N3314: Health Assessment Midterm Exam Questions
And Correct Answers
How do you increase understanding of culture diversity in patients? - ANSWER by being
self aware and knowledgable
Definition: health outcome lower in one group than other. This has nothing to do with
genetics or patho of disease - ANSWER Healthcare disparity
4 basic characteristics of culture - ANSWER learned, shared, adapted, dynamic
4 basic characteristics of culture: __________ FROM BIRTH THROUGH PROCESS OF
LANGUAGE QCQUISITION AND SOCIALIZATION - ANSWER Learned
4 basic characteristics of culture: ______ by all members of the same cultural group -
ANSWER Shared
4 basic characteristics of culture: ____________ to specific conditions environmental and
technical factors in the context of available resources - ANSWER Adapted
4 basic characteristics of culture: _____ interphase that is ever changing - ANSWER
Dynamic
Maintain old and integrate new culture - ANSWER Biculturalism
social group with shared traits - ANSWER ethnicity
process of adopting culture and behavior of the majority culture - ANSWER
acculturation
,broader term that encompasses something larger than one's own existence with a belief
in transcendence - ANSWER spirituality
an organized system of beliefs asa shared experience that can assist in meeting one's
individual spiritual needs - ANSWER religion
social construct for group who shares smilier bio or genetic trait - ANSWER race
disease causation theories: cause and effect - ANSWER biomedical or scientific
disease causation theories: forces in nature must remain in balance - ANSWER
naturalistic or holistic
disease causation theories: supernatural forces dominate resulting in good versus evil -
ANSWER magicoreligious
Possessing basic knowledge of and constructive attitudes toward diverse cultural
populations - ANSWER culturally sensitive
Applying underlying background knowledge necessary to provide the best possible
health care - ANSWER culturally appropriate
implies that the caregivers understand and attend to the total context of the individual's
situation, including awareness of immigration status, stress factors, other social
factors, and cultural similarities and differences - ANSWER culturally competent
professional health care that is culturally sensitive, appropriate, and competent -
ANSWER cultural care
information said by the patient - ANSWER subjective
, information observed by the nurse - ANSWER objective
begins when you first meet patient. Comes first. Requires good lighting, adequate
exposure, occasional use of instruments (penlight, etc) - ANSWER Inspection
When you're inspecting a patient you start off with the _____________ invasive - ANSWER
least
applies sense of touch to assess temperature, moisture, texture, presence of
tenderness or pain - ANSWER Palpation
When palpating a patient, pain area is assessed in what order? - ANSWER pain area last
When palpating a patient what is the best way to do so? - ANSWER interminnet pressure
rather then one long continuous
tapping person's skin with short sharp strokes to assess underlying structures -
ANSWER percussion
listening to sounds produced by body - ANSWER auscultation
caused by prolonged exposure to high levels of cortisol (stress hormone).Moon face,
striae, cervical neck obesity, weight gain - ANSWER Cushing's syndrome
Excessive bruises above knees and elbows are signs of - ANSWER physical abuse
capillary refill - ANSWER depress nail edge to blanch and then release, noting return if
color. If it takes more than 1-2 seconds concern is blood
And Correct Answers
How do you increase understanding of culture diversity in patients? - ANSWER by being
self aware and knowledgable
Definition: health outcome lower in one group than other. This has nothing to do with
genetics or patho of disease - ANSWER Healthcare disparity
4 basic characteristics of culture - ANSWER learned, shared, adapted, dynamic
4 basic characteristics of culture: __________ FROM BIRTH THROUGH PROCESS OF
LANGUAGE QCQUISITION AND SOCIALIZATION - ANSWER Learned
4 basic characteristics of culture: ______ by all members of the same cultural group -
ANSWER Shared
4 basic characteristics of culture: ____________ to specific conditions environmental and
technical factors in the context of available resources - ANSWER Adapted
4 basic characteristics of culture: _____ interphase that is ever changing - ANSWER
Dynamic
Maintain old and integrate new culture - ANSWER Biculturalism
social group with shared traits - ANSWER ethnicity
process of adopting culture and behavior of the majority culture - ANSWER
acculturation
,broader term that encompasses something larger than one's own existence with a belief
in transcendence - ANSWER spirituality
an organized system of beliefs asa shared experience that can assist in meeting one's
individual spiritual needs - ANSWER religion
social construct for group who shares smilier bio or genetic trait - ANSWER race
disease causation theories: cause and effect - ANSWER biomedical or scientific
disease causation theories: forces in nature must remain in balance - ANSWER
naturalistic or holistic
disease causation theories: supernatural forces dominate resulting in good versus evil -
ANSWER magicoreligious
Possessing basic knowledge of and constructive attitudes toward diverse cultural
populations - ANSWER culturally sensitive
Applying underlying background knowledge necessary to provide the best possible
health care - ANSWER culturally appropriate
implies that the caregivers understand and attend to the total context of the individual's
situation, including awareness of immigration status, stress factors, other social
factors, and cultural similarities and differences - ANSWER culturally competent
professional health care that is culturally sensitive, appropriate, and competent -
ANSWER cultural care
information said by the patient - ANSWER subjective
, information observed by the nurse - ANSWER objective
begins when you first meet patient. Comes first. Requires good lighting, adequate
exposure, occasional use of instruments (penlight, etc) - ANSWER Inspection
When you're inspecting a patient you start off with the _____________ invasive - ANSWER
least
applies sense of touch to assess temperature, moisture, texture, presence of
tenderness or pain - ANSWER Palpation
When palpating a patient, pain area is assessed in what order? - ANSWER pain area last
When palpating a patient what is the best way to do so? - ANSWER interminnet pressure
rather then one long continuous
tapping person's skin with short sharp strokes to assess underlying structures -
ANSWER percussion
listening to sounds produced by body - ANSWER auscultation
caused by prolonged exposure to high levels of cortisol (stress hormone).Moon face,
striae, cervical neck obesity, weight gain - ANSWER Cushing's syndrome
Excessive bruises above knees and elbows are signs of - ANSWER physical abuse
capillary refill - ANSWER depress nail edge to blanch and then release, noting return if
color. If it takes more than 1-2 seconds concern is blood
