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SEIDEL'S GUIDE TO PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AN INTERPROFESSIONAL
APPROACH 10TH EDITION BY JANE W. BALL, JOYCE E. DAINS TEST BANK
CHAPTER 1-26|| LATEST AND COMPLETE VERSION 2024-2025 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
Chapter 01: Cultural Competency
Ball: Seidel’s Guide to Physical Examination, 10th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which statement is true regarding the relationship of physical characteristics
and culture?
a. Physical characteristics should be used to identify members of cultural
groups.
b. There is a difference between distinguishing cultural characteristics and
distinguishing physical characteristics.
c. To be a member of a specific culture, an individual must have certain
identifiable physical characteristics.
d. Gender and race are the two essential physical characteristics used to
identify cultural groups.
- ANSWER: B
Physical characteristics are not used to identify cultural groups; there is a
difference between the two, and they are considered separately. Physical
characteristics should not be used to identify members of cultural groups. To be a
member of a specific culture, an individual does not need to have certain
identifiable physical characteristics. You should not confuse physical
characteristics with cultural characteristics. Gender and race are physical
characteristics, not cultural characteristics, and are not used to identify cultural
groups.
DIF:Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
OBJ:Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic
Adaptation
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2. An image of any group that rejects its potential for originality or
individuality is known as a(n)
a. acculturation.
b. norm.
c. stereotype.
d. ethnos.
- ANSWER: C
A fixed image of any group that rejects its potential for originality or individuality
is the definition of stereotype. Acculturation is the process of adopting another
culture’s behaviors. A norm is a standard of allowable behavior within a group.
Ethnos implies the same race or nationality.
DIF:Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
OBJ:Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic
Adaptation
3. Mr. L presents to the clinic with severe groin pain and a history of kidney
stones. Mr. L’s son tells you that for religious reasons, his father wishes to keep
any stone that is passed into the urine filter that he has been using. What is your
most appropriate response?
a. ―With your father’s permission, we will examine the stone and request that
it be returned to him.‖
b. ―The stone must be sent to the lab for examination and therefore cannot be
kept.‖
c. ―We cannot let him keep his stone because it violates our infection control
policy.‖
d. ―We don’t know yet if your father has another kidney stone, so we must
analyze this one.‖
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- ANSWER: A
We should be willing to modify the delivery of health care in a manner that is
respectful and in keeping with the patient’s cultural background. ―With your
father’s permission, we will examine the stone and request that it be returned to
him‖ is the most appropriate response.
―The stone must be sent to the lab for examination and therefore cannot be kept‖
and ―We don’t know yet if your father has another kidney stone, so we must
analyze this one‖ do not support the patient’s request. ―We cannot let him keep
his stone because it violates our infection control policy‖ does not provide a reason
that it would violate an infection control policy.
DIF:Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)
OBJ:Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic
Adaptation
4. The motivation of the healthcare professional to ―want to‖ engage in the
process of becoming culturally competent, not ―have to,‖ is called
a. cultural knowledge.
b. cultural awareness.
c. cultural desire.
d. cultural skill.
- ANSWER: C
Cultural encounters are the continuous process of interacting with patients from
culturally diverse backgrounds to validate, refine, or modify existing values,
beliefs, and practices about a cultural group and to develop cultural desire, cultural
awareness, cultural skill, and cultural knowledge. Cultural awareness is deliberate
self-examination and in-depth exploration of one’s biases, stereotypes, prejudices,
assumptions, and ―-isms‖ that one holds about individuals and groups who are
different from them. Cultural knowledge is the process of seeking and obtaining a
sound educational base about culturally and ethnically diverse groups. Cultural
skill is the ability to collect culturally relevant data regarding the patient’s
presenting problem, as well as accurately performing a culturally based physical
assessment in a culturally sensitive manner. Cultural desire is the motivation of the
SEIDEL'S GUIDE TO PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AN INTERPROFESSIONAL
APPROACH 10TH EDITION BY JANE W. BALL, JOYCE E. DAINS TEST BANK
CHAPTER 1-26|| LATEST AND COMPLETE VERSION 2024-2025 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
Chapter 01: Cultural Competency
Ball: Seidel’s Guide to Physical Examination, 10th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which statement is true regarding the relationship of physical characteristics
and culture?
a. Physical characteristics should be used to identify members of cultural
groups.
b. There is a difference between distinguishing cultural characteristics and
distinguishing physical characteristics.
c. To be a member of a specific culture, an individual must have certain
identifiable physical characteristics.
d. Gender and race are the two essential physical characteristics used to
identify cultural groups.
- ANSWER: B
Physical characteristics are not used to identify cultural groups; there is a
difference between the two, and they are considered separately. Physical
characteristics should not be used to identify members of cultural groups. To be a
member of a specific culture, an individual does not need to have certain
identifiable physical characteristics. You should not confuse physical
characteristics with cultural characteristics. Gender and race are physical
characteristics, not cultural characteristics, and are not used to identify cultural
groups.
DIF:Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
OBJ:Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic
Adaptation
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2. An image of any group that rejects its potential for originality or
individuality is known as a(n)
a. acculturation.
b. norm.
c. stereotype.
d. ethnos.
- ANSWER: C
A fixed image of any group that rejects its potential for originality or individuality
is the definition of stereotype. Acculturation is the process of adopting another
culture’s behaviors. A norm is a standard of allowable behavior within a group.
Ethnos implies the same race or nationality.
DIF:Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
OBJ:Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic
Adaptation
3. Mr. L presents to the clinic with severe groin pain and a history of kidney
stones. Mr. L’s son tells you that for religious reasons, his father wishes to keep
any stone that is passed into the urine filter that he has been using. What is your
most appropriate response?
a. ―With your father’s permission, we will examine the stone and request that
it be returned to him.‖
b. ―The stone must be sent to the lab for examination and therefore cannot be
kept.‖
c. ―We cannot let him keep his stone because it violates our infection control
policy.‖
d. ―We don’t know yet if your father has another kidney stone, so we must
analyze this one.‖
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- ANSWER: A
We should be willing to modify the delivery of health care in a manner that is
respectful and in keeping with the patient’s cultural background. ―With your
father’s permission, we will examine the stone and request that it be returned to
him‖ is the most appropriate response.
―The stone must be sent to the lab for examination and therefore cannot be kept‖
and ―We don’t know yet if your father has another kidney stone, so we must
analyze this one‖ do not support the patient’s request. ―We cannot let him keep
his stone because it violates our infection control policy‖ does not provide a reason
that it would violate an infection control policy.
DIF:Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)
OBJ:Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic
Adaptation
4. The motivation of the healthcare professional to ―want to‖ engage in the
process of becoming culturally competent, not ―have to,‖ is called
a. cultural knowledge.
b. cultural awareness.
c. cultural desire.
d. cultural skill.
- ANSWER: C
Cultural encounters are the continuous process of interacting with patients from
culturally diverse backgrounds to validate, refine, or modify existing values,
beliefs, and practices about a cultural group and to develop cultural desire, cultural
awareness, cultural skill, and cultural knowledge. Cultural awareness is deliberate
self-examination and in-depth exploration of one’s biases, stereotypes, prejudices,
assumptions, and ―-isms‖ that one holds about individuals and groups who are
different from them. Cultural knowledge is the process of seeking and obtaining a
sound educational base about culturally and ethnically diverse groups. Cultural
skill is the ability to collect culturally relevant data regarding the patient’s
presenting problem, as well as accurately performing a culturally based physical
assessment in a culturally sensitive manner. Cultural desire is the motivation of the
