By Ball, Dains , Flynn, Solomon, Stewart
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,Table of Contents
1. Cultural Competency
2. History and Interviewing Process
3. Examination Techniques and Equipment
4. Clinical Reasoning
5. The Health Record
6. Vital Signs and Pain Assessment
7. Mental Status
8. Growth and Nutrition
9. Skin, Hair, and Nails
10. Lymphatic System
11. Head and Neck
12. Eyes
13. Ears, Nose, and Throat
14. Chest and Lungs
15. Heart
16. Blood Vessels
17. Breasts and Axillae
18. Abdomen
19. Female Genitalia
20. Male Genitalia
21. Anus, Rectum, and Prostate
22. Musculoskeletal System
23. Neurologic System
24. Putting It All Together
25. Sports Participation Evaluation
26. Emergency or Life-Threatening Situations
,Chapter 01: Cultural Competency
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which statement is true regarding the relationship of physical characteristics and culture?
a. Physical characteristics should be used to identify members of cultural groups.
b. There is a difference between distinguishing cultural characteristics and distinguishing physical
characteristics.
c. To be a member of a specific culture, an individual must have certain identifiable physical
characteristics.
d. Gender and race are the two essential physical characteristics used to identify cultural groups.
Answer: B
Physical characteristics are not used to identify cultural groups; there is a difference between the two, and they
are considered separately. Physical characteristics should not be used to identify members of cultural groups.
To be a member of a specific culture, an individual does not need to have certain identifiable physical
characteristics. You should not confuse physical characteristics with cultural characteristics. Gender and race
are physical characteristics, not cultural characteristics, and are not used to identify cultural groups.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
OBJ: Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic Adaptation
2. An image of any group that rejects its potential for originality or individuality is known as a(n)
a. acculturation.
b. norm.
c. stereotype.
d. ethnos.
, Answer: C
A fixed image of any group that rejects its potential for originality or individuality is the definition of stereotype.
Acculturation is the process of adopting another culture’s behaviors. A norm is a standard of allowable
behavior within a group. Ethnos implies the same race or nationality.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
OBJ: Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic Adaptation
3. Mr. L presents to the clinic with severe groin pain and a history of kidney stones. Mr. L’s son tells you
that for religious reasons, his father wishes to keep any stone that is passed into the urine filter that he has
been using. What is your most appropriate response?
a. ―With your father’s permission, we will examine the stone and request that it be returned to him.
b. ―The stone must be sent to the lab for examination and therefore cannot be kept.
c. ―We cannot let him keep his stone because it violates our infection control policy.
d. ―We don’t know yet if your father has another kidney stone, so we must analyze this one.
Answer: A
We should be willing to modify the delivery of health care in a manner that is respectful and in keeping with the
patient’s cultural background. ―With your father’s permission, we will examine the stone and request that it be
returned to him is the most appropriate response.
―The stone must be sent to the lab for examination and therefore cannot be kept and ―We don’t know yet if
your father has another kidney stone, so we must analyze this one do not support the patient’s request. ―We
cannot let him keep his stone because it violates our infection control policy does not provide a reason that it
would violate an infection control policy.