NR 503 EPI FINAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS DETAILED
AND VERIFIED 2026
Cultural competence - correct answers A dynamic, fluid, continuous process whereby an
individual, system or healthcare agency find meaningful and useful care delivery strategies
based in knowledge of the cultural heritage, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior of those to whom
they tender care
Norms and values - correct answers Specific practices that guide their actions and decisions of
each person in a group based on their culture. Can be either learned or shared.
Kleinman Explanatory Model - correct answers A set of questions the advanced practice nurse
can use in order to assess the culture of a patient
Socio economic status - correct answers A measure that takes into account three interrelated
dimensions: a persons income level, education level, and type of occupation. Some measures of
socioeconomic status use only one dimension such as income.
Disparities - correct answers A higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality
experienced by one group in relation to another
Minorities - correct answers A group of people who because of their physical or cultural
characteristics are singled out from the others in society; black, Hispanic, Native American,
Asian Pacific.
, Food desert - correct answers Neighborhoods and communities that have limited access to
affordable and nutritious food
Social determinants of health - correct answers Things like poverty, education level, racism,
income and poor housing that affect access to healthcare
Social justice theory - correct answers The goal that all people will have equal opportunity to
healthcare access and quality of healthcare will be the same
Accommodation - correct answers To create an environment that accommodates health
practice and ritual from other cultures within a plan of care
Acculturation - correct answers Degree To which an individual from one culture has given up the
traits of that culture and adopted the traits of the dominant culture in which they now reside
Assimilation - correct answers This social, economic, and political integration of a cultural group
into main stream society to which it may have emigrated
Genetic risk assessment - correct answers When a patient is determined to get to have a gene
that faces them at a higher risk of having a disease such as cancer, diabetes, or cardiovascular
disease
Genomics - correct answers The study of all genes in the human genome as well as their
interaction with other genes, the individuals environment, and the influence of cultural and
psychosocial factors.
Pharmacogenomics - correct answers Medication efficacy, toxicity, and drug interaction based
on genetic variations
Genetic epidemiology - correct answers The link between epidemiology and genetic
AND VERIFIED 2026
Cultural competence - correct answers A dynamic, fluid, continuous process whereby an
individual, system or healthcare agency find meaningful and useful care delivery strategies
based in knowledge of the cultural heritage, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior of those to whom
they tender care
Norms and values - correct answers Specific practices that guide their actions and decisions of
each person in a group based on their culture. Can be either learned or shared.
Kleinman Explanatory Model - correct answers A set of questions the advanced practice nurse
can use in order to assess the culture of a patient
Socio economic status - correct answers A measure that takes into account three interrelated
dimensions: a persons income level, education level, and type of occupation. Some measures of
socioeconomic status use only one dimension such as income.
Disparities - correct answers A higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality
experienced by one group in relation to another
Minorities - correct answers A group of people who because of their physical or cultural
characteristics are singled out from the others in society; black, Hispanic, Native American,
Asian Pacific.
, Food desert - correct answers Neighborhoods and communities that have limited access to
affordable and nutritious food
Social determinants of health - correct answers Things like poverty, education level, racism,
income and poor housing that affect access to healthcare
Social justice theory - correct answers The goal that all people will have equal opportunity to
healthcare access and quality of healthcare will be the same
Accommodation - correct answers To create an environment that accommodates health
practice and ritual from other cultures within a plan of care
Acculturation - correct answers Degree To which an individual from one culture has given up the
traits of that culture and adopted the traits of the dominant culture in which they now reside
Assimilation - correct answers This social, economic, and political integration of a cultural group
into main stream society to which it may have emigrated
Genetic risk assessment - correct answers When a patient is determined to get to have a gene
that faces them at a higher risk of having a disease such as cancer, diabetes, or cardiovascular
disease
Genomics - correct answers The study of all genes in the human genome as well as their
interaction with other genes, the individuals environment, and the influence of cultural and
psychosocial factors.
Pharmacogenomics - correct answers Medication efficacy, toxicity, and drug interaction based
on genetic variations
Genetic epidemiology - correct answers The link between epidemiology and genetic
