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To enhance their cultural awareness, nursing students need to make an in-depth self-
examination of their own:
A. Motivation and commitment to caring.
B. Social, cultural, and biophysical factors.
C. Engagement in cross-cultural interactions.
D. Background, recognizing her biases and prejudices.
D. Background, recognizing her biases and prejudices. Cultural awareness is an in-depth self-
examination of one's own background, recognizing biases and prejudices and assumptions
about other people.
.During their clinical post-conference meeting, several nursing students were discussing their
patients with their instructor. One student from a middle-class family shared that her patient
was homeless. This is an example of caring for a patient from a different:
A. Ethnicity.
B. Culture.
C. Heritage.
D. Religion.
B. Culture.
Culture is the context in which groups of people interpret and define their experiences relevant
to life transitions. This includes events such as birth, illness, and dying. It is the system of
meanings by which people make sense of their experiences.
When asked to describe the differences between ethnicity and race, what should the student
nurse explain?
a. Ethnicity refers to a shared identity, whereas race is limited to biological attributes.
b. Ethnicity and race are actually the same and are based in cultural norms.
,c. Ethnicity can be understood only through an ethic worldview.
d. Race refers to a shared identity, whereas ethnicity is limited to biological attributes.
ANS: A
Ethnicity refers to a shared identity related to social and cultural heritage such as values,
language, geographical space, and racial characteristics. Ethnicity is different from race, which is
limited to the common biological attributes shared by a group such as skin color or blood type.
In any intercultural encounter, there is an insider or native perspective (ethic worldview) and an
outsider's perspective (ethic worldview). Ethnicity is best understood by those who are a part of
that ethnicity and have an "emic" worldview.
What is an example of a CLAS standard?
A. proving each patient with health care
B. Asking the patient his/her's race
C. Providing an interpreter for a deaf patient
D. Informing a patient your race is superior to theirs
C
TRUE OR FALSE: Medicare is the federal and state funded medical program for low-income
population
FALSE. Medicaid
What causes health care costs to rise? (select all)
A. aging population
B. improved technology
C. the amount of hospitals per state
D. uninsured Americans
E. vitamins
A, B, D
, A caregiver asks a nurse to explain respite care. How would the nurse respond?
A. "A service that allows time away for caregivers"
B. "A special service for the terminally ill and their family"
C. "Direct care provided to individuals in a long-term care facility"
D. "Living units for people without regular shelter"
A
A nurse cares for dying patients by providing physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care
for the patients, their families, and other loved ones. This service is known as:
A. Respite care
B. Palliative care
C. Hospice care
D. Extended care
C
Which activity performed by a nurse is related to maintaining competency in nursing
practice?
A. Asking another nurse about how to change the settings on a medication pump
B. Regularly attending unit staff meetings
C. Participating as a member of the professional nursing council
D. Attending a review course in preparation for a certification examination
D
A patient tells a nurse that she is enrolled in a preferred provider organization (PPO) but does
not understand what this is. What is the nurse's best explanation of a PPO?
A. This health plan is for people who cannot afford their own health insurance.
B. This health plan is operated by the government to provide health care to older adults.
C. This health plan gives you a list of physicians and hospitals from which you can choose.
D. This is a fee-for-service plan in which you can choose any physician or hospital.
C
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To enhance their cultural awareness, nursing students need to make an in-depth self-
examination of their own:
A. Motivation and commitment to caring.
B. Social, cultural, and biophysical factors.
C. Engagement in cross-cultural interactions.
D. Background, recognizing her biases and prejudices.
D. Background, recognizing her biases and prejudices. Cultural awareness is an in-depth self-
examination of one's own background, recognizing biases and prejudices and assumptions
about other people.
.During their clinical post-conference meeting, several nursing students were discussing their
patients with their instructor. One student from a middle-class family shared that her patient
was homeless. This is an example of caring for a patient from a different:
A. Ethnicity.
B. Culture.
C. Heritage.
D. Religion.
B. Culture.
Culture is the context in which groups of people interpret and define their experiences relevant
to life transitions. This includes events such as birth, illness, and dying. It is the system of
meanings by which people make sense of their experiences.
When asked to describe the differences between ethnicity and race, what should the student
nurse explain?
a. Ethnicity refers to a shared identity, whereas race is limited to biological attributes.
b. Ethnicity and race are actually the same and are based in cultural norms.
,c. Ethnicity can be understood only through an ethic worldview.
d. Race refers to a shared identity, whereas ethnicity is limited to biological attributes.
ANS: A
Ethnicity refers to a shared identity related to social and cultural heritage such as values,
language, geographical space, and racial characteristics. Ethnicity is different from race, which is
limited to the common biological attributes shared by a group such as skin color or blood type.
In any intercultural encounter, there is an insider or native perspective (ethic worldview) and an
outsider's perspective (ethic worldview). Ethnicity is best understood by those who are a part of
that ethnicity and have an "emic" worldview.
What is an example of a CLAS standard?
A. proving each patient with health care
B. Asking the patient his/her's race
C. Providing an interpreter for a deaf patient
D. Informing a patient your race is superior to theirs
C
TRUE OR FALSE: Medicare is the federal and state funded medical program for low-income
population
FALSE. Medicaid
What causes health care costs to rise? (select all)
A. aging population
B. improved technology
C. the amount of hospitals per state
D. uninsured Americans
E. vitamins
A, B, D
, A caregiver asks a nurse to explain respite care. How would the nurse respond?
A. "A service that allows time away for caregivers"
B. "A special service for the terminally ill and their family"
C. "Direct care provided to individuals in a long-term care facility"
D. "Living units for people without regular shelter"
A
A nurse cares for dying patients by providing physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care
for the patients, their families, and other loved ones. This service is known as:
A. Respite care
B. Palliative care
C. Hospice care
D. Extended care
C
Which activity performed by a nurse is related to maintaining competency in nursing
practice?
A. Asking another nurse about how to change the settings on a medication pump
B. Regularly attending unit staff meetings
C. Participating as a member of the professional nursing council
D. Attending a review course in preparation for a certification examination
D
A patient tells a nurse that she is enrolled in a preferred provider organization (PPO) but does
not understand what this is. What is the nurse's best explanation of a PPO?
A. This health plan is for people who cannot afford their own health insurance.
B. This health plan is operated by the government to provide health care to older adults.
C. This health plan gives you a list of physicians and hospitals from which you can choose.
D. This is a fee-for-service plan in which you can choose any physician or hospital.
C
