Deck 22: Culture and Spirituality

Question 1

By 2050, European Americans will no longer be the prevalent cultural group in the United States.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Native Americans are less likely to turn to religion or spirituality as a coping or problem solving mechanism?

Answer 2

False

Question 3

European Americans are more accepting of the paternalistic nature of the healthcare system, are generally more trusting of authority, and tend to follow the advice of healthcare providers than other cultural groups within the United States.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What ethnic group tends to believe that they have less control over their health and well-being than God, and illness and disease are part of "God's plan"?

A) European American
B) African American
C) Native American
D) Asian American

Question 5

Wallace and colleagues found that what unethical clinical trial continues to influence the relationship of the African American patient and the biomedical community?

A) The Nuremberg Medical Trials
B) The Stanford Prison Experiment
C) The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
D) The San Quentin Prison Experiments

Question 6

In what ethnic group are illnesses categorized as either hot or cold and treated with the reciprocal type of substance, found in either medicine or food?

A) European American
B) African American
C) Native American
D) Hispanic American

Question 7

The majority of Asian Americans in the United States have their ancestry from what country?

A) China
B) Japan
C) Korea
D) Vietnam

Question 8

What Chinese religion follows a naturalistic perspective, defining health and illness as a balance between the individual and the world around the individual?

A) Atheism
B) Taoism
C) Buddhism
D) Confucianism

Question 9

The health beliefs of what ethnic group are blended with religion and carry a facet of magic as well as holistic and naturalistic approaches?

A) European American
B) Asian American
C) Native American
D) Hispanic American

Question 10

What ethnic group is more likely to turn to the government as the responsible caretaker for the infirmed and the elderly?

A) European American
B) Asian American
C) Native American
D) Hispanic American

Question 11

The prevalence of obesity is higher among European American women than among African American and Hispanic women.

Question 12

Obesity among European Americans is associated with higher income and less education, or truly a disease of excess living.

Question 13

Hispanic Americans who have experienced acculturation to the United States generally accept the scientific theory of health and illness, although many subscribe to a more naturalistic approach.

Question 14

In all ethnic groups, which of the following is associated with obesity?

A) Poverty
B) Less education
C) High-fat diet
D) Watching television

Question 15

African Americans' religions vary as much as European Americans, but most African Americans practice what religion?

A) Catholic
B) Protestant
C) Islam
D) Buddhism

Question 16

The usual response to a decision with which the patient or the family disagrees is silence and noncompliance among what ethnic group?

A) European Americans
B) African Americans
C) Hispanic Americans
D) Native Americans

Question 17

Which of the following is considered to be the golden rule of Chinese decision making and is embodied in Confucius's axiom, "Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself"?

A) Yin
B) Yang
C) Ren
D) Minzu

Question 18

In what dimension of spirituality is the view broadened to focus on the relationship between the individual and a greater entity or power?

A) First dimension
B) Second dimension
C) Third dimension
D) Fourth dimension

Question 19

What dimension of spirituality focuses on the individual and how that individual feels about and relates to himself/herself as a human being?

A) First dimension
B) Second dimension
C) Third dimension
D) Fourth dimension

Question 20

Efforts to strengthen what dimension of spirituality for the older client start with the nurse's demonstrated respect for the client and the client's values, beliefs, and privacy?

A) First dimension
B) Second dimension
C) Third dimension
D) Fourth dimension