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Online Companion: Fundamentals of Nursing Standards and Practice 2E
Chapter Objectives
After reading Chapter 16, the student
should be ready to
• Define terms used in discussing culture in society.
• Describe some characteristics of the dominant culture and four major
sub-culture groups that live in the United States
• List the six organizing factors that exist in every culture.
• Describe specific health risks to vulnerable populations in the U.S.:
the poor, the homeless, children
• Describe two cultural variations in the use of healers and healing practices
• Discuss the elements of culturally competent nursing care.
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