NUR2092 HEALTH ASSESSMENT 100 2026
EXAM PREP STUDY GUIDE COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW
◉ Cultural and Linguistic Competence. Answer: A set of congruent
behaviors, attitudes and policies that come together in a system
among professionals that enables work in cross-cultural situations.
◉ Culture. Answer: The nonphysical attributes of a person-the
thoughts, communications, actions, beliefs, values, and institutions
of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups.
◉ Cultural Care. Answer: Professional health care that is culturally
sensitive, appropriate, and competent.
◉ Ethnicity. Answer: A social group within the social system that
claims to possess variable traits such as common geographic origin,
migratory status, and religion.
◉ Ethnocentrism. Answer: Tendency to view your own life as the
most desirable, acceptable, or best and to act superior to another
culture's way of life.
,◉ Folk Healer. Answer: Lay healer in the person's culture apart from
the biomedical or scientific health care system
◉ Health or Illness. Answer: the balance or imbalance of the person,
both within one's being (physical, mental, and/or spiritual) and in
the outside world (natural, communal, and/or metaphysical)
◉ Religion. Answer: The belief in a divine subhuman power or
powers to be obeyed and worshiped as the creator and ruler of the
universe and a system of beliefs, practices, and ethical values
◉ Socialization. Answer: The process of being raised within a
culture and acquiring the characteristics of that group
◉ Spirituality. Answer: A person's personal effort to find purpose
and meaning in life
◉ Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Answer: A federal law that
mandates that when people with limited English proficiency (LEP)
seek health care settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, clinics,
daycare centers, and mental health centers, services cannot be
denied to them
◉ Values. Answer: A desirable or undesirable state of affairs and a
universal feature of all cultures
, ◉ Which statement best describes religion?. Answer: a. an organized
system of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the
universe *CORRECT ANSWER*
b. Belief in a divine or superhuman to be obeyed and worshiped
c. Affiliation with one of the 1200 recognized religions in the United
states
d. The following of established rituals, especially in conjunction with
health seeking behaviors
◉ The major factor contributing to the need for cultural care nursing
is?. Answer: a. an increasing birth rate
b. limited access to health care services
c. demographic change *CORRECT ANSWER*
d. a decreasing rate of immigration
◉ The term culturally competent implies that the nurse:. Answer: a.
is prepared in nursing
b. possesses knowledge of the traditions of diverse peoples
c. applies underlying knowledge to providing nursing care
d. understands the cultural context of the patient's situation
*CORRECT ANSWER*
EXAM PREP STUDY GUIDE COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW
◉ Cultural and Linguistic Competence. Answer: A set of congruent
behaviors, attitudes and policies that come together in a system
among professionals that enables work in cross-cultural situations.
◉ Culture. Answer: The nonphysical attributes of a person-the
thoughts, communications, actions, beliefs, values, and institutions
of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups.
◉ Cultural Care. Answer: Professional health care that is culturally
sensitive, appropriate, and competent.
◉ Ethnicity. Answer: A social group within the social system that
claims to possess variable traits such as common geographic origin,
migratory status, and religion.
◉ Ethnocentrism. Answer: Tendency to view your own life as the
most desirable, acceptable, or best and to act superior to another
culture's way of life.
,◉ Folk Healer. Answer: Lay healer in the person's culture apart from
the biomedical or scientific health care system
◉ Health or Illness. Answer: the balance or imbalance of the person,
both within one's being (physical, mental, and/or spiritual) and in
the outside world (natural, communal, and/or metaphysical)
◉ Religion. Answer: The belief in a divine subhuman power or
powers to be obeyed and worshiped as the creator and ruler of the
universe and a system of beliefs, practices, and ethical values
◉ Socialization. Answer: The process of being raised within a
culture and acquiring the characteristics of that group
◉ Spirituality. Answer: A person's personal effort to find purpose
and meaning in life
◉ Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Answer: A federal law that
mandates that when people with limited English proficiency (LEP)
seek health care settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, clinics,
daycare centers, and mental health centers, services cannot be
denied to them
◉ Values. Answer: A desirable or undesirable state of affairs and a
universal feature of all cultures
, ◉ Which statement best describes religion?. Answer: a. an organized
system of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the
universe *CORRECT ANSWER*
b. Belief in a divine or superhuman to be obeyed and worshiped
c. Affiliation with one of the 1200 recognized religions in the United
states
d. The following of established rituals, especially in conjunction with
health seeking behaviors
◉ The major factor contributing to the need for cultural care nursing
is?. Answer: a. an increasing birth rate
b. limited access to health care services
c. demographic change *CORRECT ANSWER*
d. a decreasing rate of immigration
◉ The term culturally competent implies that the nurse:. Answer: a.
is prepared in nursing
b. possesses knowledge of the traditions of diverse peoples
c. applies underlying knowledge to providing nursing care
d. understands the cultural context of the patient's situation
*CORRECT ANSWER*
