Defined as the way of life that distinguishes a particular group of people from other groups.

Cultural competence requires that the nurse makes a commitment to consider the cultural background of each patient and to provide appropriate care specific to that individual.

Care that crosses cultural boundaries or combines the elements of more than one culture.

The differences between groups of people in a certain geographical area.

The knowledge of various cultural beliefs and values.

Providing care to the patient and showing respect for and incorporating the patients specific cultural beliefs and values in your nursing care.

The nurse provides care to the whole patient and incorporates the cultural context of the patients beliefs and values into that care.

Beliefs can impact a patients health for:

Naturalistically or holistically based beliefs: a healthy state is one of balance and harmony.

Humans are made up of a body, mind, and spirit?

Young-old age group

The descriptive term that explains the spirit and the relationship of the spirit and the relationship of spirit to the body, mind, & environment.

A determination or judgment about a person or group based on irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, sexual orientation, or religion is know as:

Middle-old age group:

Must have patients permission when contacting the religious or spiritual advisor of the patients choice?

Old-old age group:

Elite-old age group:

Define ageism

Middle-aged individuals care for their elderly relatives and raise their children, is known as ?

Falls are the most common injury among the elderly

What is a transient ischemic attack ?

What is a cerebrovascular accident ?

A blood clot in the brain is known as ?

a bleeding vessel in the brain is known as a ?

Always treat patients with dignity and respect no matter the circumstance!

What can left brain CVA affect ?

What can right brain CVA cause ?

state of mental confusion that usually is accompanied by illusions and hallucinations

Having multiple diseases is called?

The deliberate ending of a terminally ill patients life

Medications, treatments, and various therapies are provided with the intent of healing or curing a patients illness.

Typically done at a nursing home or in the home, rarely in the hospital.

Health care provider directed but is not intended to cure the patient’s disease. May be expectancy of more than 6 months.

false perception having no relation to reality

misinterpretation of sensory stimuli, such as seeing a coat rack but believing it is a human

decrease in intellectual functioning eventually resulting in the inability to care for oneself

Which of these are the most common type of dementia ?

Define Presbycusis