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NUR 418 Exam 1: Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family 2025
Actual Questions & Answers. Concordia St. Paul
A nurse wishes to improve their cultural sensitivity while working with
patients. Which action by the nurse would best indicate progress toward this
goal?
1. Demonstrate good knowledge of different cultural health beliefs
2. Effectively respond to the needs of people of different cultures
3. Interact respectfully with patients who have differing health beliefs
4. Recognize that they will never be the expert in other cultures - ANS 3.
Interact respectfully with patients who have differing health beliefs
A nurse manager is evaluating staff members on their cultural competence.
Which action best demonstrates this characteristic?
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1. Attends workshops on cultural diversity and health practices
2. Participates in community health events with minority populations
3. Plans care with the family members within their cultural beliefs
4. Uses family members as interpreters to make them feel important - ANS 3.
Plans care with the family members within their cultural beliefs
The culturally sensitive nurse can understand and respond to the needs of
individuals and families from different cultures. This nurse plans
interventions with a solid knowledge of the values and practices of the
members of the culture. Being open, listening to the family, and involving
them in care demonstrates respect, unifies the nurse-patient relationship,
and will motivate the patient (and family) to make positive health changes.
A patient wishes to use complementary therapy when managing a chronic
health condition. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?
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1. Advise the patient that stopping medical treatment may cause it to
worsen.
2. Inform the patient that there are no complementary therapies for this
condition.
3. Investigate herbs that can be substituted for prescription drugs.
4. Suggest the patient add massage therapy to the medical regimen. - ANS 4.
Suggest the patient add massage therapy to the medical regimen.
A nurse is working with a family that uses multiple complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) modalities. What action by the nurse is best?
1. Allow the family to continue these practices as desired.
2. Assess how these practices reflect religious beliefs.
3. Inform the family that most of these practices do not work.
4. Provide evidence-based information about the therapies. - ANS 4. Provide
evidence-based information about the therapies.
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A nurse is caring for a patient from a culture with which the nurse is totally
unfamiliar. What action by the nurse will best promote effective
communication?
1. Call for a professional interpreter to translate information.
2. Pattern voice tone and eye contact after the patient's behaviors.
3. Talk slowly and deliberately using simple language and cues.
4. Use nonverbal communication as much as possible with the patient. - ANS
2. Pattern voice tone and eye contact after the patient's behaviors.
A nurse manager expects all employees to be patient advocates. Which
nursing action best demonstrates this nursing role?
1. Arranging a family-physician conference to clarify treatment plans
2. Encouraging treatment options based on personal beliefs and values
3. Giving contact information for governmental assistance agencies
4. Working on a political campaign to reduce poverty in the state - ANS 1.
Arranging a family-physician conference to clarify treatment plans
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NUR 418
NUR 418 Exam 1: Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family 2025
Actual Questions & Answers. Concordia St. Paul
A nurse wishes to improve their cultural sensitivity while working with
patients. Which action by the nurse would best indicate progress toward this
goal?
1. Demonstrate good knowledge of different cultural health beliefs
2. Effectively respond to the needs of people of different cultures
3. Interact respectfully with patients who have differing health beliefs
4. Recognize that they will never be the expert in other cultures - ANS 3.
Interact respectfully with patients who have differing health beliefs
A nurse manager is evaluating staff members on their cultural competence.
Which action best demonstrates this characteristic?
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1. Attends workshops on cultural diversity and health practices
2. Participates in community health events with minority populations
3. Plans care with the family members within their cultural beliefs
4. Uses family members as interpreters to make them feel important - ANS 3.
Plans care with the family members within their cultural beliefs
The culturally sensitive nurse can understand and respond to the needs of
individuals and families from different cultures. This nurse plans
interventions with a solid knowledge of the values and practices of the
members of the culture. Being open, listening to the family, and involving
them in care demonstrates respect, unifies the nurse-patient relationship,
and will motivate the patient (and family) to make positive health changes.
A patient wishes to use complementary therapy when managing a chronic
health condition. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?
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1. Advise the patient that stopping medical treatment may cause it to
worsen.
2. Inform the patient that there are no complementary therapies for this
condition.
3. Investigate herbs that can be substituted for prescription drugs.
4. Suggest the patient add massage therapy to the medical regimen. - ANS 4.
Suggest the patient add massage therapy to the medical regimen.
A nurse is working with a family that uses multiple complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) modalities. What action by the nurse is best?
1. Allow the family to continue these practices as desired.
2. Assess how these practices reflect religious beliefs.
3. Inform the family that most of these practices do not work.
4. Provide evidence-based information about the therapies. - ANS 4. Provide
evidence-based information about the therapies.
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A nurse is caring for a patient from a culture with which the nurse is totally
unfamiliar. What action by the nurse will best promote effective
communication?
1. Call for a professional interpreter to translate information.
2. Pattern voice tone and eye contact after the patient's behaviors.
3. Talk slowly and deliberately using simple language and cues.
4. Use nonverbal communication as much as possible with the patient. - ANS
2. Pattern voice tone and eye contact after the patient's behaviors.
A nurse manager expects all employees to be patient advocates. Which
nursing action best demonstrates this nursing role?
1. Arranging a family-physician conference to clarify treatment plans
2. Encouraging treatment options based on personal beliefs and values
3. Giving contact information for governmental assistance agencies
4. Working on a political campaign to reduce poverty in the state - ANS 1.
Arranging a family-physician conference to clarify treatment plans
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