Cultural Competency Flashcards

In traditional Chinese culture, which color is most associated with mourning and funerals?

Answer: White

White is the traditional mourning color in Chinese culture, while red symbolizes joy and is generally avoided at funerals.

A refugee client's brother has been missing since the family fled their country, and his fate is unknown. Which concept best describes this loss?

Answer: Ambiguous loss

Pauline Boss described ambiguous loss as a loss without clarity or closure, such as a person who is physically missing.

A large Latino extended family gathers at a dying patient's bedside, exceeding the visitor limit. Which cultural value most likely underlies this?

Answer: Familismo

Familismo reflects strong loyalty to family, so flexible visitation supports the family's grief and care.

Many African American funerals are framed as a 'homegoing.' What does this term primarily convey?

Answer: A celebration of the deceased's return to God and heavenly rest

Homegoing services, rooted in Black church traditions, celebrate the deceased going home to God.

When caring for the body of a deceased Sikh person, what should staff generally do with articles of faith such as the kara and uncut hair (kesh)?

Answer: Leave them in place and avoid cutting the hair

Sikh articles of faith remain with the body, and hair should not be cut.

A Muslim family asks that only female staff handle the body of their deceased mother. What is the best response?

Answer: Accommodate the request whenever feasible

Same-gender care of the body is an important religious norm in Islam and Orthodox Judaism and should be honored when possible.

On the cultural competence continuum by Cross and colleagues (1989), a practitioner who says 'I treat everyone exactly the same regardless of culture' is showing what?

Answer: Cultural blindness

Cultural blindness assumes culture makes no difference, which ignores clients' actual needs.