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NUR 6001 Exam 1–3 Advanced Health Assessment EXAM
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Which of the following symptoms is greatly influenced by a person's cultural heritage?
A. Hearing loss
B. Pain
C. Breast lump
D. Food intolerance - Correct Answer :B
Pain is a very private, subjective experience that is greatly influenced by cultural heritage. Expectations,
manifestations, and management of pain all are embedded in a cultural context.
Hearing loss is more common in whites than in blacks.
The incidence of breast cancer varies with different cultural groups.
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Food intolerance varies with different cultural groups. For example, lactose intolerance is common in African
Americans, American Indians, and Asian Americans.
When considering cultural competence, the nurse must develop knowledge of discrete areas to understand the
health care needs of others. These discrete areas include understanding of: (Select all that apply.)
A. his or her own heritage.
B. cultural and ethnic values.
C. the heritage of the nursing profession.
D. the heritage of the patient.
E. the heritage of the health care system. - Correct Answer :A, D
Discrete areas of knowledge for cultural competence include understanding of one's own heritage, the heritage
of the nursing profession, the heritage of the patient, and the heritage of the health care system. Understanding
cultural and ethnic values is not an area of knowledge for cultural competence.
Which statement is correct regarding the development of one's culture?
1.Culture is genetically determined on the basis of racial background.
2.Culture is learned through language acquisition and socialization.
3.Culture is a nonspecific phenomenon and is adaptive but unnecessary.
4.Culture is biologically determined on the basis of physical characteristics. - Correct Answer :ANS: 2
Culture is learned from birth through language acquisition and socialization.
Culture has four basic characteristics. Which statement correctly reflects one of these characteristics?
1. Cultures are static and unchanging despite changes around them.
2. Cultures are never specific, which makes them hard to identify.
3. Culture is most clearly reflected in a person's language and behavior.
4. Culture adapts to specific environmental factors and available natural resources. - Correct Answer :ANS: 4
Culture has four basic characteristics. Culture adapts to specific conditions related to environmental and
technical factors and to the availability of natural resources and is dynamic and ever changing.
The specific and distinct knowledge, beliefs, skills, and customs acquired by members of a society are known as:
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1.mores.
2.norms.
3.culture.
4.social learning. - Correct Answer :ANS: 3
The culture that develops in any given society is always specific and distinctive, encompassing all of the
knowledge, beliefs, customs, and skills acquired by members of the society.
The term subculture is used:
1.to fit as many people into the majority culture as possible.
2.to define small groups of people who do not want to be identified with the larger culture.
3.to single out groups of people who suffer differential and unequal treatment as a result of cultural variations.
4.to identify fairly large groups of people with shared characteristics that are not common to all members of a
culture. - Correct Answer :ANS: 4
The term subculture is used for fairly large aggregates of people who have shared characteristics that are not
common to all members of the culture and that enable them to be thought of as a distinguishable subgroup.
The largest and fasting growing population in the United States is:
1.Hispanics
2.Blacks
3.Asians
4.American Indians - Correct Answer :ANS: 1
Hispanics are the largest and fastest growing population in the United States, followed by blacks, Asians,
American Indians, and other groups.
One aspect of society's value orientation concerns the dimension of time. An example of a person with
"present" time value orientation would be:
1.a patient with a total hip replacement who has not been able to plan for discharge.
2.a patient with leukemia who continually seeks the latest medication and treatments.
3.a patient who feels loss after an amputation but is looking forward to finding out about prosthetic limbs.
4.a newly diagnosed diabetic who seeks a consultation with a medicine man who can contact ancestral spirits
for guidance. - Correct Answer :ANS: 1
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The focus may be on the present, with little attention being paid to the past or the future. These individuals are
concerned with "now" and the future is perceived as vague or unpredictable. The nurse may have difficulty
encouraging these individuals to prepare for the future.
Which accurately describes the concept of culturally competent care?
1.The caregiver is able to speak the patient's native language.
2.The caregiver possesses some basic knowledge of the patient's cultural background.
3.The caregiver applies the proper background knowledge of a patient's cultural background to provide the best
possible health care.
4.The caregiver understands and attends to the total context of the patient's situation. - Correct Answer :ANS:
4
Culturally competent implies that the caregiver understands and attends to the total context of the individual's
situation. This includes awareness of immigration status, stress factors, other social factors, and cultural
similarities and differences.
An example of a person who is heritage consistent would be:
1.a woman who has adapted the clothing style of her new country.
2.a woman who follows the traditions regarding meals that her mother followed.
3.a man who is not sure of the country of origin of his ancestors.
4.a child who is not able to speak his parents' native language. - Correct Answer :ANS: 2
Someone who is heritage consistent is traditional, living within the norms of the traditional culture.
Which statement is accurate regarding one's ethnicity?
1.Ethnicity is dynamic and ever-changing.
2.Ethnicity is the belief in a higher power.
3.Ethnicity pertains to a social group within the social system that claims shared values and traditions.
4.It is learned from birth through the processes of language acquisition and socialization. - Correct Answer
:ANS: 3
Ethnicity pertains to a social group within the social system that claims to have variable traits, such as a common
geographic origin, migratory status, religion, race, language, shared values, traditions, symbols, or food
preferences. Answers 1 and 4 refer to culture, and answer 2 refers to religion.
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NUR 6001 Exam 1–3 Advanced Health Assessment EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED
ANSWERS | PLUS RATIONALES | DOWNLOAD AND PASS |
LATEST EXAM UPDATE 2026/2027
.
Which of the following symptoms is greatly influenced by a person's cultural heritage?
A. Hearing loss
B. Pain
C. Breast lump
D. Food intolerance - Correct Answer :B
Pain is a very private, subjective experience that is greatly influenced by cultural heritage. Expectations,
manifestations, and management of pain all are embedded in a cultural context.
Hearing loss is more common in whites than in blacks.
The incidence of breast cancer varies with different cultural groups.
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Food intolerance varies with different cultural groups. For example, lactose intolerance is common in African
Americans, American Indians, and Asian Americans.
When considering cultural competence, the nurse must develop knowledge of discrete areas to understand the
health care needs of others. These discrete areas include understanding of: (Select all that apply.)
A. his or her own heritage.
B. cultural and ethnic values.
C. the heritage of the nursing profession.
D. the heritage of the patient.
E. the heritage of the health care system. - Correct Answer :A, D
Discrete areas of knowledge for cultural competence include understanding of one's own heritage, the heritage
of the nursing profession, the heritage of the patient, and the heritage of the health care system. Understanding
cultural and ethnic values is not an area of knowledge for cultural competence.
Which statement is correct regarding the development of one's culture?
1.Culture is genetically determined on the basis of racial background.
2.Culture is learned through language acquisition and socialization.
3.Culture is a nonspecific phenomenon and is adaptive but unnecessary.
4.Culture is biologically determined on the basis of physical characteristics. - Correct Answer :ANS: 2
Culture is learned from birth through language acquisition and socialization.
Culture has four basic characteristics. Which statement correctly reflects one of these characteristics?
1. Cultures are static and unchanging despite changes around them.
2. Cultures are never specific, which makes them hard to identify.
3. Culture is most clearly reflected in a person's language and behavior.
4. Culture adapts to specific environmental factors and available natural resources. - Correct Answer :ANS: 4
Culture has four basic characteristics. Culture adapts to specific conditions related to environmental and
technical factors and to the availability of natural resources and is dynamic and ever changing.
The specific and distinct knowledge, beliefs, skills, and customs acquired by members of a society are known as:
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1.mores.
2.norms.
3.culture.
4.social learning. - Correct Answer :ANS: 3
The culture that develops in any given society is always specific and distinctive, encompassing all of the
knowledge, beliefs, customs, and skills acquired by members of the society.
The term subculture is used:
1.to fit as many people into the majority culture as possible.
2.to define small groups of people who do not want to be identified with the larger culture.
3.to single out groups of people who suffer differential and unequal treatment as a result of cultural variations.
4.to identify fairly large groups of people with shared characteristics that are not common to all members of a
culture. - Correct Answer :ANS: 4
The term subculture is used for fairly large aggregates of people who have shared characteristics that are not
common to all members of the culture and that enable them to be thought of as a distinguishable subgroup.
The largest and fasting growing population in the United States is:
1.Hispanics
2.Blacks
3.Asians
4.American Indians - Correct Answer :ANS: 1
Hispanics are the largest and fastest growing population in the United States, followed by blacks, Asians,
American Indians, and other groups.
One aspect of society's value orientation concerns the dimension of time. An example of a person with
"present" time value orientation would be:
1.a patient with a total hip replacement who has not been able to plan for discharge.
2.a patient with leukemia who continually seeks the latest medication and treatments.
3.a patient who feels loss after an amputation but is looking forward to finding out about prosthetic limbs.
4.a newly diagnosed diabetic who seeks a consultation with a medicine man who can contact ancestral spirits
for guidance. - Correct Answer :ANS: 1
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The focus may be on the present, with little attention being paid to the past or the future. These individuals are
concerned with "now" and the future is perceived as vague or unpredictable. The nurse may have difficulty
encouraging these individuals to prepare for the future.
Which accurately describes the concept of culturally competent care?
1.The caregiver is able to speak the patient's native language.
2.The caregiver possesses some basic knowledge of the patient's cultural background.
3.The caregiver applies the proper background knowledge of a patient's cultural background to provide the best
possible health care.
4.The caregiver understands and attends to the total context of the patient's situation. - Correct Answer :ANS:
4
Culturally competent implies that the caregiver understands and attends to the total context of the individual's
situation. This includes awareness of immigration status, stress factors, other social factors, and cultural
similarities and differences.
An example of a person who is heritage consistent would be:
1.a woman who has adapted the clothing style of her new country.
2.a woman who follows the traditions regarding meals that her mother followed.
3.a man who is not sure of the country of origin of his ancestors.
4.a child who is not able to speak his parents' native language. - Correct Answer :ANS: 2
Someone who is heritage consistent is traditional, living within the norms of the traditional culture.
Which statement is accurate regarding one's ethnicity?
1.Ethnicity is dynamic and ever-changing.
2.Ethnicity is the belief in a higher power.
3.Ethnicity pertains to a social group within the social system that claims shared values and traditions.
4.It is learned from birth through the processes of language acquisition and socialization. - Correct Answer
:ANS: 3
Ethnicity pertains to a social group within the social system that claims to have variable traits, such as a common
geographic origin, migratory status, religion, race, language, shared values, traditions, symbols, or food
preferences. Answers 1 and 4 refer to culture, and answer 2 refers to religion.
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