NUR 211 Transcultural Nursing Written Assignment

Complete the following questions on a separate piece of paper. The answers should be typed and include a citation of the reference used for each answer.

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What is the difference between past, present and future orientation to time?

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What does time orientation have to do with health prevention behavior?

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Explain efficacious, neutral and dysfunctional health patterns.

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Explain 2 illnesses that are more prevalent in a certain racial group. Groups that gauge time by the clock have a social view of time. a. True b. False Past-oriented individuals tend to live for the present. a. True b. False People who believe that things happen by chance have an internal locus of control. a. True b. False Environment is used only to refer to where the person is or lives. a. True b. False The best assumption for the purposes of health care and providing equal care, is that no biological differences exist between races and cultures. a. True b. False

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