Deck 42: Cultural Competency in Maternity and Pediatric Care

Question 1

Which action by the nurse is appropriate when researching information related to a patient's culture?

A) Using Google to locate information
B) Posting a Facebook status that asks friends and family members to provide information
C) Asking coworkers on LinkedIn to provide information
D) Accessing articles about the culture via PubMed

Answer 1

Accessing articles about the culture via PubMed

Question 2

Which nursing action is inappropriate when providing safe and effective nursing care?

A) Stereotyping a patient on the basis of ethnicity
B) Using a medical interpreter for a patient who does not speak English
C) Asking the patient how culture impacts his or her medical decisions
D) Monitoring drug effectiveness on the basis of race and gender

Answer 2

Stereotyping a patient on the basis of ethnicity

Question 3

For which patient population noted to have problems accessing care for one-third of the core measures of health should the nurse focus health promotion activities within the community?

A) African Americans
B) Caucasian Americans
C) Alaskan Natives
D) American Indians

Answer 3

African Americans

Question 4

Which question should the nurse ask to assess economic factors that may impact a patient's health status or function?

A) "What is the air quality?"
B) "Is health care available and affordable?"
C) "Was there exposure to disease or illness?"
D) "Is care provided or partially paid for by legislative processes?"

Question 5

Which resources may be recommended to maternal-newborn patients to facilitate continuity of care after hospital discharge? (Select all that apply.)

A) Women,Infants,and Children (WIC)
B) Low-cost transportation
C) Community health fairs
D) Mass media
E) Technology

Question 6

Which question should the nurse ask to assess political factors that may impact a patient's health status or function?

A) "What is the air quality?"
B) "Is health care available and affordable?"
C) "Was there exposure to disease or illness?"
D) "Is care provided or partially paid for by legislative processes?"

Question 7

Which is a noted issue for minorities who receive care from nurses?

A) Lack of empathy
B) Poor communication
C) Stereotypical treatment
D) Inappropriate teaching strategies

Question 8

Which action accounts for a patient's cultural background when providing safe and effective nursing care in the maternal-newborn environment?

A) Assuming parents of a newborn male will want a circumcision on the basis of religious preference
B) Engaging the services of a medical interpreter for patients who speak little English
C) Deciding not to teach a pregnant patient methods to decrease risk for hypertension because of ethnicity
D) Telling a patient the scheduled appointment time is 30 minutes earlier because of listed ethnicity

Question 9

Which is the priority nursing action when providing care to a patient who would like to use a home remedy as part of the prescribed treatment?

A) Telling the patient that the remedy cannot be used until the provider approves it
B) Asking the patient's family to discourage the use of the remedy
C) Imploring the patient to share information about the remedy,such as the ingredients
D) Stating the hospital policy related to the use of home remedies

Question 10

Which term should the nurse use to describe developing cultural sensitivity?

A) Cultural awareness
B) Cultural competence
C) Diversity
D) Worldview

Question 11

The nurse is providing discharge teaching to a patient who does not speak English.Which action by the nurse is appropriate when providing reference materials to the patient?

A) Having the interpreter write the information in a notebook for the patient to take home
B) Asking the patient's family to take notes during the teaching session
C) Accessing brochures and pamphlets that are written in the patient's native language
D) Telling the patient to Google the information after discharge

Question 12

Which resources should the nurse use to locate information related to best practices when providing care to patients who are from a different culture? (Select all that apply.)

A) The Joanna Briggs Institute
B) Cochrane Collection
C) Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
D) Medscape
E) PubMed

Question 13

Which skills should the nurse possess in order to conduct an effective cultural assessment? (Select all that apply.)

A) Wound
B) Communication
C) Interview
D) Observation
E) IV

Question 14

Which nursing action enhances respectful and culturally sensitive communication?

A) Directing questions at the interpreter during the assessment process
B) Researching the cultures that the health-care organization is likely to serve
C) Telling the patient that the suggested home remedy will not be included in the plan of care
D) Asking the patient's child to act as an interpreter during the discharge teaching process

Question 15

Which question should the nurse ask to assess social factors that may impact a patient's health status or function?

A) "What is the air quality?"
B) "Is health care available and affordable?"
C) "Was there exposure to disease or illness?"
D) "Is care provided or partially paid for by legislative processes?"

Question 16

Which term should the nurse use to describe the display of culturally appropriate behaviors?

A) Cultural awareness
B) Cultural sensitivity
C) Diversity
D) Worldview

Question 17

Which action by the nurse is appropriate when conducting a cultural assessment using an approved tool?

A) Allowing a family member to translate the tool if the patient does not speak English
B) Using the tool as a guide when asking the patient questions during the health history
C) Telling the patient that the tool must be implemented or care cannot be provided
D) Refusing to use the tool before appropriate training for patient implementation is received

Question 18

Which factors should the nurse consider when conducting a cultural assessment? (Select all that apply.)

A) Social
B) Economic
C) Physical
D) Environmental
E) Psychological

Question 19

Which question should the nurse ask to assess environmental factors that may impact a patient's health status or function?

A) "What is the air quality?"
B) "Is health care available and affordable?"
C) "Was there exposure to disease or illness?"
D) "Is care provided or partially paid for by legislative processes?"

Question 20

The nurse is providing care to a family with an unfamiliar cultural background.The family does not speak English,and the nurse is awaiting the arrival of a medical translator to assist with the admission assessment.Which action by the nurse is appropriate in this situation?

A) Removing the children from the room
B) Asking the charge nurse to reassign the family
C) Researching the family's culture and common practices
D) Using nonverbal communication strategies to ask the family to be quiet