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Considerations NCLEX Practice Quiz; Q’s & A’s
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The best explanation of what Title VI of the Civil Rights Act mandates is the
freedom to:
A. Pick any physician and insurance company despite one's income
B. Receive free medical benefits as needed within the county of residence
C. Have equal access to all health care regardless of race and religion
D. Have basic care with a sliding scale payment plan from all health care facilities
✔✔Answer:
C. Have equal access to all health care regardless of race and religion
Which statement would best explain the role of the nurse when planning care
for a culturally
diverse population? The nurse will plan care to:
A. Include care that is culturally congruent with the staff from predetermined
criteria
B. Focus only on the needs of the client, ignoring the nurse's beliefs and
practices
C. Blend the values of the nurse that are for the good of the client and minimize
the client's
individual values and beliefs during care
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D. Provide care while aware of one's own bias, focusing on the client's individual
needs rather
than the staff's practices ✔✔Answer: D. Provide care while aware of one's own
bias, focusing on
the client's individual needs rather than the staff's practices
Without understanding one's own beliefs and values, a bias or preconceived
belief by the nurse
could create an unexpected conflict or an area of neglect in the plan of care for a
client (who
might be expecting something totally different from the care). During
assessment values, beliefs,
practices should be identified by the nurse and used as a guide to identify the
choices by the
nurse to meet specific needs/outcomes of that client. Therefore identification of
values, beliefs,
and practices allows for planning meaningful and beneficial care specific for this
client.
Which factor is least significant during assessment when gathering information
about cultural
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practices?
A. Language, timing
B. Touch, eye contact
C. Biocultural needs
D. Pain perception, management expectations ✔✔Answer: C. Biocultural needs
Cultural practices do not influence biocultural needs because they are inborn
risks that are related
to a biological need and not a learned cultural belief or practice.
Transcultural nursing implies:
A. Using a comparative study of cultures to understand similarities and
differences across human
groups to provide specific individualized care that is culturally appropriate
B. Working in another culture to practice nursing within their limitations
C. Combining all cultural beliefs into a practice that is a non-threatening
approach to minimize
cultural barriers for all clients' equality of care
D. Ignoring all cultural differences to provide the best generalized care to all
clients ✔✔Answer:
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A. Using a comparative study of cultures to understand similarities and
differences across human
groups to provide specific individualized care that is culturally appropriate
Transcultural care means that by understanding and learning about specific
cultural practices the
nurse can integrate these practices into the plan of care for a specific individual
client who has
the same beliefs or practices to meet the client's needs in a holistic manner of
care.
What should the nurse do when planning nursing care for a client with a
different cultural
background? The nurse should:
A. Allow the family to provide care during the hospital stay so no rituals or
customs are broken
B. Identify how these cultural variables affect the health problem
C. Speak slowly and show pictures to make sure the client always understands
D. Explain how the client must adapt to hospital routines to be effectively cared
for while in the
Considerations NCLEX Practice Quiz; Q’s & A’s
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The best explanation of what Title VI of the Civil Rights Act mandates is the
freedom to:
A. Pick any physician and insurance company despite one's income
B. Receive free medical benefits as needed within the county of residence
C. Have equal access to all health care regardless of race and religion
D. Have basic care with a sliding scale payment plan from all health care facilities
✔✔Answer:
C. Have equal access to all health care regardless of race and religion
Which statement would best explain the role of the nurse when planning care
for a culturally
diverse population? The nurse will plan care to:
A. Include care that is culturally congruent with the staff from predetermined
criteria
B. Focus only on the needs of the client, ignoring the nurse's beliefs and
practices
C. Blend the values of the nurse that are for the good of the client and minimize
the client's
individual values and beliefs during care
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D. Provide care while aware of one's own bias, focusing on the client's individual
needs rather
than the staff's practices ✔✔Answer: D. Provide care while aware of one's own
bias, focusing on
the client's individual needs rather than the staff's practices
Without understanding one's own beliefs and values, a bias or preconceived
belief by the nurse
could create an unexpected conflict or an area of neglect in the plan of care for a
client (who
might be expecting something totally different from the care). During
assessment values, beliefs,
practices should be identified by the nurse and used as a guide to identify the
choices by the
nurse to meet specific needs/outcomes of that client. Therefore identification of
values, beliefs,
and practices allows for planning meaningful and beneficial care specific for this
client.
Which factor is least significant during assessment when gathering information
about cultural
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practices?
A. Language, timing
B. Touch, eye contact
C. Biocultural needs
D. Pain perception, management expectations ✔✔Answer: C. Biocultural needs
Cultural practices do not influence biocultural needs because they are inborn
risks that are related
to a biological need and not a learned cultural belief or practice.
Transcultural nursing implies:
A. Using a comparative study of cultures to understand similarities and
differences across human
groups to provide specific individualized care that is culturally appropriate
B. Working in another culture to practice nursing within their limitations
C. Combining all cultural beliefs into a practice that is a non-threatening
approach to minimize
cultural barriers for all clients' equality of care
D. Ignoring all cultural differences to provide the best generalized care to all
clients ✔✔Answer:
, Nursing Jurisprudence: Legal and Ethical
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A. Using a comparative study of cultures to understand similarities and
differences across human
groups to provide specific individualized care that is culturally appropriate
Transcultural care means that by understanding and learning about specific
cultural practices the
nurse can integrate these practices into the plan of care for a specific individual
client who has
the same beliefs or practices to meet the client's needs in a holistic manner of
care.
What should the nurse do when planning nursing care for a client with a
different cultural
background? The nurse should:
A. Allow the family to provide care during the hospital stay so no rituals or
customs are broken
B. Identify how these cultural variables affect the health problem
C. Speak slowly and show pictures to make sure the client always understands
D. Explain how the client must adapt to hospital routines to be effectively cared
for while in the
