culture-specific care those assistive, supportive, or facilitative acts toward or for an individual or group with evident or anticipated needs that are congruent with the values and lifestyles of an individual, family, or group of a specific culture, as used in the cultural care diversity and universality theory.
The endocrine system is made up of glands that produce and secrete hormones, chemical substances produced in the body that regulate the activity of cells or organs. These hormones regulate the body's growth, metabolism (the physical and chemical processes of the body), and sexual development and function. The hormones are released into the bloodstream and may affect one or several organs throughout the body.
What are endocrine glands? Endocrine glands are glands of the endocrine system that secrete  their products, hormones, directly into the blood rather than  through a duct. The endocrine system containâ¦s glands that release  certain hormones for growth/body functions/body reactions.