Cultural Competency in Community Nursing

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Across
  1. 2. : The shared rules or behavioral expectations that a cultural group uses to govern its members.
  2. 6. : The belief that one's own culture is superior to others.
  3. 10. : A core term used to describe "overt racism" and crimes motivated by prejudice that affect community safety and health.
  4. 13. : Partnering with local community leaders to build trust and promote health education.
  5. 16. : Social Determinants of Health; the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, and work.
  6. 17. : The motivation to want to engage in the process of becoming culturally competent.
  7. 20. : Self-examination of one’s own biases.
  8. 22. : The core objective of transcultural nursing developed by Madeleine Leininger.
  9. 23. : A key cultural assessment parameter regarding food and nutrition.
  10. 24. : The process of effectively delivering health care services that meet the social, cultural, and linguistic needs of patients.
  11. 25. : A foundational element for building relationships in community nursing through mutual respect.
  12. 28. : The ability to collect relevant cultural data and perform a culturally based assessment.
  13. 30. : Traditional medicine or ____ healing practices passed down within families and communities.
  14. 31. : Shared patterns of learned behavior, beliefs, and values.
  15. 32. : Learning about diverse groups' health-related beliefs.
  16. 33. : A community assessment tool used to visualize the "location" of cultural clusters.
  17. 34. : Short for Leininger, the nurse theorist who founded Transcultural Nursing, a primary focus in the Stanhope text.
  18. 35. : The family or social support system that heavily influences health decisions in collectivist cultures.
  19. 36. : Community Health Nurse; the primary role discussed in the textbook.
  20. 39. : The ____ cause; often used when discussing social determinants that lead to health disparities in communities.
  21. 40. : The component of cultural competence involving effective communication and assessment of diverse populations.
  22. 41. : ____ contact; a non-verbal communication behavior that can be viewed as respectful or aggressive depending on the culture.
  23. 42. : Distributing resources based on individual needs to achieve fair outcomes.
  24. 43. : Used by nurses to describe the "Interconnectedness" or ____ of causation in community health social determinants.
  25. 45. : A primary biological variation to consider during cultural assessment.
Down
  1. 1. : Automatic associations people harbor about a social group.
  2. 3. : A crucial resource for ensuring effective communication with patients who speak another language.
  3. 4. : The motivation of the nurse to "want to" engage in the process of becoming culturally competent.
  4. 5. : Short for Humility; a lifelong process of self-reflection and personal critique regarding cultural biases.
  5. 7. : Care that considers the whole person, including cultural needs.
  6. 8. : The set of beliefs and assumptions that are widely held and transmitted across generations.
  7. 9. : A social construct used to categorize people based on physical characteristics.
  8. 11. : Engaging directly with diverse clients.
  9. 12. : Foreign-____; a term used in community assessments to identify immigrant populations in the service area.
  10. 14. : A discipline focusing on comparative cultural care developed by Leininger.
  11. 15. : Respect for this age group is a high value in many traditional cultures.
  12. 16. : Assuming all people of one culture have the same characteristics.
  13. 18. : A client's perception that their cultural identity is respected and they feel empowered in the healthcare encounter.
  14. 19. : Recognizing and appreciating cultural differences and examining one's own biases.
  15. 21. : Federal mandates, like Title VI, that prohibit discrimination in programs receiving federal funds.
  16. 26. : The goal of cultural skill: to provide care that is beneficial and ____ to the client.
  17. 27. : Differences in health outcomes among different cultural groups.
  18. 29. : What the nurse collects during a cultural assessment to avoid stereotyping.
  19. 35. : Seeking to understand different cultural practices and worldviews.
  20. 37. : The first step in cultural encounters, often varying by culture (e.g., handshakes vs. bowing).
  21. 38. : A non-verbal communication factor that varies by culture, involving the pitch or volume of one's voice.
  22. 44. : Racial bias or preconceived notions.