Exam 1 – PCC, 2026 – Law & Ethics Study and Practice
Material
When the nurse has a prejudice against a particular culture, which type of behavior is likely to
result?
a. discrimination
b. culturally congruent care
c. effective intercultural communication
d. sufficient knowledge of diverse groups - correct answer ✔✔ a
An older Chinese woman is admitted to the hospital after a hip fracture. Once the fracture has
healed, the nurse encourages the patient to walk about the room. The patient refuses to walk
without her son. What should the nurse do in this scenario?
a. Leave the patient alone but understand that the patient has no self-confidence
b. Respect the patient's wish and ask her to walk when her son is present
c. Explain to the patient calmly that she cannot be dependent on her son
d. Tell the patient that she needs to walk now, and that it is inappropriate to be dependent on
her son - correct answer ✔✔ b
How many interrelated components are present in Campinha-Bacote's model of cultural
competency? - correct answer ✔✔ 5
What concept of intersectionality addresses the fact that some groups have limited access to
certain facets of society such as the labor market?
a. overinclusion
b. social location
c. marginalization
,d. social inequality - correct answer ✔✔ c
The nurse is using an interpreter to communicate with a patient who doesn't speak English.
Which action by the nurse may hamper the communication between the nurse and patient?
a. introducing the interpreter to pt
b. determining the interpreter's qualifications
c. looking at the patient instead of the interpreter
d. asking the patient's family members to serve as interpreters - correct answer ✔✔ d
Which concept of intersectionality involves unequal access to resources and services?
a. overinclusion
b. marginalization
c. social inequality
d. matrix of domination - correct answer ✔✔ c
Which statement is true regarding the goal of core measures?
a. they help recognize prejudices and assumptions about other people
b. they help reduce mortality, complications, and inpatient readmissions
c. they help provide care that fits with the patient's own values, beliefs, and traditions
d. they help assess social, cultural and biophysical factors that influence patient treatment/care
- correct answer ✔✔ b
The nurse is caring for a Korean woman who has just delivered her first baby. Which soup would
the nurse anticipate the family to provide as the first meal to the woman?
a. tomato soup
b. sweet corn soup
c. seaweed soup
,d. hot garlic soup - correct answer ✔✔ c
The registered nurse is evaluating the statements of a student nurse after teaching about
cultural assessment models. Which statement by the student nurse needs correction?
a. "cultural assessment models are used to stereotype a particular group of patients"
b. "cultural assessment models help focus on the info relevant to a patient's problem"
c. "cultural assessment models can be used to understand a patient's religious beliefs"
d. "cultural assessment models help one understand the complex factors that influence a
patient's cultural world view" - correct answer ✔✔ a
Which student nurse statement regarding cultural competence indicates a need for further
teaching?
a. "culturally competent organizations adopt to diversity"
b. "culturally competent organizations conduct cultural self-assessment"
c. "culturally competent organizations institutionalize cultural knowledge"
d. "culturally competent organizations manage the dynamics of homogeny" - correct answer
✔✔ d
Which question does the nurse ask a pt to assess their beliefs and practices?
a. What caused your problem?
b. What is your main source of income?
c. What do you do to keep yourself well?
d. How should we address you or what should we call you? - correct answer ✔✔ c
What does the nurse teach the student nurse about quality health care to prevent health
disparities?
a. quality health care should be variable
b. quality health care should be effective
, c. quality health care should be slow and thorough
d. quality health care should be health care organization-centered - correct answer ✔✔ b
While assessing a patient of a different culture, the nurse wants to know the patient's
perception of the etiology of the disease. Which is the most appropriate question asked by the
nurse using a patient's explanatory model?
a. What do you call your problem?
b. Why do you think it started when it did?
c. What do you think your sickness does to you?
d. What are the chief problems your sickness has caused you? - correct answer ✔✔ a
A pt is diagnosed with a diabetic ulcer with gangrene to his foot. The healthcare provider
advises surgery, but the pt refuses b/c removal of a body part is not permitted according to
his/her religion. Which concept justifies this scenario?
a. marginalization
b. icebery analogy
c. intersectionality
d. health disparity - correct answer ✔✔ b
Which is least appropriate when communicating with a non-English speaking pt who has
complete hearing loss?
a. ensuring that interpreters are competent in medical terminology
b. providing the pt with auxiliary aids, services, and written materials
c. notifying the pt about the right to receive language assistance services
d. informing the pt that language assistance services are provided at a low cost - correct answer
✔✔ d
Material
When the nurse has a prejudice against a particular culture, which type of behavior is likely to
result?
a. discrimination
b. culturally congruent care
c. effective intercultural communication
d. sufficient knowledge of diverse groups - correct answer ✔✔ a
An older Chinese woman is admitted to the hospital after a hip fracture. Once the fracture has
healed, the nurse encourages the patient to walk about the room. The patient refuses to walk
without her son. What should the nurse do in this scenario?
a. Leave the patient alone but understand that the patient has no self-confidence
b. Respect the patient's wish and ask her to walk when her son is present
c. Explain to the patient calmly that she cannot be dependent on her son
d. Tell the patient that she needs to walk now, and that it is inappropriate to be dependent on
her son - correct answer ✔✔ b
How many interrelated components are present in Campinha-Bacote's model of cultural
competency? - correct answer ✔✔ 5
What concept of intersectionality addresses the fact that some groups have limited access to
certain facets of society such as the labor market?
a. overinclusion
b. social location
c. marginalization
,d. social inequality - correct answer ✔✔ c
The nurse is using an interpreter to communicate with a patient who doesn't speak English.
Which action by the nurse may hamper the communication between the nurse and patient?
a. introducing the interpreter to pt
b. determining the interpreter's qualifications
c. looking at the patient instead of the interpreter
d. asking the patient's family members to serve as interpreters - correct answer ✔✔ d
Which concept of intersectionality involves unequal access to resources and services?
a. overinclusion
b. marginalization
c. social inequality
d. matrix of domination - correct answer ✔✔ c
Which statement is true regarding the goal of core measures?
a. they help recognize prejudices and assumptions about other people
b. they help reduce mortality, complications, and inpatient readmissions
c. they help provide care that fits with the patient's own values, beliefs, and traditions
d. they help assess social, cultural and biophysical factors that influence patient treatment/care
- correct answer ✔✔ b
The nurse is caring for a Korean woman who has just delivered her first baby. Which soup would
the nurse anticipate the family to provide as the first meal to the woman?
a. tomato soup
b. sweet corn soup
c. seaweed soup
,d. hot garlic soup - correct answer ✔✔ c
The registered nurse is evaluating the statements of a student nurse after teaching about
cultural assessment models. Which statement by the student nurse needs correction?
a. "cultural assessment models are used to stereotype a particular group of patients"
b. "cultural assessment models help focus on the info relevant to a patient's problem"
c. "cultural assessment models can be used to understand a patient's religious beliefs"
d. "cultural assessment models help one understand the complex factors that influence a
patient's cultural world view" - correct answer ✔✔ a
Which student nurse statement regarding cultural competence indicates a need for further
teaching?
a. "culturally competent organizations adopt to diversity"
b. "culturally competent organizations conduct cultural self-assessment"
c. "culturally competent organizations institutionalize cultural knowledge"
d. "culturally competent organizations manage the dynamics of homogeny" - correct answer
✔✔ d
Which question does the nurse ask a pt to assess their beliefs and practices?
a. What caused your problem?
b. What is your main source of income?
c. What do you do to keep yourself well?
d. How should we address you or what should we call you? - correct answer ✔✔ c
What does the nurse teach the student nurse about quality health care to prevent health
disparities?
a. quality health care should be variable
b. quality health care should be effective
, c. quality health care should be slow and thorough
d. quality health care should be health care organization-centered - correct answer ✔✔ b
While assessing a patient of a different culture, the nurse wants to know the patient's
perception of the etiology of the disease. Which is the most appropriate question asked by the
nurse using a patient's explanatory model?
a. What do you call your problem?
b. Why do you think it started when it did?
c. What do you think your sickness does to you?
d. What are the chief problems your sickness has caused you? - correct answer ✔✔ a
A pt is diagnosed with a diabetic ulcer with gangrene to his foot. The healthcare provider
advises surgery, but the pt refuses b/c removal of a body part is not permitted according to
his/her religion. Which concept justifies this scenario?
a. marginalization
b. icebery analogy
c. intersectionality
d. health disparity - correct answer ✔✔ b
Which is least appropriate when communicating with a non-English speaking pt who has
complete hearing loss?
a. ensuring that interpreters are competent in medical terminology
b. providing the pt with auxiliary aids, services, and written materials
c. notifying the pt about the right to receive language assistance services
d. informing the pt that language assistance services are provided at a low cost - correct answer
✔✔ d
