NURS 1710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Paralanguage, Social Class, Eye Contact
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Week Seven (October 30 - November 3, 2017)
Introduction to Nursing
Monday
Culture Care
What is Culture?
- Culture is shared patterns of learned values and behaviours that are transmitted over
time and that distinguish the members of one group from another.
- Culture is a complex social concept that encompasses socially transmitted
communication styles, family customs, political systems, and the ethnic identity held by a
particular group of people.
- “refers to the learned values, beliefs, norms & way of life that influence an individual’s
thinking, decisions & actions in certain ways.”
- a community concept.
- a dynamic, psychosocial concept.
- a guide to ethical perspectives.
Why Study Culture?
- Important for nurses to explore cultural beliefs of all Canadians.
- Cultural understanding is vital for health.
- Culture is complex; Not possible to know and understand all world cultures.
- Important to know own cultural beliefs and biases.
Characteristics of Culture
- Culture is learned.
- Culture is taught.
- Culture is social.
- Culture is adaptive.
- Culture is shared.
- Culture is difficult to articulate.
- Culture exists at many levels.
Culture Diversity
- Variations among culture groups.
- Occur both within and across cultures.
Marginalization
- The process whereby something or someone is pushed to the edge of a group and
accorded lesser importance.
- A social phenomenon by which a minority or sub-group is excluded, and their needs or
desires ignored.
Culture Competence
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- Involves knowing, utilizing, and appreciating.
- Requires understanding personal and cultural views of health and illness.
- Cultural awareness.
- Cultural knowledge.
- Cultural skills.
- Cultural encounters.
- Involves knowing, utilizing, and appreciating.
- Requires understanding personal and cultural views of health and illness.
- Cultural desire (to learn about other cultures)
Importance of Culture Competence
- It impacts health status of culturally diverse communities.
- It reduces disparities in health services and increases detection of culture
specific diseases.
- It addresses inequitable access to primary health care.
Who are Canadians?
- Canada has always been a multicultural nation.
- The 2011 Canadian census found over 200 different ethnic origins of population.
Canada’s Indigenous People
- First Nations
- Metis
- Inuit
Visible and Invisible Components of Culture
-Visible—easily seen
- Clothing, jewellery, charms, hairstyles
-Invisible—less observable
- Value belief system that drives visible practices
Culture Sensitivity
- Respect and appreciation for cultural behaviours.
- Based on understanding of the other person’s beliefs.
Culture Safety
- Focused on self-knowledge or self-reflection.
- Emphasizes the provision of nursing while taking into account the uniqueness of the
individual.
- Avoids stereotyping
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Steps to Culture Safety
Intercultural Communication
- Communication in which the sender of an intended message is a member of one culture
& the receiver of the message is from a different culture.
- It involves understanding that:
- Different languages create & express different personal realities.
- Language shapes the personalized meaning & experience of illness and health.
- Paralanguage and nonverbal languages are culturally determined.
Nonverbal Communication Behaviours
- Meaning to the client
- Meaning in the client’s culture
- Use of:
- Silence.
- Touch.
- Eye movement.
- Facial expressions.
- Body posture.
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Document Summary
Culture is shared patterns of learned values and behaviours that are transmitted over time and that distinguish the members of one group from another. Culture is a complex social concept that encompasses socially transmitted communication styles, family customs, political systems, and the ethnic identity held by a particular group of people. Refers to the learned values, beliefs, norms & way of life that influence an individual"s thinking, decisions & actions in certain ways. a community concept. a dynamic, psychosocial concept. a guide to ethical perspectives. Important for nurses to explore cultural beliefs of all canadians. Culture is complex; not possible to know and understand all world cultures. Important to know own cultural beliefs and biases. The process whereby something or someone is pushed to the edge of a group and accorded lesser importance. A social phenomenon by which a minority or sub-group is excluded, and their needs or desires ignored. Requires understanding personal and cultural views of health and illness.
