NST 104 MIDTERM 1 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Healing Practices - Answer-Biomedical:
- Curing: diagnose and remove physical abnormalities short term
- Healing: response to personal, familial, social issues (long term)
Seek Care:
- Emergency
- Non-emergency
Healing Therapies - Answer-Administration of Therapeutic Substances
-pharmaceuticals, diet prescriptions, health foods, botanicals
Application of Physical Forces or Devices
-chiropractic, massage, coining, cupping, acupuncture
Magico-religion Interventions
-spiritual healing/praying, healing practices, sacred healer
Medical Pluralism - Answer-Consecutive or concurrent use of multiple healthcare
systems
Transcultural Nursing Theory - Answer-1. Cultural care preservation and or
maintenance (traditional health belief or practice is known to be beneficial and is
encouraged)
2. Cultural care accommodation and or negotiation - accomplished between provider
and patient
3. Cultural care repatterning or restructuring - both provider and patient agree that a
habit is harmful to health
Iceberg - Answer-90% of communication is nonverbal and below the surface
religion, education, socioeconomic status, group membership, degree of assimilation
and acculturation
Action Chains
Stereotypes
Content & Context - Answer-Action Chains: Expect a certain action in a situation and
if it's not what you expect it changes the relationship
Stereotypes: Negative view associated with someone with similar grouping
Content & Context: Words can mean different things depending on the relationship
and context
Low Context Verbal Communication - Answer-Message is supreme
Directly presented
Individual and self esteem
Low uncertainty avoidance
Low power distance
, Monochronistic
High Context Verbal Communication - Answer-Message secondary, relationship first
Vaguely presented
Group valued and esteem comes from position
High uncertainty avoidance
High power distance
Polychronistic (family above all else)
Low Context Non-Verbal Communication - Answer-Avoid touching
Gestures/facial expression less important
Posture is a universal communicator
Direct steady eye contact
High personal space
High Context Non-Verbal Communication - Answer-Expect touching
Gestures/facial expression VERY important
Eye contact rules vary for age, class, position
Low personal space
Successful Intercultural Communication - Answer-Unconscious incompetence -
Unaware of incompetence
Conscious incompetence - aware of incompetence
Conscious competence - make effort to correct
Unconscious competence - no longer have to think about it
CRASH System - Answer-Culture
Respect
Assess and affirm differences
Sensitive
Humility
Successful Intercultural Communication Skills - Answer-Name traditions
Appropriate language
Use a translation - Back translation to make sure the translator interpreted correctly
Intercultural Nutrition Education Program Preparation - Answer-Feedback and
Assessment system
target audience
goals & objectives
Triangulation - use alternative ways to educate
develop the message - maslow's hierarchy of needs/ low or high context
Kashrut - Answer-Jewish dietary laws
Kosher/kasher = fit
Can eat animals with cloven hooves and chew their cud
Shehitah is the method of killing animals (drain the blood, examine for blemishes,
can't eat forbidden parts like blood, colon, intestines)
Pareve - law of meat and milk (can't be eaten together)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Healing Practices - Answer-Biomedical:
- Curing: diagnose and remove physical abnormalities short term
- Healing: response to personal, familial, social issues (long term)
Seek Care:
- Emergency
- Non-emergency
Healing Therapies - Answer-Administration of Therapeutic Substances
-pharmaceuticals, diet prescriptions, health foods, botanicals
Application of Physical Forces or Devices
-chiropractic, massage, coining, cupping, acupuncture
Magico-religion Interventions
-spiritual healing/praying, healing practices, sacred healer
Medical Pluralism - Answer-Consecutive or concurrent use of multiple healthcare
systems
Transcultural Nursing Theory - Answer-1. Cultural care preservation and or
maintenance (traditional health belief or practice is known to be beneficial and is
encouraged)
2. Cultural care accommodation and or negotiation - accomplished between provider
and patient
3. Cultural care repatterning or restructuring - both provider and patient agree that a
habit is harmful to health
Iceberg - Answer-90% of communication is nonverbal and below the surface
religion, education, socioeconomic status, group membership, degree of assimilation
and acculturation
Action Chains
Stereotypes
Content & Context - Answer-Action Chains: Expect a certain action in a situation and
if it's not what you expect it changes the relationship
Stereotypes: Negative view associated with someone with similar grouping
Content & Context: Words can mean different things depending on the relationship
and context
Low Context Verbal Communication - Answer-Message is supreme
Directly presented
Individual and self esteem
Low uncertainty avoidance
Low power distance
, Monochronistic
High Context Verbal Communication - Answer-Message secondary, relationship first
Vaguely presented
Group valued and esteem comes from position
High uncertainty avoidance
High power distance
Polychronistic (family above all else)
Low Context Non-Verbal Communication - Answer-Avoid touching
Gestures/facial expression less important
Posture is a universal communicator
Direct steady eye contact
High personal space
High Context Non-Verbal Communication - Answer-Expect touching
Gestures/facial expression VERY important
Eye contact rules vary for age, class, position
Low personal space
Successful Intercultural Communication - Answer-Unconscious incompetence -
Unaware of incompetence
Conscious incompetence - aware of incompetence
Conscious competence - make effort to correct
Unconscious competence - no longer have to think about it
CRASH System - Answer-Culture
Respect
Assess and affirm differences
Sensitive
Humility
Successful Intercultural Communication Skills - Answer-Name traditions
Appropriate language
Use a translation - Back translation to make sure the translator interpreted correctly
Intercultural Nutrition Education Program Preparation - Answer-Feedback and
Assessment system
target audience
goals & objectives
Triangulation - use alternative ways to educate
develop the message - maslow's hierarchy of needs/ low or high context
Kashrut - Answer-Jewish dietary laws
Kosher/kasher = fit
Can eat animals with cloven hooves and chew their cud
Shehitah is the method of killing animals (drain the blood, examine for blemishes,
can't eat forbidden parts like blood, colon, intestines)
Pareve - law of meat and milk (can't be eaten together)
