stereotype |
a nation, community or broad group of people who establish particular aims, beliefs or standards of living and conduct | society |
a generalization about a form of behavior, an individual or a group | stereotype |
an integration of the nurse's understanding of culture into all aspects of nursing care | transcultural nursing |
a group of people who share a common social and cultural heritage based on traditions, national origin & physical and biological characteristics. | ethnicity |
a group of people who share biologic and physical characteristics | race |
prejudgment or bias based on characteristics | prejudice |
unfair and unequal treatment or access to services based on race, culture or other bias | discrimination |
physical separation based on location, gender, race, age or religion | segregation |
men make most of the decisions is called | patriarchal |
women make most of the decisions is called | matriarchal |
eat kosher diet, no pork, no blood on any food, no mixing of milk or meat on plate at meal time; women considered impure if going through menstruation is what group | judaism |
no pork, women must have men present for signing consent, women are covered at all times, during menstruation they are exempt from prayer for a cleanse | islam |
no tobacco, no blood transfusions except to accept their own blood back into them | jehovah witness |
men hold authoritative decision on community/church, use traditional and folk medicine practices, must receive permission to receive hospital care | amish |
encompasses many different traditions in cultures around the world. It often includes native healers who use a variety of methods in treating disorders. Rituals, repentance, magic torid of evil | folk health belief system |
This system operates on the premise that natural forces govern everything in the universe, including human beings and their illnesses. | holistic health belief system |
a belief system that western cultures use in treating illnesses and maintaining health | biomedical health sytem |
silence indicates respect, eye contact is a sign of disrespect, body language and personal space is important | native americans |
this group uses biomedical mixed with folk medicines, touch used often (handshake is huge), males are consulted for health care decisions | hispanics |
this group uses biomedical with folk health, prayer is very important, women are primary decision makers, extended family plays important role | african americans |
this group uses holistic health belief systems, eye-contact & touching are signs of disrespect, elders held in high regard, aversion to death or anything to do with it | asian americans |
this group uses holistic beliefs, modesty and privacy preserved, decision making is the whole family, no pork, no alcohol or drugs | muslims |