NUSA 401 Exam 1 Questions and Answers Grade A+

Cultural competence a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system among professionals that enables work in crosscultural 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 the nonphysical attributes of a person--the thoughts, communications, actions, beliefs, values, and the institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups Ethnicity Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update 1 | P a g e | © copyright 2024/2025 | Grade A+ a social group within the social system that claims to possess variable traits such as a common geographic origin, migratory status, and religion Ethnocentrism 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 examiner's response used when the patient's word choice is ambiguous or confusing Closed questions questions that ask for specific information; elicit a short, one or two word answer, a yes or no, or a forced choice Elderspeak infantilizing and demeaning language used by a health professional when speaking to an older adult Electronic health recording Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update 1 | P a g e | © copyright 2024/2025 | Grade A+ direct computer entry of the patient health record while in the patient's presence Empathy viewing the world from the other person's inner frame of reference while remaining yourself; recognizing and accepting the other person's feelings without criticis