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Culture & Communication

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Culture   A sacred system of beliefs, values and behavioral expectations that provide social structure for daily living  
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People's views of self, expectations and behaviors are influenced by   Culture  
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Culture is transmitted primarily by   Language  
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Culture is learned   through formal and informal experiences  
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What is transcultural Nursing?   Nursing care that is planned and implemented in a way that is sensitive to the needs of individuals, families and groups representing the diverse cultural populations within our society  
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What are Cultural Concepts?   Ethnicity and Race  
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Ethnicity   A sense of identification that a cultural group collectively has  
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Race   A way of categorizing people into subgroups according to specific PHYSICAL characteristics  
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Cultural Concepts   Cultural Assimilation; Culture Shock; Stereotyping; Ethnocentrism; Cultural Imposition  
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Cultural Assimilation   members of a minority group live within a dominant group, and lose the characteristics that made them different. (It takes 3 generations to assimilate); Children assimilate much easier to another culture and the elderly are the hardest to assimilate  
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Culture Shock   Acute experience of not comprehending the culture in which one is situated  
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Cultural Conflict   Feeling threathened and uncomfortable by something you do not understand and so you ridicule and put down that group  
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Stereotyping   assuming all members of a culture, subculture or ethnic group act alike  
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Ethnocentrism   Judge other people based on the standards and practices of your own culture  
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Cultural Imposition   Belief that everyone should conform to the majority belief system  
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Cultural Influences Affecting Healthcare   Physiologic & Psychological characteristics, Reactions to pain, Mental health norms, Gender roles, Health beliefs & practices, Language & Communication, Orientation to space & time, Food & nutrition, Family structure & roles, Socioeconomic Factors  
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Cultural Beliefs   Attitudes based on faith as opposed to fact  
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Cultural Competence   A process in which the nurse strives continuously to achieve the ability and availablity to effectively work within cultural context of the individual, family, or community; View the patient as an unique individual with own ethnic and cultural background  
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Cultural Competence   Develop cultural self-awareness; Devlop Cultural knowledge, Accomodate cultural practices in healthcare  
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Develop cultural self-awareness   Understand your own culture and biases; Become sensitive to culture of others; Appreciate differences  
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Develop Cultural Knowledge   Values & Health Practices  
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Accommodate Cultural Practices in Healthcare   Cultural assessment, Communication, Respect culturally based family roles, Modify care, Avoid mandating change, Patient advocate  
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Spirituality   Anything that pertains to a person's relationship with a nonmaterial life force or higher power  
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Spiritual needs   Need for meaning and purpose; need for love and relatedness; need for forgiveness  
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Spirituality in Life Cycle: Children   ages 4-12 - may perceive God as frighteningly powerful, works through human interconnectedness, causes positive transformations  
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Spirituality in Life Cycle: Adolescents   may question values/practices in forming identity  
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Spirituality in Life Cycle: Young Adults or Later   individualize spirituality in line with own commitments, beliefs and attitudes  
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Spirituality in Life Cycle: Adulthood   expands concept of spirituality to include other faiths, focus on love...  
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Factors Affecting Spirituality   Developmental considerations, family, ethnic background, formal religion, life events  
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Spiritual Development   has different characteristics depending upon the stage of development that an individual has achieved.  
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Infants and Toddlers (Spiritual Development)   Infants and Toddlers have no sense of right or wrong, spiritual beliefs, or convictions to guide activities; Toddlers may follow rituals in imitation of their parents and attend church or nursery school  
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Preschoolers (Spiritual Development)   Parental attitidues toward moral codes and religion convey to children what is good and bad; May copy what they see instead of what they are told; Often ask questions about morality and religion (e.g. what is heaven?)  
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Preschoolers also (Spiritual Development)   Follow religion not because they understand it, but because it is part of daily life; Five year olds may make up prayers themselves; Believe that God or humans are responsible for natural events as rain adn wind  
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School-age children and Adolescents -1. (Spiritual Development)   Young school-aged children expect that their prayers will be answered, good rewarded and bad punished; During pre-puberty, there is awareness of spiritual disappointments  
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School-age children and Adolescents -2.(Spiritual Development)   Some may drop or modify certain religious practices; Adolescents compare standards of their parents with others, and select the ones they wish to incorporate in their lives; By age 16 many adolescents have decided whether to accept the family religion;  
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School-age children and Adolescents -3.(Spiritual Development)   When parents have different faiths, adolescents may choose either or neither; for some adolesents, a firm faith provides strength in these turbulent years  
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Adults   Young adults who need to answer the religious questions of children may find that early teachings of childhood are more acceptable; during the middle eyars, adults often find that they have more time for religious activities.  
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Spritual Distress   Refers to a disturbance in or a challenge to a person's belief or value system that provides strength, hope and meaning to life.  
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Spiritual Distress Problems   Spiritual pain, alienation, anxiety, guilt, anger, loss, despair  
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Cause of spiritual distress   the inability to resolve life situation with spiritual beliefs.  
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Nursing Interventions to Promote Spiritual Health   Offer supportive presence; facilitate patient's practice of religion; pray with patient; nurture patient spirituality; promote love and relatedness, encourage patient verbalization, encourage visits of acceptable family and friends; promote forgiveness,  
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Determining whether spiritual needs have been met   Verbalizes satisfaction with relationship with God (if relevant); Moves toward a healthy acceptance of the current situation; Develops mutually satisfying relationships; Reconciles interpersonal differences causing patient anguish  
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Religious Beliefs Affecting patient Care   medications, dietary practices, prayers, Holy days, rituals, interventions or treatments, birth practices, death practices  
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What is Communication?   A means of exchanging information or feelings between two or more people  
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Forms of Communication   Verbal and Nonverbal  
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Verbal Communication   Exchange of information using words  
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Nonverbal Communication   Touch, Gestures, Posture, Eye Contact, Personal appearance, Facial expression, Sounds, Silence  
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Factors Influencing Communication   Developmental level, gender, sociocultural differences, role responsibilities, space and territoriality, physical, mental, and emotional state, values, environment  
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Therapeutic Relationship   Helping relationship established for the benefit of the client; social vs therapuetic relationship (professional)  
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Therapeutic Relationship is   Purposeful & goal directed; Client centered; Time-limited  
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Phases of Helping Relationship   Orientation, Working phase, Termination phase  
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Orientation   Sets the tone, introduce self, clarifies roles, establish agreement or contract, orient to facility, establish trust, discuss confidentiality, establish, locatin, and length of meeting  
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Working Phase   Provides care to meet needs/goals; thoughts, understanding, and feelings are explored; promotes problem-solving and coping skills; client teaching; longest phase  
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Termination Phase   examine progress and attainment of goals; prepare client for next phase of care; support emotional response  
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Promoting Effective Communication   Effective communication requires interpersonal skills  
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Interpersonal skills for effective communication are:   Rapport, warmth and friendliness, trust & honesty, genuineness, respect, empathy, caring  
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Communication Skills   Rapport and Trust  
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Rapport   Warmth and friendliness; convey acceptance and interest  
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Trust   Basis of therapeutic relationship; confidence in nurse's ability; responsible and competent  
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Genuineness   Open and honest; congruent communication with verbal matching nonverbal behavior; self disclosure - reveal own feelings, life events for the client's benefit; how should you respond to personal questions?  
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Respect   Belief in the dignity and worth of a person; non-judgmental of client's lifestyle, values, and behaviors; positive regard, how do we show respect?  
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Empathy   Ability to see things from client's perspective; communicate understanding of their feelings  
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Sympathy   Nurse shares what the client is feeling; can decrease objectivity  
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Caring   Demonstrate behavior that is nurturing; provides a means of comfort & promote self-actualization; don't be "task oriented", be client focused!  
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Humor   Decreases stress; Increases positive feelings  
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Criteria for Humor:   Timing, receptivity, content  
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Assertiveness Skills   Express thoughts in direct, positive manner; shows respect for self and others; Aggressive: abuses rights of others; non-assertive: does not stand up for own rights  
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Self-Awareness   Conscious of your own values and feelings and how these affect interactions with others; Thoughts influence behavior; sensitive to and accepting of client's values  
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Communication Skills   Listening is the most important communication skill!  
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Active Listening (attending skills)   Giving the client your complete attention: Sit facing the client; open posture; lean forward; establish appropriate eye contact; relax  
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Interview Techniques   Purpose of the interview; what is an appropariate setting and seating arrangement? what should be included in the introduction?  
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Communication Skills   Therapeutic techniques and Non-therapeutic communication  
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Therapeutic techniques   verbal & non-verbal responses that facilitate nurse-client interactions; help client to express feelings, gain insight & clarify their thinking  
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Non-therapeutic communication   Hinder or block effective communication  
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Questioning   Purpose: Gather specific information; Assist clients in identifying & exploring ideas & feelings; Over use limits client ineraction & disrupt flow of ideas  
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Types of Questioning   Open, Closed, Indirect  
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Open ended questions   Require more than a one word or yes/no response; begin with what, how, could; indirect statements  
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Closed questions   answered in yes-no or one word response; useful when immediate and specific information is needed; non-therapeutic when you want the patient to elaborate; begin with Do, Is, Are  
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Communications Techniques   Paraphrasing, reflecting, offering general leads/minimal encouragers, summarizing, seeking clarification, restating, exploring/focusing, making observations, giving information, presenting reality, Silence  
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Paraphrasing   Restating in the content of the message to clarify your interpretation  
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Reflecting   Encourages client to elaborate on their feelings; nurse describes feelings or emotions that are implied. ex. You feel scared about being pregnant at your age  
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Offering general leads/minimal encouragers   Encourages client to continue; allows client to determine direction of the interaction; Go on... and then?; Non-verbal: Nod Head  
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Seeking Clarification   Further describe or explain what has been said. e.g. do I understand correctly that you siad...?  
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Restating   Repeat portion of what was said e.g. Pt: my doctor wants me to go home N: go home?  
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Exploring Focusing   examine topics in more details  
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Making Observations   verbalizing what you observe; encourages client to take note of behavior  
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Giving Information   Facts the client needs to know  
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Presenting Reality   Orient client to the environment e.g. Today is October 4th; I see no one else in the room  
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Silence   Causes: Time to think, embarrassment, resistance, exhausted topic; Helpful: Waiting for client to speak; Unhelpful: Respond too quickly or change the subject  
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Non-therapeutic Techniques   Advising, Giving False reassurance, Probing, defending or judgmental, asking why, requesting an explanation; changing the topic  
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Advising   Telling the client what the nurse thinks should be done; fosters dependency; giving advice is different than giving information  
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Giving false reassurance   indicates that the client's feelings are not important. e.g. Don't worry  
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Probing   questioning not related to problem  
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Defending or Judgmental   Objections to client's remarks, feelings or opinions; imposing nurese's view on client; explore the client's perspective; complaints may be related to anxiety  
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Asking Why; Requesting an explanation   Client may become defensive or feel threatened; can imply criticism  
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Process Recording   Verbatim account of the verbal & non-verbal communication between nurse & client  
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Purpose of Process Recording   It is a learning tool  
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Five Components of Process Recording   Nurse verbal, nurse non-verbal, patient verbal, patient non-verbal, communication technique used  
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IPR Rules   Do not take notes, do not tape conversation, maintain confidentiality  
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Communication with the elderly   Presbycusis, presbyopia, dementia,  
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Presbycusis   Speak clearly in a low to normal tone, avoid shouting, face the person, use gestures  
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Presbyopia   Loss of peripheral & night vision: Front approach, exaggerate gestures, indirect lighting, speak before touching, large print items  
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Dementia Communication Techniques   Identify self, don't quiz; calm, low-pitch voice' decrease stimulation; short, simple sentences; one step commands; closed questions  
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Reminiscence Therapy (Patients with Dementia)   Review of life events; increases self-esteem & socialization; decreases depression; stimulates memory & recollection  
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