NClEX-RN Practice Questions Cultural
Diversity and Health Practices Questions
and Answers Updated 2026
A nurse in an ambulatory care clinic is performing an admission assessment for an African-American
client scheduled for a cataract removal with an intraocular lens implant. Which question would be
inappropriate for the nurse to ask on an initial assessment:
1. "Do you ever experience chest pain?"
2. "Do you have any difficulty breathing?"
3. "Do you have a close family relationship?"
4. "Do you frequently have episodes of headache?" -Answer 3. "Do you have a close family
relationship?"
A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a Chinese client regarding prescribed dietary
modifications. During the teaching session, the client continuously turns away from the nurse. Which
nursing action is appropriate?
1. Continue with the instructions, verifying client understand.
2. Walk around the client so that the nurse constantly faces the client.
3. Give the client a dietary booklet and return later to continue with the instructions.
4. Tell the client the importance of the instructions for the maintenance of health care. -Answer 1.
Continue with the instructions, verifying client understand.
A nurse is preparing a plan of care for a client who is a Jehovah's Witness. The client has been told
that surgery is necessary. The nurse considers the client's religious preferences in developing the
plan of care and documents that:
1. Faith healing is practiced primarily
2. Medication administration is not allowed.
3. Surgery is prohibited in this religious group
4. The administration of blood and blood products is forbidden. -Answer 4. The administration of
blood and blood products is forbidden.
Which of the following meal trays would be appropriate for the nurse to deliver to a client of Jewish
faith who follows a kosher diet?
1. Pork roast, rice, vegetables, mixed fruit, milk
2. Crab salad with a croissant, vegetables with dip, potato salad, milk
Diversity and Health Practices Questions
and Answers Updated 2026
A nurse in an ambulatory care clinic is performing an admission assessment for an African-American
client scheduled for a cataract removal with an intraocular lens implant. Which question would be
inappropriate for the nurse to ask on an initial assessment:
1. "Do you ever experience chest pain?"
2. "Do you have any difficulty breathing?"
3. "Do you have a close family relationship?"
4. "Do you frequently have episodes of headache?" -Answer 3. "Do you have a close family
relationship?"
A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a Chinese client regarding prescribed dietary
modifications. During the teaching session, the client continuously turns away from the nurse. Which
nursing action is appropriate?
1. Continue with the instructions, verifying client understand.
2. Walk around the client so that the nurse constantly faces the client.
3. Give the client a dietary booklet and return later to continue with the instructions.
4. Tell the client the importance of the instructions for the maintenance of health care. -Answer 1.
Continue with the instructions, verifying client understand.
A nurse is preparing a plan of care for a client who is a Jehovah's Witness. The client has been told
that surgery is necessary. The nurse considers the client's religious preferences in developing the
plan of care and documents that:
1. Faith healing is practiced primarily
2. Medication administration is not allowed.
3. Surgery is prohibited in this religious group
4. The administration of blood and blood products is forbidden. -Answer 4. The administration of
blood and blood products is forbidden.
Which of the following meal trays would be appropriate for the nurse to deliver to a client of Jewish
faith who follows a kosher diet?
1. Pork roast, rice, vegetables, mixed fruit, milk
2. Crab salad with a croissant, vegetables with dip, potato salad, milk
