{"id":259,"date":"2015-04-27T14:33:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T14:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/?page_id=259"},"modified":"2023-08-12T20:17:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T20:17:56","slug":"1-29-variables-relating-to-the-transcultural-aspects-of-nursing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/?page_id=259","title":{"rendered":"1.29 Variables Relating to the Transcultural Aspects of Nursing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the factors are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cultural background of the nurse; differences and similarities between the patient and the nurse.<\/li>\n<li>Definition of health and illness accepted by a specific culture; concepts relating to the causes of illness and injury.<\/li>\n<li>Folk medicine practices.<\/li>\n<li>Attitudes toward health care, relationships, and interactions (e.g., personal space, eye contact).<\/li>\n<li>Economic level of the patient and family (socioeconomic status).<\/li>\n<li>Environmental factors and related disorders (e.g., ghetto living, lead poisoning).<\/li>\n<li>Specific names and terms related to the illness or disorder (e.g.,&#8221;bad blood,&#8221; &#8220;mal ojo&#8221;); use of slang.<\/li>\n<li>Language differences between the health care staff and the patient and family.<\/li>\n<li>Modesty and concept of the human body.<\/li>\n<li>Reactions to pain, aging, and death.<\/li>\n<li>Attitudes about childbirth, abortion, sexual expression, children born to unmarried parents, and homosexuality.<\/li>\n<li>Attitudes about mental illness and retardation.<\/li>\n<li>Diets in relation to religious and cultural practices; dietary taboos.<\/li>\n<li>Attitudes about physical appearance and obesity; adaptation to special therapeutic diets.<\/li>\n<li>Importance of religion and religious practices.<\/li>\n<li>Religious practices in illness and death; specific prohibitions.<\/li>\n<li>Group identity; importance and type of family structure; cohesiveness within the group; traditional roles of men and women.<\/li>\n<li>Blacks and Raza\/Latino cultures have long used roots, potions, and herbs for treating illnesses.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Visibility&#8221; of ethnic background (that is, Black, Oriental).<\/li>\n<li>Disorders specific to a cultural group (that is, Tay-Sachs, sickle cell anemia).<\/li>\n<li>Attitudes about school; educational level and aspirations of most members of the group.<\/li>\n<li>Predominant occupations within the group; role models.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Americanization&#8221; of younger members.<\/li>\n<li>Numbers of people belonging to that group in the same geographic area as the health care facility.<\/li>\n<li>Prejudices within a cultural group relating to other members of the same group.<\/li>\n<li>Stereotypes about other cultural\/ethnic groups.<\/li>\n<li>Mixed families (mixed races, religions, or cultural backgrounds).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the factors are: Cultural background of the nurse; differences and similarities between the patient and the nurse. Definition of health and illness accepted by a specific culture; concepts relating to the causes of illness and injury. Folk medicine practices. Attitudes toward health care, relationships, and interactions (e.g., personal space, eye contact). Economic level &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/?page_id=259\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1.29 Variables Relating to the Transcultural Aspects of Nursing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":209,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-259","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":826,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259\/revisions\/826"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}