,Chapter 01: Cultural Competency
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Ball: Seidel’s Guide to Physical Examination, 10th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE g
1. Which statement is true regarding the relationship of physical characteristics and
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culture?
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a. Physical characteristics should be used to identify members of cultural groups.
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b. There is a difference between distinguishing cultural
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characteristics and distinguishing physical characteristics.
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c. To be a member of a specific culture, an individual must have certain
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identifiable physical characteristics.
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d. Gender and race are the two essential physical characteristics used
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to identify cultural groups.
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ANS: B g
Physical characteristics are not used to identify cultural groups; there is a
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member of a specific culture, an individual does not need to have certain identifiable
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physical characteristics. You should not confuse physical characteristics with
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g cultural characteristics. Gender and race are physical characteristics, not cultural
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DIF:Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) g g g
OBJ:Nursing process—assessment g MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic Adaptation
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2. An image of any group that rejects its potential for originality or individuality is
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known as a(n)
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a. acculturation.
b. norm.
, c. stereotype.
d. ethnos.
ANS: C g
A fixed image of any group that rejects its potential for originality or individuality is
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culture’s behaviors. A norm is a standard of allowable behavior within a group.
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g Ethnos implies the same race or nationality.
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DIF:Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
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OBJ:Nursing process—assessment g MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic Adaptation
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3. Mr. L presents to the clinic with severe groin pain and a history of kidney stones. Mr.
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g L’s son tells you that for religious reasons, his father wishes to keep any stone
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g that is passed into the urine filter that he has been using. What is your most
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, a. ―With your father’s permission, we will examine the stone and request
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that it be returned to him.‖
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b. ―The stone must be sent to the lab for examination and therefore cannot be kept.‖
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c. ―We cannot let him keep his stone because it violates our infection control policy.‖
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d. ―We don’t know yet if your father has another kidney stone, so we must
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analyze this one.‖
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Ball: Seidel’s Guide to Physical Examination, 10th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE g
1. Which statement is true regarding the relationship of physical characteristics and
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culture?
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a. Physical characteristics should be used to identify members of cultural groups.
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b. There is a difference between distinguishing cultural
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characteristics and distinguishing physical characteristics.
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c. To be a member of a specific culture, an individual must have certain
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identifiable physical characteristics.
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d. Gender and race are the two essential physical characteristics used
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to identify cultural groups.
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ANS: B g
Physical characteristics are not used to identify cultural groups; there is a
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g difference between the two, and they are considered separately. Physical
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g characteristics should not be used to identify members of cultural groups. To be a
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member of a specific culture, an individual does not need to have certain identifiable
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physical characteristics. You should not confuse physical characteristics with
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g cultural characteristics. Gender and race are physical characteristics, not cultural
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g characteristics, and are not used to identify cultural groups. g g g g g g g g
DIF:Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) g g g
OBJ:Nursing process—assessment g MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic Adaptation
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2. An image of any group that rejects its potential for originality or individuality is
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known as a(n)
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a. acculturation.
b. norm.
, c. stereotype.
d. ethnos.
ANS: C g
A fixed image of any group that rejects its potential for originality or individuality is
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g the definition of stereotype. Acculturation is the process of adopting another
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culture’s behaviors. A norm is a standard of allowable behavior within a group.
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g Ethnos implies the same race or nationality.
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DIF:Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
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OBJ:Nursing process—assessment g MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic Adaptation
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3. Mr. L presents to the clinic with severe groin pain and a history of kidney stones. Mr.
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g L’s son tells you that for religious reasons, his father wishes to keep any stone
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g that is passed into the urine filter that he has been using. What is your most
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g appropriate response? g
, a. ―With your father’s permission, we will examine the stone and request
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that it be returned to him.‖
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b. ―The stone must be sent to the lab for examination and therefore cannot be kept.‖
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c. ―We cannot let him keep his stone because it violates our infection control policy.‖
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d. ―We don’t know yet if your father has another kidney stone, so we must
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analyze this one.‖
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