Deck 6: Cultural and Diversity Aspects of Health and Illness Care Needs

Question 1

Which of the following resources is the most important source of cultural information to understand the culture of a patient and family?

A) CIA World Factbook
B) Multicultural Resources for Health Information
C) Office of Minority Health: Cultural Appropriate Services
D) None of the above

Answer 1

None of the above

Question 2

Which of the following factors would be the least likely to represent a cultural factor?

A) Gender identity
B) Family of origin
C) Religion
D) IQ

Answer 2

IQ

Question 3

Which of the following statements would NOT be considered a characteristic of personal bias or stereotype?

A) Ideas that are oversimplified in regards to a specific group
B) Views that one group holds about another group
C) Bias can be a useful starting point to offering culturally sensitive care
D) Bias is hard to identify in one's self

Answer 3

Bias can be a useful starting point to offering culturally sensitive care

Question 4

Ideas about cultural sensitivity and cultural competence assert that the only culture that can truly be known is ____________________, and that the starting point of understanding is in ____________________.

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of cultural humility?

A) A nurse familiarizes herself with the requirements of kosher food.
B) A nurse believes that giving Jell-O to all patients after surgery has no cultural implications.
C) Patients and family members are discouraged from praying on the floor to protect their hygiene and safety.
D) All of the above.

Question 6

Which of the following is the most important reason for knowing family stories?

A) It is essential in relationship building.
B) It helps the nurse predict future care needs.
C) It is considered a best practice in customer service.
D) None of the above.

Question 7

Which of the following are assumptions of the Health Belief Model?

A) Individuals interact with the environment, transforming it and being transformed in the process.
B) Health professionals must initiate the changes in order for change to occur.
C) Individuals actively seek to regulate personal behaviors.
D) Healthcare professionals are part of the interpersonal environment that influences people across their lifespan.

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of ethnocentric thinking?

A) Freedom is an important factor for individual development.
B) Human interactions are complex.
C) There is more than one way to look at a problem.
D) No two families are the same.

Question 9

Which of the following changes in population demographics need to be taken into consideration in providing culturally sensitive nursing care for families?

A) Increase in migration patterns of different ethnicities
B) Increasing recognition of GLBT families
C) Increase in single parent families
D) All of the above

Question 10

Which of the following is the most important reason for offering culturally sensitive care?

A) To make patients feel comfortable
B) To offer safe care
C) It is required by law
D) It increases patient satisfaction

Question 11

Which of the following areas of cultural behaviors would a nurse be assessing if using the transcultural nursing assessment tool?

A) Communication, social organization, biological variation, and socioeconomic factors
B) Communication, time, biological variation, and socioeconomic factors
C) Space, time, biological variation, and socioeconomic factors
D) Communication, social organization, time, and biological variation

Question 12

Which of the following factors is likely to impact nursing care related to aging populations?

A) There is a surplus of available nursing homes.
B) More people will find themselves as the sandwich generation, caring for parents and children at the same time.
C) Most elderly people are sick, frail, and dependent on others.
D) All of the above.

Question 13

Which of the following are reasons to involve an interpreter when working with a patient who speaks a different language than the nurse?

A) It is required by law.
B) In order to make an accurate assessment.
C) In order to develop a trusting relationship.
D) An interpreter is likely to provide the intent of the discussion.

Question 14

Which area is typically not included in the Assessment of Culturally Distinct Behavior (according to Giger and Davidhizer)?

A) Communication
B) Social organization
C) Time
D) Developmental stage

Question 15

Which of the following theoretical models would best help explain why a family might bring in their own hot and cold foods for healing after a birth?

A) The Family Health Model
B) The Sunrise Model
C) The Health Promotion Model
D) The Health Beliefs Model

Question 16

According to Taylor, which of the following is not considered to be one of the three levels of culture?

A) Cultural tradition
B) Subculture with shared traits in a different society
C) Cultural universals
D) Socioeconomics