NURS 525 EXAM 1 - NCLEX QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
A healthcare provider is demonstrating cultural humility when performing which action?
A) self-critique
B) self-explanation
C) self-motivation
D) self-depreciation - Answer -A) self-critique
Select the best way a nurse demonstrates cultural competence in communication during
a health examination.
A) Allowing the patient time to understand and be understood
B) Allowing the patient to see the computer screen while data is entered
C) Having health pamphlets available which are written in different languages
D) Asking the patient to complete a questionnaire regarding specific ethnicity first -
Answer -a) Allowing the patient time to understand and be understood
Select the best manner to address the use of home remedies by a patient.
A) Tell me about your home remedies.
B) Explain that home remedies have not been scientifically tested
C) Tell me how you have been treating this and how it has been working.
D) Explain that some home remedies are harmful and others just do not work. - Answer
-C) Tell me how you have been treating this and how it has been working.
Which is the best method to determine what culture a patient identifies with?
a) Ask the patient the country of birth.
b) Refer to the race listed in the medical record.
c) Ask the patient if there is an ethnic group he or she identifies with.
d) Note the patient's skin color, facial features, and any accent with speech. - Answer -
c) Ask the patient if there is an ethnic group he or she identifies with.
A black male patient tells the female nurse that he is not comfortable with having a
female nurse care for him. Which response made by the nurse is most appropriate?
a) "I am sorry you feel that way because I'm a good nurse."
b) "I understand your perspective and will find a male nurse to care for you."
c) "I am sorry, but all of our male nurses are busy caring for other patients."
d) "I need to report this to my nurse supervisor to see how she feels about your
request." - Answer -b) "I understand your perspective and will find a male nurse to care
for you."
Which factor disproportionately affects ethnic women?
, a) Residence location
b) Education inadequacy
c) Gender confliction
d) Sexual orientation - Answer -b) Education inadequacy
Which is the best way a healthcare provider can become culturally competent?
a) Study and speak to the patient in his or her native tongue.
b) Be respectful and open to understanding the ways of all patients.
c) Attend intercultural events to increase knowledge of different groups.
d) Study the culture of the patients that make up the majority of the practice. - Answer -
b) Be respectful and open to understanding the ways of all patients.
An ethnic minority patient comes to the health clinic. The patient does not speak or
understand the language of the healthcare provider. What should the healthcare
provider do?
a) Ask a family member to stay in the room during the examination and translate.
b) Use gestures and speak slowly and clearly while explaining the examination.
c) Obtain the services of a trained translator to be present during the examination.
d) Obtain printed literature that includes the language and use that to communicate. -
Answer -c) Obtain the services of a trained translator to be present during the
examination.
A patient belonging to a specific ethnic group tells the nurse that she has been eating
cold foods since developing a respiratory infection last month. What does the patient
mean?
a) The patient is following a bland diet.
b) Meals are cooked and then eaten after refrigeration.
c) The diet is composed of mainly raw, uncooked foods.
d) An infection is a hot disease, so treatment includes foods that are cold. - Answer -d)
An infection is a hot disease, so treatment includes foods that are cold.
When does the nurse use inspection during a health assessment?
a) After introducing him- or herself to the patient
b) Before auscultation but after percussion
c) After the patient dons an examination gown and climbs on the table
d) When the examiner sees the patient and continuously throughout the examination -
Answer -d) When the examiner sees the patient and continuously throughout the
examination
What is the purpose of using a monofilament during a physical examination?
A healthcare provider is demonstrating cultural humility when performing which action?
A) self-critique
B) self-explanation
C) self-motivation
D) self-depreciation - Answer -A) self-critique
Select the best way a nurse demonstrates cultural competence in communication during
a health examination.
A) Allowing the patient time to understand and be understood
B) Allowing the patient to see the computer screen while data is entered
C) Having health pamphlets available which are written in different languages
D) Asking the patient to complete a questionnaire regarding specific ethnicity first -
Answer -a) Allowing the patient time to understand and be understood
Select the best manner to address the use of home remedies by a patient.
A) Tell me about your home remedies.
B) Explain that home remedies have not been scientifically tested
C) Tell me how you have been treating this and how it has been working.
D) Explain that some home remedies are harmful and others just do not work. - Answer
-C) Tell me how you have been treating this and how it has been working.
Which is the best method to determine what culture a patient identifies with?
a) Ask the patient the country of birth.
b) Refer to the race listed in the medical record.
c) Ask the patient if there is an ethnic group he or she identifies with.
d) Note the patient's skin color, facial features, and any accent with speech. - Answer -
c) Ask the patient if there is an ethnic group he or she identifies with.
A black male patient tells the female nurse that he is not comfortable with having a
female nurse care for him. Which response made by the nurse is most appropriate?
a) "I am sorry you feel that way because I'm a good nurse."
b) "I understand your perspective and will find a male nurse to care for you."
c) "I am sorry, but all of our male nurses are busy caring for other patients."
d) "I need to report this to my nurse supervisor to see how she feels about your
request." - Answer -b) "I understand your perspective and will find a male nurse to care
for you."
Which factor disproportionately affects ethnic women?
, a) Residence location
b) Education inadequacy
c) Gender confliction
d) Sexual orientation - Answer -b) Education inadequacy
Which is the best way a healthcare provider can become culturally competent?
a) Study and speak to the patient in his or her native tongue.
b) Be respectful and open to understanding the ways of all patients.
c) Attend intercultural events to increase knowledge of different groups.
d) Study the culture of the patients that make up the majority of the practice. - Answer -
b) Be respectful and open to understanding the ways of all patients.
An ethnic minority patient comes to the health clinic. The patient does not speak or
understand the language of the healthcare provider. What should the healthcare
provider do?
a) Ask a family member to stay in the room during the examination and translate.
b) Use gestures and speak slowly and clearly while explaining the examination.
c) Obtain the services of a trained translator to be present during the examination.
d) Obtain printed literature that includes the language and use that to communicate. -
Answer -c) Obtain the services of a trained translator to be present during the
examination.
A patient belonging to a specific ethnic group tells the nurse that she has been eating
cold foods since developing a respiratory infection last month. What does the patient
mean?
a) The patient is following a bland diet.
b) Meals are cooked and then eaten after refrigeration.
c) The diet is composed of mainly raw, uncooked foods.
d) An infection is a hot disease, so treatment includes foods that are cold. - Answer -d)
An infection is a hot disease, so treatment includes foods that are cold.
When does the nurse use inspection during a health assessment?
a) After introducing him- or herself to the patient
b) Before auscultation but after percussion
c) After the patient dons an examination gown and climbs on the table
d) When the examiner sees the patient and continuously throughout the examination -
Answer -d) When the examiner sees the patient and continuously throughout the
examination
What is the purpose of using a monofilament during a physical examination?
