NR 103: Week 5 Culture & Diversity | Transition to the Nursing
Profession 2026 |Chamberlain
1. The Campinha-Bacote model uses the mnemonic ASKED to define cultural
competence. What does the ‘S’ stand for?
A. Cultural Skill
B. Cultural Sensitivity
C. Cultural Standard
D. Cultural Strategy
Answer: A
Rationale: In the Campinha-Bacote model, ‘S’ stands for Cultural Skill, which is the ability
to conduct a cultural assessment and a physical examination in a culturally sensitive
manner.
2. Which term describes the tendency of an individual to believe that their own
cultural beliefs and practices are superior to those of others?
A. Cultural Relativity
B. Assimilation
C. Ethnocentrism
D. Acculturation
Answer: C
Rationale: Ethnocentrism is the belief in the inherent superiority of one’s own ethnic
group or culture.
,3. When a nurse performs a self-examination of their own biases and prejudices
toward other cultures, they are practicing:
A. Cultural Knowledge
B. Cultural Skill
C. Cultural Awareness
D. Cultural Desire
Answer: C
Rationale: Cultural awareness is the deliberate self-examination of one’s own biases,
stereotypes, and prejudices.
4. A patient who does not speak English requires an admission assessment.
Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?
A. Request a certified medical interpreter to assist with the assessment.
B. Use a staff member who speaks some of the language but is not certified.
C. Ask a family member to translate to maintain privacy.
D. Use hand gestures and simple pictures to explain complex procedures.
Answer: A
Rationale: Using a certified medical interpreter ensures accuracy, maintains
confidentiality, and adheres to legal standards for patient care.
5. Which of the following is defined as a particular type of health difference that
is closely linked with social, economic, or environmental disadvantage?
A. Health Literacy
B. Health Disparity
C. Cultural Imposition
D. Cultural Congruence
Answer: B
, Rationale: Health disparities are preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury,
or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged
populations.
6. What is the primary goal of culturally congruent care?
A. To provide care that fits the patient’s valued life patterns and set of meanings.
B. To force patients to follow Western medical practices.
C. To treat all patients exactly the same regardless of their background.
D. To minimize the time spent on cultural assessments during intake.
Answer: A
Rationale: Culturally congruent care is the use of culturally based knowledge in sensitive
and creative ways to fit the general lifeways and needs of individuals.
7. Which process occurs when an individual or group transitions from one
culture and develops traits of another?
A. Assimilation
B. Acculturation
C. Marginalization
D. Biculturalism
Answer: B
Rationale: Acculturation is the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of
another group while still retaining some original culture.
8. Which nursing theorist is known as the founder of Transcultural Nursing?
A. Florence Nightingale
B. Madeleine Leininger
C. Jean Watson
D. Dorothea Orem
Answer: B
Profession 2026 |Chamberlain
1. The Campinha-Bacote model uses the mnemonic ASKED to define cultural
competence. What does the ‘S’ stand for?
A. Cultural Skill
B. Cultural Sensitivity
C. Cultural Standard
D. Cultural Strategy
Answer: A
Rationale: In the Campinha-Bacote model, ‘S’ stands for Cultural Skill, which is the ability
to conduct a cultural assessment and a physical examination in a culturally sensitive
manner.
2. Which term describes the tendency of an individual to believe that their own
cultural beliefs and practices are superior to those of others?
A. Cultural Relativity
B. Assimilation
C. Ethnocentrism
D. Acculturation
Answer: C
Rationale: Ethnocentrism is the belief in the inherent superiority of one’s own ethnic
group or culture.
,3. When a nurse performs a self-examination of their own biases and prejudices
toward other cultures, they are practicing:
A. Cultural Knowledge
B. Cultural Skill
C. Cultural Awareness
D. Cultural Desire
Answer: C
Rationale: Cultural awareness is the deliberate self-examination of one’s own biases,
stereotypes, and prejudices.
4. A patient who does not speak English requires an admission assessment.
Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?
A. Request a certified medical interpreter to assist with the assessment.
B. Use a staff member who speaks some of the language but is not certified.
C. Ask a family member to translate to maintain privacy.
D. Use hand gestures and simple pictures to explain complex procedures.
Answer: A
Rationale: Using a certified medical interpreter ensures accuracy, maintains
confidentiality, and adheres to legal standards for patient care.
5. Which of the following is defined as a particular type of health difference that
is closely linked with social, economic, or environmental disadvantage?
A. Health Literacy
B. Health Disparity
C. Cultural Imposition
D. Cultural Congruence
Answer: B
, Rationale: Health disparities are preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury,
or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged
populations.
6. What is the primary goal of culturally congruent care?
A. To provide care that fits the patient’s valued life patterns and set of meanings.
B. To force patients to follow Western medical practices.
C. To treat all patients exactly the same regardless of their background.
D. To minimize the time spent on cultural assessments during intake.
Answer: A
Rationale: Culturally congruent care is the use of culturally based knowledge in sensitive
and creative ways to fit the general lifeways and needs of individuals.
7. Which process occurs when an individual or group transitions from one
culture and develops traits of another?
A. Assimilation
B. Acculturation
C. Marginalization
D. Biculturalism
Answer: B
Rationale: Acculturation is the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of
another group while still retaining some original culture.
8. Which nursing theorist is known as the founder of Transcultural Nursing?
A. Florence Nightingale
B. Madeleine Leininger
C. Jean Watson
D. Dorothea Orem
Answer: B
