Nursing test bank 202 Questions with
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c - correct answer Despite significant improvements in the overall health status of the U.S.
population over the past few decades, disparities among ethnic and racial minorities have
a.Decreased as education levels equal those of non-Hispanic whites.
b.Disappeared in relation to non-Hispanic white populations.
c.Remained a serious challenge locally and nationally.
d.Decreased faster than anticipated.
a - correct answer Eliminating disparities in the health status of people from diverse racial, ethnic,
and cultural backgrounds has become one of the two most important priorities of Healthy People
2020 because populations with health disparities have
a.Increased incidence of disease.
b.Lower levels of morbidity.
c.Lower mortality rates.
,d.Decreased incidence of disease.
a - correct answer According to the Office of Minority Health (OMH), the thoughts, communications,
actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups are
known as
a.Culture.
b.Subculture.
c.Ethnicity.
d.Cultural backlash.
a - correct answer 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.
b - correct answer Care that includes the nurse learning about cultural issues involved in the
patient's health care belief system and enable patients and families to achieve meaningful and
supportive care is known as
a.Ethnocentrism.
b.Culturally competent care.
c.Cultural imposition.
d.Culturally congruent care.
a - correct answer The nurse is caring for a Native American who has had recent surgery. In the
patient's culture, it is a sign of weakness to complain of pain. In the nurse's culture, people who are
having pain ask for pain medicine. The nurse has assumed that the patient has not been having
pain and does not need medication because he has not complained of pain. What is the nurse
doing?
a.Utilizing cultural imposition by not asking the patient about his pain
b.Striving to provide culturally congruent care by allowing the patient to suffer
c.Operating from an emic worldview of the patient's cultural beliefs
, d.Practicing discrimination by not giving the patient pain medicine
a - correct answer n performing a cultural assessment, knowledge of a patient's country of origin
and its history and ecological contexts is known as
a.Ethnohistory.
b.Biocultural history.
c.Social organization.
d.Religious and spiritual beliefs.
d - correct answer The nurse is caring for a patient of Asian descent who speaks very little English.
The nurse is especially concerned and attempts to develop a trusting relationship with the patient.
She does this knowing that
a.Cultural assessment needs to be done quickly to provide the best care early.
b.Miscommunication cannot be tolerated in cultural assessment.
c.The goal is to get the patient to conform to American health care norms.
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c - correct answer Despite significant improvements in the overall health status of the U.S.
population over the past few decades, disparities among ethnic and racial minorities have
a.Decreased as education levels equal those of non-Hispanic whites.
b.Disappeared in relation to non-Hispanic white populations.
c.Remained a serious challenge locally and nationally.
d.Decreased faster than anticipated.
a - correct answer Eliminating disparities in the health status of people from diverse racial, ethnic,
and cultural backgrounds has become one of the two most important priorities of Healthy People
2020 because populations with health disparities have
a.Increased incidence of disease.
b.Lower levels of morbidity.
c.Lower mortality rates.
,d.Decreased incidence of disease.
a - correct answer According to the Office of Minority Health (OMH), the thoughts, communications,
actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups are
known as
a.Culture.
b.Subculture.
c.Ethnicity.
d.Cultural backlash.
a - correct answer 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.
b - correct answer Care that includes the nurse learning about cultural issues involved in the
patient's health care belief system and enable patients and families to achieve meaningful and
supportive care is known as
a.Ethnocentrism.
b.Culturally competent care.
c.Cultural imposition.
d.Culturally congruent care.
a - correct answer The nurse is caring for a Native American who has had recent surgery. In the
patient's culture, it is a sign of weakness to complain of pain. In the nurse's culture, people who are
having pain ask for pain medicine. The nurse has assumed that the patient has not been having
pain and does not need medication because he has not complained of pain. What is the nurse
doing?
a.Utilizing cultural imposition by not asking the patient about his pain
b.Striving to provide culturally congruent care by allowing the patient to suffer
c.Operating from an emic worldview of the patient's cultural beliefs
, d.Practicing discrimination by not giving the patient pain medicine
a - correct answer n performing a cultural assessment, knowledge of a patient's country of origin
and its history and ecological contexts is known as
a.Ethnohistory.
b.Biocultural history.
c.Social organization.
d.Religious and spiritual beliefs.
d - correct answer The nurse is caring for a patient of Asian descent who speaks very little English.
The nurse is especially concerned and attempts to develop a trusting relationship with the patient.
She does this knowing that
a.Cultural assessment needs to be done quickly to provide the best care early.
b.Miscommunication cannot be tolerated in cultural assessment.
c.The goal is to get the patient to conform to American health care norms.
