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Transcultural Nursing Chapter 5 Study Guide | Key Concepts &
Community Health Insights for Nursing Exam Prep 2026
Chapter 5 Transcultural NURSING
1. After discussing the meaning of cultural diversity and its significance for community health
NURSING, the NURSING instructor recognizes that some points need to be clarified when a student
makes which of the following comments?
A) “Dominant values are those held by the male head of the
household in most American families.”
ANSWER:
A
2. The population that community health NURSEs serve in the United States is changing. Because
of population shifts, NURSEs must become sensitive to the cultural differences and language
differences among new community members. Which minority group currently represents the
largest group?
B) Hispanic Americans
ANSWER: B
3. While providing care to a community group, a community health NURSE provides
culturally sensitive care by avoiding which of the following?
A) Ethnocentrism
ANSWER:
A
4. As a community health NURSE, you overhear a colleague say, “I don't understand why
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the Yang's take their young teenage daughters to the Hmong New Year celebration and have them play
these match-making games. The girls meet boys every day at school and they are too young to be
looking for husbands.” Which of the following would be the most appropriate response?
B) “Every culture has its differences; I think it is valuable that the Yang's are keeping their
ANSWER: B
5. What is the most serious negative effect of a
NURSE maintaining ethnocentric views but not recognizing or acknowledging this?
C) The NURSE's ethnocentrism causes damage to interpersonal relationships and interferes with the
effectiveness of NURSING interventions.
ANSWER:
C
6. When describing culture as shared, which of the following
would be most accurate?
B) It is a product of aggregate behavior.
ANSWER: B
7. by all cultures. Which description of culture being tacit indicates that the teaching was successful?
A) Culture is mostly unexpressed.
ANSWER: A
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8. Which of the following statements is an accurate description of the characteristic shared by all
cultures, culture is integrated? A) A person's culture is an interrelated and interdependent web of ideas
and practices.
ANSWER: A
9. A community health NURSE is working with several Native American groups in Arizona.
Which of the following would the NURSE be most likely to
assess? Select all that apply.
B) Respect for advancing age and elders
C) Focus of living in the future
E) Each tribe or nation has its own distinct language, beliefs,
customs, and rituals.
ANSWER: B, C, E
10. A community health NURSE working a large metropolitan city has a large Asian
American client base. Which of the following would the NURSE be least likely to assess in this
population?
B) Reliance on Western medical practices
ANSWER: B
11. While visiting an Asian American family in their home, the community health
NURSE
inspects the skin of the 3-year-old child and notices a bruise-like lesion on the child's abdomen.
The mother states that the child has been experiencing diarrhea for 2 days. Which of the following
would the NURSE do next?
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Transcultural Nursing Chapter 5 Study Guide | Key Concepts &
Community Health Insights for Nursing Exam Prep 2026
Chapter 5 Transcultural NURSING
1. After discussing the meaning of cultural diversity and its significance for community health
NURSING, the NURSING instructor recognizes that some points need to be clarified when a student
makes which of the following comments?
A) “Dominant values are those held by the male head of the
household in most American families.”
ANSWER:
A
2. The population that community health NURSEs serve in the United States is changing. Because
of population shifts, NURSEs must become sensitive to the cultural differences and language
differences among new community members. Which minority group currently represents the
largest group?
B) Hispanic Americans
ANSWER: B
3. While providing care to a community group, a community health NURSE provides
culturally sensitive care by avoiding which of the following?
A) Ethnocentrism
ANSWER:
A
4. As a community health NURSE, you overhear a colleague say, “I don't understand why
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the Yang's take their young teenage daughters to the Hmong New Year celebration and have them play
these match-making games. The girls meet boys every day at school and they are too young to be
looking for husbands.” Which of the following would be the most appropriate response?
B) “Every culture has its differences; I think it is valuable that the Yang's are keeping their
ANSWER: B
5. What is the most serious negative effect of a
NURSE maintaining ethnocentric views but not recognizing or acknowledging this?
C) The NURSE's ethnocentrism causes damage to interpersonal relationships and interferes with the
effectiveness of NURSING interventions.
ANSWER:
C
6. When describing culture as shared, which of the following
would be most accurate?
B) It is a product of aggregate behavior.
ANSWER: B
7. by all cultures. Which description of culture being tacit indicates that the teaching was successful?
A) Culture is mostly unexpressed.
ANSWER: A
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8. Which of the following statements is an accurate description of the characteristic shared by all
cultures, culture is integrated? A) A person's culture is an interrelated and interdependent web of ideas
and practices.
ANSWER: A
9. A community health NURSE is working with several Native American groups in Arizona.
Which of the following would the NURSE be most likely to
assess? Select all that apply.
B) Respect for advancing age and elders
C) Focus of living in the future
E) Each tribe or nation has its own distinct language, beliefs,
customs, and rituals.
ANSWER: B, C, E
10. A community health NURSE working a large metropolitan city has a large Asian
American client base. Which of the following would the NURSE be least likely to assess in this
population?
B) Reliance on Western medical practices
ANSWER: B
11. While visiting an Asian American family in their home, the community health
NURSE
inspects the skin of the 3-year-old child and notices a bruise-like lesion on the child's abdomen.
The mother states that the child has been experiencing diarrhea for 2 days. Which of the following
would the NURSE do next?
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