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AEWBW · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The nurse is present when a mother begins cupping her child. She states that it will help to heal the child's respiratory tract infection. The nurse understands that the cultural belief that cupping will aid in the healing process is a:

A) Shared instinct
B) Learned behavior
C) Private idiosyncrasy
D) Genetically programmed idea

Question 2

A group of teens develop their own method of texting in a language that they feel is all their own. The change is subtle, but the meanings and the feelings associated with the text are known only to a select few. This behavior is an example of:

A) Culture
B) Cultural competence
C) Cultural safety
D) Ethnocentrism

daiying98 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
Feedback:
Usually culture is first learned from parents and siblings and then from peers, teachers, neighbors, books, television, and other media. Thus, it is not innate instinct, a private idiosyncrasy, or a genetically programmed idea.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Feedback:
Culture is the knowledge, values, practices, customs, and beliefs of a group and includes a unique meaning and information system, shared by a group. Cultural competence is openness to others' ideas and ways of life; respect, curiosity, patience, and self-awareness of one's own culture and culturally mediated ideas. Cultural safety is the practice of providing culturally appropriate health services to disadvantaged groups while stressing dignity and avoiding institutional racism, assimilation (forcing people to adopt a dominant culture), and repressive practices. Ethnocentrism is the assumption that others believe and behave as the dominant culture does, or the belief that the dominant culture is superior to others.