Questions and Verified Detailed Answers
A priority action for the nurse who works with culturally diverse clients to
complete initially is completion of additional form of support?
a. A sign language course
b. Cultural self-assessment
c. Cultural client assessment
d. A conversational Spanish course - ✔✔b. Cultural self-assessment
A nurse is caring for a recent Asian immigrant client and is overheard making
the following comment, "These rituals you believe in are false. You live in
America now and must believe in realistic health practices, like Americans do."
The nurse is exhibiting behavior associated with what belief?
a. Stereotyping
b. Ethnocentrism
c. Cultural accommodation
d. Empathy - ✔✔b. Ethnocentrism
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,A nurse is submitting a grant application to improve access to health care and
mortality for minority groups. The grant focuses on the six causes of death that
are identified as priorities for minorities, which include what medical diagnosis?
a. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
b. Malnutrition
c. Cirrhosis of the liver
d. Breast cancer - ✔✔d. Breast cancer
A nurse is given a referral to make a home visit to a Russian immigrant. The
nurse knows very little about the health beliefs of this ethnic group. To research
this group, what term should the nurse use in an Internet search?
a. Federally recognized minorities
b. Marginalized populations
c. Asian/Pacific Islander cultures
d. Latino cultures - ✔✔b. Marginalized populations
Which statement is true regarding health care for minorities?
a. Federal legislation that provides free health insurance for minorities has
resulted in fewer minorities than members of the general population who lack
health insurance.
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,b. Higher costs of health care coupled with lower wages for minorities have
prevented most minorities from seeking health care.
c. Because many Mexican Americans are highly skilled workers with comparable
wages, they have the lowest uninsured rate.
d. Asians, because of their quiet demeanor and unwillingness to challenge the
health care system, have the highest rate of uninsured people. - ✔✔b. Higher
costs of health care coupled with lower wages for minorities have prevented
most minorities from seeking health care.
While completing a masters nursing degree in Virginia, a nurse who is interested
in teaching in Laredo, Texas, enrolls in Spanish classes for 4 years, knowing that
a high number of Mexican-Americans live there. This nurse is demonstrating
what social value?
a. Cultural competence
b. Ethnocentrism
c. Prejudice
d. Stereotyping - ✔✔a. Cultural competence
A nurse plans to move to an area that is rich in immigrants from several
countries and is concerned about respecting others' cultural beliefs. What is the
nurse's first step to ensure cultural competence and sensitivity?
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, a. Enrolling in a nursing theories course to increase knowledge about
transcultural practices
b. Becoming immersed in nursing literature about culturally diverse clients
c. Participating in continuing education that focuses on health assessment
variations among cultural groups
d. Conducting a cultural self-assessment to identify biases or prejudices - ✔✔d.
Conducting a cultural self-assessment to identify biases or prejudices
An Asian teenager is admitted with an eating disorder which she contributes to
not meeting the academic expectations of her parents. The nurse is overheard
saying, "That isn't the reason; all Asians are really smart." This nurse is
demonstrating is which cultural biases?
a. Cultural humility
b. Stereotyping
c. Cultural assimilation
d. Acculturation - ✔✔b. Stereotyping
Six cultural phenomena that vary among cultural groups are known to affect
health care. The influence of the consequences of these phenomena can be
seen in which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
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