2 Sociocultural Aspects of Maternal and Child Health Nursing

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Chapter 2Chapter 2

Sociocultural Aspects of Maternal and Child Health

Nursing


CultureCulture

• View of the world, set of traditions that specific social group uses, transmits to next generation


Cultural ValuesCultural Values

• Preferred ways of acting based upon traditions


EthnicityEthnicity

• Cultural group into which person was born


TaboosTaboos

• Actions that are not acceptable to culture

– Murder

– Incest

– Cannibalism


Transcultural NursingTranscultural Nursing

• Nursing care guided by cultural aspects, respects individual differences


Transcultural Nursing (cont’d)Transcultural Nursing (cont’d)

See Figure 2.1.


Nursing Process: Respecting Sociocultural AspectsNursing Process: Respecting Sociocultural Aspects

• Assessment

• Nursing diagnosis

• Outcome identification, planning

• Implementation

• Outcome evaluation


Assessing for Cultural ValuesAssessing for Cultural Values


StereotypingStereotyping

• Expecting person to act characteristic way without regard to his or her individual characteristics


Sociocultural Differences: Implications for NursingSociocultural Differences: Implications for Nursing

• Cultural Concepts

– Acculturation

– Ethnocentrism

– Cultural competence


Sociocultural Differences: Implications for Nursing (cont’d)Sociocultural Differences: Implications for Nursing (cont’d)



• Assessment techniques

• Use of conversational space

• Time orientation

• Work orientation

• Family orientation



• Male, female roles

• Religion

• Health beliefs

• Nutrition practices



• Pain responses

– Pain threshold

– Pain tolerance


QuestionQuestion

• Tell whether the following statement is true or false:

• Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s own culture is superior to all other cultures.


AnswerAnswer

• True

• Rationale: Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s own culture is superior to all other cultures.


QuestionQuestion

• The nurse hears a teenager in the hospital talking with some of his friends. Which of the following is an example of stereotyping?

A.“The nurses follow the provider’s orders.”

B.“Don’t let the blonde nurse in my room; she is blonde.”

C.“My mom’s food is way better than this place.”

D.“The doctors in this hospital look my age.”


AnswerAnswer

• B. “Don’t let the blonde nurse in my room, she is blonde.”

• Rationale: This is an example of making a judgment based on someone’s appearance and an example of a stereotype.

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