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lOMoARcPSD|13445102 NURSINGKING.COMChapter 02: Cultural Assessment Jarvis: Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 8th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The nurse is reviewing the characteristics of culture. Which statement is correct regarding the development of one’s culture? a. Learned through language acquisition and socialization b. Genetically determined on the basis of racial background c. A nonspecific phenomenon and is adaptive but unnecessary d. Biologically determined on the basis of physical characteristics ANS: A Culture is a complex phenomenon that includes attitude, beliefs, self-definitions, norms, roles, and values learned from birth through the processes of language acquisition and socialization. It is not biologically or genetically determined and is learned by the individual. It is a universal phenomenon and is important because a person’s culture defines health and illness, identifies when treatment is needed and which treatment is acceptable, and informs a person of how symptoms are expressed and which symptoms are important. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity 2. During a class on the aspects of culture, the nurse shares that culture has four basic characteristics. Which statement correctly reflects one of the characteristics of culture? a. Static and unchanging b. Members share similar physical characteristic s. c. Members share a common geographic origin and religion. d. Adapted to specific conditions r/t environmental and technical factors ANS: D Culture has four basic characteristics, one of which is that it is adapted to specific conditions r/t environmental and technical factors and to the availability of natural resources. The other three characteristics are: (1) learned from birth through the processes of language acquisition and socialization; (2) shared by all members of the cultural group; and (3) dynamic and ever changing. Culture is not static and unchanging but is dynamic and ever changing. Members of a culture do not necessarily share similar physical characteristics. Sharing similar physical characteristics refers to race. Members of a culture do not necessarily share a common geographic origin and religion. Sharing a common geographic origin and religion refers to ethnicity. DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity 3. During a seminar on cultural aspects of nursing, the nurse recognizes that the definition stating “the specific and distinct knowledge, beliefs, customs, and skills acquire d by members of a society” reflects which term? a. Norms b. Culture c. Ethnicity TEST BANK FOR PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT 8TH EDITION BY JARVIS
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lOMoARcPSD|13445102 NURSINGKING.COMChapter 02: Cultural Assessment Jarvis: Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 8th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The nurse is reviewing the characteristics of culture. Which statement is correct regarding the development of one’s culture? a. Learned through language acquisition and socialization b. Genetically determined on the basis of racial background c. A nonspecific phenomenon and is adaptive but unnecessary d. Biologically determined on the basis of physical characteristics ANS: A Culture is a complex phenomenon that includes attitude, beliefs, self-definitions, norms, roles, and values learned from birth through the processes of language acquisition and socialization. It is not biologically or genetically determined and is learned by the individual. It is a universal phenomenon and is important because a person’s culture defines health and illness, identifies when treatment is needed and which treatment is acceptable, and informs a person of how symptoms are expressed and which symptoms are important. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity 2. During a class on the aspects of culture, the nurse shares that culture has four basic characteristics. Which statement correctly reflects one of the characteristics of culture? a. Static and unchanging b. Members share similar physical characteristic s. c. Members share a common geographic origin and religion. d. Adapted to specific conditions r/t environmental and technical factors ANS: D Culture has four basic characteristics, one of which is that it is adapted to specific conditions r/t environmental and technical factors and to the availability of natural resources. The other three characteristics are: (1) learned from birth through the processes of language acquisition and socialization; (2) shared by all members of the cultural group; and (3) dynamic and ever changing. Culture is not static and unchanging but is dynamic and ever changing. Members of a culture do not necessarily share similar physical characteristics. Sharing similar physical characteristics refers to race. Members of a culture do not necessarily share a common geographic origin and religion. Sharing a common geographic origin and religion refers to ethnicity. DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity 3. During a seminar on cultural aspects of nursing, the nurse recognizes that the definition stating “the specific and distinct knowledge, beliefs, customs, and skills acquire d by members of a society” reflects which term? a. Norms b. Culture c. Ethnicity TEST BANK FOR PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT 8TH EDITION BY JARVIS
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