CULTURE DIVERSITY
Introduction:
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Healthcare workers
must work with and provide care to a variety of people.
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YOU must be aware of
factors that cause each individual to be unique.
That
uniqueness is influenced by many things:
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Physical
characteristics
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Family life
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Socioeconomic status
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Religious beliefs
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Geographical location
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Education
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Occupation
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Life experiences
Race: generally refers to a
group with similar inherited features.
Ethnic
group:
refers to a group that shares language, national origin or religious tradition.
Culture:
The values, beliefs, attitudes,
languages, symbols, rituals, behaviors and customs unique to a particular group
of people and that are passed down from generation to generation
Often defined as a set of rules,
because each culture provides a "blueprint"
for its standard of living
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Childrearing
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Education
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Occupational choice
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Social interactions
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Spiritual beliefs
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Healthcare choices
Culture
diversity:
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Differences based on
cultural, ethnical and racial factors.
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All these influence an
individual's behavior, self-perception, judgment of others and interpersonal
relationships
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Differences exist
within all ethic/cultural groups and within the people that make up those
groups
Respecting
diversity:
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Key is to regard each
person as a unique individual
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Every individual
adopts beliefs and forms patterns of behavior based on culture, ethnicity, race, life experiences,
spirituality and religion
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Beliefs may change
based on new exposures and experiences
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Must be aware of the
needs of each individual in order to provide care
Providing
cultural nursing care:
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All phases of the
nursing process are affected by the client's and the nurse's cultural values,
beliefs, and behaviors
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Clients culture and
the nurse's culture come together in the N-P relationship, a unique cultural
environment is created that can improve or impair the client's outcome
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Self- awareness of
personal biases can enable nurses to develop modifying behaviors
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Nurse can become more
aware of their own culture through values clarification.
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The nurse must also
consider the cultural values dominant in the health care setting because those
may influence the client's outcome.
Recreational
therapy:
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Recreation is anything that is
stimulating and rejuvenating for an individual
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Recreation is the expenditure of
time with an intent to gain some refreshment.
It is a break from monotony and a
diversion from the daily routine.
Values
derived from Recreation:
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Mental Health
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Physical Health and
Growth
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Emotional Stability
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Social Fitness
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Psychological
Awareness
Diversional
therapy:
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Diversional Therapy
involves the organization, design, coordination and implementation of client
centered leisure based activity programs.
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The aim of which is to
improving the quality of life through ongoing support and development of clients psychological,
emotional, spiritual, social and physical needs and well - being.
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