NUSA 401 Exam 1 With Correct
Answers
Cultural competence - ANSWER a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and
policies that come together in a system among professionals that enables
work in cross-cultural situations
implies that the caregivers understand and attend to the
total context of the individual's situation, including awareness of
immigration status, stress factors, and cultural similarities and differences
Culture - ANSWER the nonphysical attributes of a person--the thoughts,
communications, actions, beliefs, values, and the institutions of racial, ethnic,
religious, or social groups
Ethnicity - ANSWER a social group within the social system that claims to
possess variable traits such as a common geographic origin, migratory status,
and religion
Ethnocentrism - ANSWER tendency to view your own way of life as the most
desirable, acceptable, or best and to act superior to another culture's lifeways
, Clarification - ANSWER examiner's response used when the patient's word
choice is ambiguous or confusing
Closed questions - ANSWER questions that ask for specific information; elicit
a short, one or two word answer, a yes or no, or a forced choice
Elderspeak - ANSWER infantilizing and demeaning language used by a health
professional when speaking to an older adult
Electronic health recording - ANSWER direct computer entry of the patient
health record while in the patient's presence
Empathy - ANSWER viewing the world from the other person's inner frame of
reference while remaining yourself; recognizing and accepting the other
person's feelings without criticism
Interpretation - ANSWER examiner's statement that is not based on direct
observation, but is based on examiner's inference or conclusion; it links
events, makes associations, or implies cause
Leading question - ANSWER a question that implies that one answer would
be better than another
Answers
Cultural competence - ANSWER a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and
policies that come together in a system among professionals that enables
work in cross-cultural situations
implies that the caregivers understand and attend to the
total context of the individual's situation, including awareness of
immigration status, stress factors, and cultural similarities and differences
Culture - ANSWER the nonphysical attributes of a person--the thoughts,
communications, actions, beliefs, values, and the institutions of racial, ethnic,
religious, or social groups
Ethnicity - ANSWER a social group within the social system that claims to
possess variable traits such as a common geographic origin, migratory status,
and religion
Ethnocentrism - ANSWER tendency to view your own way of life as the most
desirable, acceptable, or best and to act superior to another culture's lifeways
, Clarification - ANSWER examiner's response used when the patient's word
choice is ambiguous or confusing
Closed questions - ANSWER questions that ask for specific information; elicit
a short, one or two word answer, a yes or no, or a forced choice
Elderspeak - ANSWER infantilizing and demeaning language used by a health
professional when speaking to an older adult
Electronic health recording - ANSWER direct computer entry of the patient
health record while in the patient's presence
Empathy - ANSWER viewing the world from the other person's inner frame of
reference while remaining yourself; recognizing and accepting the other
person's feelings without criticism
Interpretation - ANSWER examiner's statement that is not based on direct
observation, but is based on examiner's inference or conclusion; it links
events, makes associations, or implies cause
Leading question - ANSWER a question that implies that one answer would
be better than another
