Giger: Transcultural Nursing, 5th Edition
Giger & Davidhizar's Culturally Competent Test Bank: NCLEX-RN Review
Chapter 1: Introduction to Transcultural Nursing
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The use of transcultural nursing knowledge is founded on the goal of:
A. Increasing client compliance to the Western medical model.
B. Delivering culturally sensitive care that is free of inherent biases.
C. Eliminating cultural differences.
D. Establishing system-centered health policy.
ANS: B DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Safe, Effective Care Environment
2. The major purpose of culturally congruent nursing care is to enable the nurse to:
A. Be aware of his or her own cultural beliefs and values.
B. Change his or her beliefs to meet the patient’s needs.
C. Provide care in a culturally sensitive manner.
D. Refrain from making judgments when patients are wrong.
ANS: C DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
,MSC: NCLEX Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. Transcultural nursing is viewed as a culturally competent practice field that is:
A. Nurse centered and research focused.
B. Client centered and research focused.
C. Spiritually centered and research focused.
D. Concerned with differences between but not within cultural groups.
ANS: B DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Safe, Effective Care Environment
4. The principle that is most important to the provision of culturally competent care is the nurse’s:
A. Awareness of personal stereotypes based on culture.
B. Knowledge of specific behavior that is typical of persons in a given culture.
C. Sensitivity to what the physician says about persons in the cultural group of the patient.
D. Awareness of actions that can be expected of persons in a given culture.
,ANS: A DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Psychosocial Integrity
5. Which of these cultural phenomena are among those considered essential and are evidenced among
all cultural groups? Mark all that apply.
A. Communication
B. Space
C. Social organization
D. Time
E. Environmental control
F. Biological variations
ANS: F DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Psychosocial Integrity
6. The nurse responding to patients from diverse cultures with interpersonal awareness, knowledge,
skill, and sensitivity is known as having:
A. Enculturation.
B. Culture care preservation.
C. Cultural competence.
D. Culture care accommodation.
ANS: C DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
KEY: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
, 7. The nurse is preparing a healthy diet plan for Mrs. O. In doing so, she takes the time to include the
Polish foods that Mrs. O. favors. This is an example of the nurse’s demonstrating:
A. Cultural competence.
B. Bicultural values.
C. Ethnocentrism.
D. Assimilation.
ANS: A DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
KEY: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: NCLEX Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
Giger & Davidhizar's Culturally Competent Test Bank: NCLEX-RN Review
Chapter 1: Introduction to Transcultural Nursing
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The use of transcultural nursing knowledge is founded on the goal of:
A. Increasing client compliance to the Western medical model.
B. Delivering culturally sensitive care that is free of inherent biases.
C. Eliminating cultural differences.
D. Establishing system-centered health policy.
ANS: B DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Safe, Effective Care Environment
2. The major purpose of culturally congruent nursing care is to enable the nurse to:
A. Be aware of his or her own cultural beliefs and values.
B. Change his or her beliefs to meet the patient’s needs.
C. Provide care in a culturally sensitive manner.
D. Refrain from making judgments when patients are wrong.
ANS: C DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
,MSC: NCLEX Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. Transcultural nursing is viewed as a culturally competent practice field that is:
A. Nurse centered and research focused.
B. Client centered and research focused.
C. Spiritually centered and research focused.
D. Concerned with differences between but not within cultural groups.
ANS: B DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Safe, Effective Care Environment
4. The principle that is most important to the provision of culturally competent care is the nurse’s:
A. Awareness of personal stereotypes based on culture.
B. Knowledge of specific behavior that is typical of persons in a given culture.
C. Sensitivity to what the physician says about persons in the cultural group of the patient.
D. Awareness of actions that can be expected of persons in a given culture.
,ANS: A DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Psychosocial Integrity
5. Which of these cultural phenomena are among those considered essential and are evidenced among
all cultural groups? Mark all that apply.
A. Communication
B. Space
C. Social organization
D. Time
E. Environmental control
F. Biological variations
ANS: F DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Psychosocial Integrity
6. The nurse responding to patients from diverse cultures with interpersonal awareness, knowledge,
skill, and sensitivity is known as having:
A. Enculturation.
B. Culture care preservation.
C. Cultural competence.
D. Culture care accommodation.
ANS: C DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
KEY: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
, 7. The nurse is preparing a healthy diet plan for Mrs. O. In doing so, she takes the time to include the
Polish foods that Mrs. O. favors. This is an example of the nurse’s demonstrating:
A. Cultural competence.
B. Bicultural values.
C. Ethnocentrism.
D. Assimilation.
ANS: A DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
KEY: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: NCLEX Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
