Culture & Diversity

1. Includes differences rooted in but not limited to culture, age, health status, gender identity, racial, ethnic, religion and spirituality, and socio-economic status.
5. Changeable starting places for comparing typical behavioral patterns with those actually observed (facts).
8. The way an individual views the world.
9. Pretending that everyone is equal. Issues of disparity are in the past and are nonexistent.
10. Cultural _____. The nurse engages directly with patients from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds to modify existing beliefs about the ethnic-cultural group and to prevent stereotyping.
13. Seeing what is expected ad missing what is not expected. When negative, these lead to prejudice.
14. Abbreviation. Refer to the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age. All happen in the community or neighborhood.

2. Cultural _____. Occurs when the nurse performs relevant cultural assessment.
3. Cultural _____. May include learning how the disease process es and management may vary depending on cultural group.
4. _____ bias. Occurs when some views and strengths are left out.
6. Cultural _____ . Occurs when the nurse examines own values, biases, and stereotypes.
7. Dynamic patterns of behaviors based on beliefs and values, communication, customs, language, roles, and relationships.
11. _____ bias. Occurs when some things are noticed but not others.
12. Cultural _____. Refers to the motivation of the nurse to acquire new knowledge about different cultures.