CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN NURSING
CARE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
underlying values for cultural competence - Answer-- inclusivity, respect, valuing
difference, equity, commitment
strategies that support cultural competence - Answer-- examine own beliefs
- recognize conditions that exclude others
- reframe thinking to better understand other world view
- familiarize with core cultural elements of community you are interacting with
2 barriers to proving culturally sensitive care - Answer-lack of experience and fear
Elements fo Proving Culturally Sensitive Care - Answer-a) self- reflection
b) acquiring knowledge
- broad understand of how culture affects beliefs and behaviors
c) facilitating client choice
- understanding 'meaning' behind response
- helping the client meet his/her specific goals
d) communication
- open ended questions
- verbal and non-verbal approaches
- interpreters
transcultural care - Answer-respects the values of both the client and the nurse
race - Answer-objective biological distinction
most significant barriers to care for recent immigrants - Answer-language, not knowing
where to go, waiting lists, and not finding MD
culture definition - Answer-- "the learned, shared, and transmitted values, beliefs,
norms, and lifeways of a particular culture that guides thinking, decisions, and actions in
patterned ways and often intergenerationally"
- a determinant of COMMUNITY health
- individually and collectively defined and expressed
ethnocentrism - Answer-- the belief that one's own culture is the best
(makes it difficult to care for people of other cultures)
cultural diversity - Answer-- variation of cultural factors or attributes between and within
groups
CARE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
underlying values for cultural competence - Answer-- inclusivity, respect, valuing
difference, equity, commitment
strategies that support cultural competence - Answer-- examine own beliefs
- recognize conditions that exclude others
- reframe thinking to better understand other world view
- familiarize with core cultural elements of community you are interacting with
2 barriers to proving culturally sensitive care - Answer-lack of experience and fear
Elements fo Proving Culturally Sensitive Care - Answer-a) self- reflection
b) acquiring knowledge
- broad understand of how culture affects beliefs and behaviors
c) facilitating client choice
- understanding 'meaning' behind response
- helping the client meet his/her specific goals
d) communication
- open ended questions
- verbal and non-verbal approaches
- interpreters
transcultural care - Answer-respects the values of both the client and the nurse
race - Answer-objective biological distinction
most significant barriers to care for recent immigrants - Answer-language, not knowing
where to go, waiting lists, and not finding MD
culture definition - Answer-- "the learned, shared, and transmitted values, beliefs,
norms, and lifeways of a particular culture that guides thinking, decisions, and actions in
patterned ways and often intergenerationally"
- a determinant of COMMUNITY health
- individually and collectively defined and expressed
ethnocentrism - Answer-- the belief that one's own culture is the best
(makes it difficult to care for people of other cultures)
cultural diversity - Answer-- variation of cultural factors or attributes between and within
groups
