NUR 166 QUIZ 3 REVIEW EXAM CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION EXAMS 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO
PASS
◉ Describe cultural competence and culturally congruent care.
Answer: Cultural competence - enabling of health care providers to
deliver services that are respectful of and responsive to the health
beliefs, practices, and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse
patients
Culturally Congruent Care - care that fits a person's life patterns,
values, and system of meaning (patient-centered)
◉ Explain the concept of health disparities. Answer: Health
Disparity - A particular type of health difference that is closely
linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage
Health Care Disparities - differences among populations in their
availability, accessibility, and quality of health care services
Example - poor health outcomes due to lower wages
,◉ What is ethics? Answer: The study of conduct and character. It is
concerned with determining what is good or valuable for individuals
and society at large.
◉ Discuss the role of values in the study of ethics. Answer: A value is
a personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom, or
object that sets standards that influence behavior. An ethical
dilemma is caused by conflicting values.
◉ Discuss the role of ethics in professional nursing. Answer: helps
professional groups settle questions about practice or behavior
Professional Nursing Code of Ethics - set of guiding principles that
all members of a profession accept
◉ What are the basic philosophies of health care ethics. Answer:
Utilitarianism, deontology, and ethics of care
◉ What is utilitarianism? Answer: decision based on greatest good
aka what is good for the most people
ex: redistributing of Alzheimer's research funds to breast cancer
research or giving Ebola vaccines to health care providers first so
they can continue to care for patients
,◉ What is deontology? Answer: doing right is a moral duty
ex: someone gets into a car accident and is emitted into the ER, care
must be provided despite lack of medical insurance
◉ What is ethics of care? Answer: Emphasizes the importance of
understanding relationships, especially as they are revealed in
personal narratives
◉ What is accountability? Answer: the procedures and processes by
which one party justifies and takes responsibility for its activities
◉ What is autonomy? Answer: commitment to include patients in
decisions
◉ What is beneficence? Answer: taking positive actions to help
others
◉ What is nonmaleficence? Answer: avoidance of harm or hurt
◉ What is fedelity? Answer: agreement to keep promises
◉ What is veracity? Answer: telling the truth
, ◉ Discuss the steps of ethical dilemma resolution. Answer: To
resolve ethical dilemmas, one needs to distinguish among values,
facts, and opinion.
Steps:
1. Is this an ethical problem?
2. Gather information
3. Identify the ethical elements, clarifying values
4. Name the problem
5. Identify possible courses of action
6. Create and implement an action plan
7. Evaluate the plan over time
◉ What is illness Answer: The way that individuals and families
react to disease
◉ What is disease Answer: Malfunctioning biological or
psychological processes
◉ How does culture relate to disease and illness? Answer: Culture
affects how an individual defines illness and disease/ Example:
Depending on one's culture, illness can either be viewed as a
punishment from God or caused from biomedical reasons
EVALUATION EXAMS 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO
PASS
◉ Describe cultural competence and culturally congruent care.
Answer: Cultural competence - enabling of health care providers to
deliver services that are respectful of and responsive to the health
beliefs, practices, and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse
patients
Culturally Congruent Care - care that fits a person's life patterns,
values, and system of meaning (patient-centered)
◉ Explain the concept of health disparities. Answer: Health
Disparity - A particular type of health difference that is closely
linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage
Health Care Disparities - differences among populations in their
availability, accessibility, and quality of health care services
Example - poor health outcomes due to lower wages
,◉ What is ethics? Answer: The study of conduct and character. It is
concerned with determining what is good or valuable for individuals
and society at large.
◉ Discuss the role of values in the study of ethics. Answer: A value is
a personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom, or
object that sets standards that influence behavior. An ethical
dilemma is caused by conflicting values.
◉ Discuss the role of ethics in professional nursing. Answer: helps
professional groups settle questions about practice or behavior
Professional Nursing Code of Ethics - set of guiding principles that
all members of a profession accept
◉ What are the basic philosophies of health care ethics. Answer:
Utilitarianism, deontology, and ethics of care
◉ What is utilitarianism? Answer: decision based on greatest good
aka what is good for the most people
ex: redistributing of Alzheimer's research funds to breast cancer
research or giving Ebola vaccines to health care providers first so
they can continue to care for patients
,◉ What is deontology? Answer: doing right is a moral duty
ex: someone gets into a car accident and is emitted into the ER, care
must be provided despite lack of medical insurance
◉ What is ethics of care? Answer: Emphasizes the importance of
understanding relationships, especially as they are revealed in
personal narratives
◉ What is accountability? Answer: the procedures and processes by
which one party justifies and takes responsibility for its activities
◉ What is autonomy? Answer: commitment to include patients in
decisions
◉ What is beneficence? Answer: taking positive actions to help
others
◉ What is nonmaleficence? Answer: avoidance of harm or hurt
◉ What is fedelity? Answer: agreement to keep promises
◉ What is veracity? Answer: telling the truth
, ◉ Discuss the steps of ethical dilemma resolution. Answer: To
resolve ethical dilemmas, one needs to distinguish among values,
facts, and opinion.
Steps:
1. Is this an ethical problem?
2. Gather information
3. Identify the ethical elements, clarifying values
4. Name the problem
5. Identify possible courses of action
6. Create and implement an action plan
7. Evaluate the plan over time
◉ What is illness Answer: The way that individuals and families
react to disease
◉ What is disease Answer: Malfunctioning biological or
psychological processes
◉ How does culture relate to disease and illness? Answer: Culture
affects how an individual defines illness and disease/ Example:
Depending on one's culture, illness can either be viewed as a
punishment from God or caused from biomedical reasons
