NUR 105 Culture
- Population data
- increasingly diverse
Answer
- Latino population already the nation's largest minority group (nations growth)
- White, non-hispanic population will become less than 50% by 2050
- RN work force will look like
Answer ideally should mirror the population being served
-Race -Gender -Language -Culture -Sexual orientation -Disability
- What is culture?
Answer the combination of a body of knowledge, a body of beliefs and a body of behavior
- Culture
Answer transmitted form generation to generation, rarely with explicit instruc- tions
-abstract, learned, shared rules + standards for generating behaviors + understand- ing experience
- Culture characteristics
- what is acceptable behavior for people in a specific group 1 / 2
Answer
- shared + provides an identity for members of the same grouo
- learned by each new generation
- practices + beliefs arise because of the groups social + physical environment + they may
evolve over time
- Subculture
Answer large group of people who are members of the larger cultural group but who have certain ethnic, occupational or physical characteristics that are not common to their larger culture
- Subculture development
Answer have their own norms + values regarding culture, political behavior and other matter
- Subculture examples
- Religion
Answer
- Occupation
- Disability (deaf community)
- Illness (heart disease
- Age
- Gender
- Sexual orientation
- Geographic location
- US Census Data of Race
Answer majority of people identify as having one race, you are or you are not a member of a race
- Race
- / 2
Answer usually based upon physical characteristics such as skin pigmentation, body stature, facial features + hair texture