Exam 1 LVN questions n answers
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Culture varies from patient to patient. Why is it important that the nurse understand and accept
each person as an individual? - correct answer ✔✔ To provide holistic care
What is a fixed concept of how all members of an ethnic group act or think? - correct answer
✔✔ Ethnic stereotypes
All nurses should work to provide culturally appropriate nursing care. What is the integration of
cultural knowledge into all aspects of care? - correct answer ✔✔ Transcultural nursing
What is the term for when members of a particular ethnic group believe that their beliefs and
practices are the best? - correct answer ✔✔ Ethnocentrism
What is the term used to describe cultures in which women make decisions about health care
and provide the care and discipline to the children? - correct answer ✔✔ Matriarchal
into lano What basic philosophy in the United States is relevant to health care? - correct answer
✔✔ Biomedical therapy
What is a set of learned values, beliefs, customs, and practices shared by a group? - correct
answer ✔✔ Culture
A nurse is American-born and works in a large hospital with patients from many cultures. What
must this nurse develop to provide the best care? - correct answer ✔✔ Cultural competence
,The nurse from New York City is caring for a patient from Atlanta, Georgia. What difference
between the nurse and patient may cause them to experience difficulty in communicating? -
correct answer ✔✔ Subculture
The father of an American Indian has just died. What should the nurse do immediately after
death? - correct answer ✔✔ Ask about providing help with the death ceremony
What is the term for a generalization about a form of behavior, an individual, or a group? -
correct answer ✔✔ Stereotype
What is the term for a group of people who share biological physical characteristics? - correct
answer ✔✔ Race
What is the term for a group of people who share a common social and cultural heritage based
on shared traditions, national origin, and physical and biological characteristics? - correct
answer ✔✔ Ethnicity
A nurse is caring for a neonate born to observant Orthodox Jewish parents. Who can the nurse
anticipate will name the neonate? - correct answer ✔✔ Father
A nurse is caring for a male neonate born to observant Orthodox Jewish parents. Who will the
nurse anticipate will circumcise the neonate? - correct answer ✔✔ A mohel
A nurse is caring for a female neonate born to observant Orthodox Jewish parents. What book
does the nurse know will be used when naming this neonate? - correct answer ✔✔ Holy Torah
A nurse is caring for an Orthodox Jewish woman immediately after she has given birth. What
can the nurse expect regarding the spouse's participation in his wife's care? - correct answer
✔✔ He will avoid physical contact with the patient.
, A nurse is caring for an Orthodox Jewish patient. What is the most appropriate dietary
requirement for the nurse to implement? - correct answer ✔✔ Use of separate cooking utensils
for meat and milk products
The nurse is preparing an Orthodox Jewish patient's tray during Passover. What intervention is
appropriate for this patient? - correct answer ✔✔ Encourage time for prayer.
A nurse is preparing to discuss birth control options for a Roman Catholic patient. What is the
most appropriate method for the nurse to discuss with this patient? - correct answer ✔✔
Abstinence
A nurse is preparing a meal tray for a patient who is a Latter-Day Saint. What beverage should
the nurse prepare? - correct answer ✔✔ Fruit juice
A nurse is caring for a patient who is a Latter-Day Saint. The nurse is aware members of this faith
may wear sacred undergarments. What intervention is appropriate for the nurse caring for this
patient? - correct answer ✔✔ Remove the undergarments in emergency situations only.
Which statement about the biomedical health belief system is true? - correct answer ✔✔ Life
processes can be manipulated by humans by mechanical interventions.
Which health belief system is commonly referred to as "third-world" beliefs and practices? -
correct answer ✔✔ Folk health belief system
Which health belief system includes a belief of a supernatural force exerting influence to cause
health or illness? - correct answer ✔✔ Folk
Which health belief system focuses on restoring balance with physical, social, and metaphysical
worlds? - correct answer ✔✔ Holistic health belief system
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Culture varies from patient to patient. Why is it important that the nurse understand and accept
each person as an individual? - correct answer ✔✔ To provide holistic care
What is a fixed concept of how all members of an ethnic group act or think? - correct answer
✔✔ Ethnic stereotypes
All nurses should work to provide culturally appropriate nursing care. What is the integration of
cultural knowledge into all aspects of care? - correct answer ✔✔ Transcultural nursing
What is the term for when members of a particular ethnic group believe that their beliefs and
practices are the best? - correct answer ✔✔ Ethnocentrism
What is the term used to describe cultures in which women make decisions about health care
and provide the care and discipline to the children? - correct answer ✔✔ Matriarchal
into lano What basic philosophy in the United States is relevant to health care? - correct answer
✔✔ Biomedical therapy
What is a set of learned values, beliefs, customs, and practices shared by a group? - correct
answer ✔✔ Culture
A nurse is American-born and works in a large hospital with patients from many cultures. What
must this nurse develop to provide the best care? - correct answer ✔✔ Cultural competence
,The nurse from New York City is caring for a patient from Atlanta, Georgia. What difference
between the nurse and patient may cause them to experience difficulty in communicating? -
correct answer ✔✔ Subculture
The father of an American Indian has just died. What should the nurse do immediately after
death? - correct answer ✔✔ Ask about providing help with the death ceremony
What is the term for a generalization about a form of behavior, an individual, or a group? -
correct answer ✔✔ Stereotype
What is the term for a group of people who share biological physical characteristics? - correct
answer ✔✔ Race
What is the term for a group of people who share a common social and cultural heritage based
on shared traditions, national origin, and physical and biological characteristics? - correct
answer ✔✔ Ethnicity
A nurse is caring for a neonate born to observant Orthodox Jewish parents. Who can the nurse
anticipate will name the neonate? - correct answer ✔✔ Father
A nurse is caring for a male neonate born to observant Orthodox Jewish parents. Who will the
nurse anticipate will circumcise the neonate? - correct answer ✔✔ A mohel
A nurse is caring for a female neonate born to observant Orthodox Jewish parents. What book
does the nurse know will be used when naming this neonate? - correct answer ✔✔ Holy Torah
A nurse is caring for an Orthodox Jewish woman immediately after she has given birth. What
can the nurse expect regarding the spouse's participation in his wife's care? - correct answer
✔✔ He will avoid physical contact with the patient.
, A nurse is caring for an Orthodox Jewish patient. What is the most appropriate dietary
requirement for the nurse to implement? - correct answer ✔✔ Use of separate cooking utensils
for meat and milk products
The nurse is preparing an Orthodox Jewish patient's tray during Passover. What intervention is
appropriate for this patient? - correct answer ✔✔ Encourage time for prayer.
A nurse is preparing to discuss birth control options for a Roman Catholic patient. What is the
most appropriate method for the nurse to discuss with this patient? - correct answer ✔✔
Abstinence
A nurse is preparing a meal tray for a patient who is a Latter-Day Saint. What beverage should
the nurse prepare? - correct answer ✔✔ Fruit juice
A nurse is caring for a patient who is a Latter-Day Saint. The nurse is aware members of this faith
may wear sacred undergarments. What intervention is appropriate for the nurse caring for this
patient? - correct answer ✔✔ Remove the undergarments in emergency situations only.
Which statement about the biomedical health belief system is true? - correct answer ✔✔ Life
processes can be manipulated by humans by mechanical interventions.
Which health belief system is commonly referred to as "third-world" beliefs and practices? -
correct answer ✔✔ Folk health belief system
Which health belief system includes a belief of a supernatural force exerting influence to cause
health or illness? - correct answer ✔✔ Folk
Which health belief system focuses on restoring balance with physical, social, and metaphysical
worlds? - correct answer ✔✔ Holistic health belief system
