Nurs 415 Exam 2 Questions With Complete Solutions
African American skin conditions Correct Answer -Keloids
-Pigmentary disorders
-Pseudofolliculitis
-Melasma
African Americans Correct Answer -Different countries of
origin (Not everyone in slavery)
-Ebonics, omission of connecting words, double negatives, lack
of subject verb agree
-Mostly Christian
-Keloids (puffy) - over exaggeration of the skin and multiplying
cells
-Pg 285 on canvas, skin conditions
Amish Americans Correct Answer -Don't brace diversity; only
like their own people... remarry their cousins...
-Maple syrup urine disease
-Don't usually get vaccinations (putting foreign substances in
body; going against God's will)
-Don't go for preventative care; overseen in ED
Appalachian Americans Correct Answer -Highest smokeless
tobacco rate in the world ("snuff," chewing tobacco) they don't
think it's harmful.... Doesn't include lung cancer but includes
oral cancer
-Rural areas, Appalachian trail (each state is known for different
things - PA has more rattlesnakes than anywhere else, different
flowers and wildlife)
,-Mainstream people (same problems w death as we do -
cardiovascular disease, cancers)
Arab Americans Correct Answer -Arab americans do really
well (high-paying jobs) so not much poverty
-Not many health disparities for them
-Their holy city is Mekkah, Saudi Arabia
-Xansan water
-Women wear hijab (in Saudi Arabia they have the full
coverings that cover ful body) -> can become sensory-deprived
and vitamin D deficiency (rickett's or soft bones)
Asian Americans Correct Answer -China is the largest
communist country of Asian descent (India largest democracy)
-Many different Asian cultures (Different beliefs)
-Chinese people came here 18th century to work on the
Continental railroad (NY -> san Francisco)
-Big heritage on how they built that train (left China bc lots of
poverty, fighting)
-Herbs (Ginseng)
-Chinese medicine - Look at the tongue a lot (tells us a lot of
stuff; oral cancers, using drugs, overhydrated or underhydrated)
-Use acupuncture
-Cancers in US aren't really prevalent in Asia (stomach cancer
prevalent there! And TB!)
-Moxibustion (Breathing in something to try to make a person
soothe and calm down! Similar to our vapor rubs and diffusers
to loosen secretions)
-They use cupping to break down secretions (We got that from
them)
, Barriers to Developing Cultural Competence Correct Answer -
Stereotyping
-Prejudice
-Racism
-Ethnocentrism
-Cultural imposition
-Cultural conflict
-Culture shock
Breast Cancer Correct Answer -Epidemic (1/8 women will get
breast cancer in their lifetime)
-Screening (catch it early and you live)
-When men get it, they most likely die (find out during stage 3
or stage 4)
-Mammogram is xray picture of the breast
-Mammogram starting at 35 (baseline) - subsequent
mammograms to compare it to baseline
-Don't do mammograms before 35 because when you're young,
you have dense, lumpy breasts. Xray doesn't catch it
-Should get a mammogram EVERY YEAR
-Reproductive factors: being young when you get your first
menstrual period, never giving birth or being older at birth of
first child, starting menopause late, using hormone replacement
for a long time = not getting a break from estrogen!!! Breast-
feeding is a good break from estrogen and preventative measure
from breast cancer!
-Risk factors: getting older, personal hx of breast cancer, dense
breasts (Cant detect it), family hx breast cancer, changes in
braca1 or braca2 genes, radiation to chest, being overweight
especially after menopause (bc extra fatty tissue = hard to feel a
lump)
African American skin conditions Correct Answer -Keloids
-Pigmentary disorders
-Pseudofolliculitis
-Melasma
African Americans Correct Answer -Different countries of
origin (Not everyone in slavery)
-Ebonics, omission of connecting words, double negatives, lack
of subject verb agree
-Mostly Christian
-Keloids (puffy) - over exaggeration of the skin and multiplying
cells
-Pg 285 on canvas, skin conditions
Amish Americans Correct Answer -Don't brace diversity; only
like their own people... remarry their cousins...
-Maple syrup urine disease
-Don't usually get vaccinations (putting foreign substances in
body; going against God's will)
-Don't go for preventative care; overseen in ED
Appalachian Americans Correct Answer -Highest smokeless
tobacco rate in the world ("snuff," chewing tobacco) they don't
think it's harmful.... Doesn't include lung cancer but includes
oral cancer
-Rural areas, Appalachian trail (each state is known for different
things - PA has more rattlesnakes than anywhere else, different
flowers and wildlife)
,-Mainstream people (same problems w death as we do -
cardiovascular disease, cancers)
Arab Americans Correct Answer -Arab americans do really
well (high-paying jobs) so not much poverty
-Not many health disparities for them
-Their holy city is Mekkah, Saudi Arabia
-Xansan water
-Women wear hijab (in Saudi Arabia they have the full
coverings that cover ful body) -> can become sensory-deprived
and vitamin D deficiency (rickett's or soft bones)
Asian Americans Correct Answer -China is the largest
communist country of Asian descent (India largest democracy)
-Many different Asian cultures (Different beliefs)
-Chinese people came here 18th century to work on the
Continental railroad (NY -> san Francisco)
-Big heritage on how they built that train (left China bc lots of
poverty, fighting)
-Herbs (Ginseng)
-Chinese medicine - Look at the tongue a lot (tells us a lot of
stuff; oral cancers, using drugs, overhydrated or underhydrated)
-Use acupuncture
-Cancers in US aren't really prevalent in Asia (stomach cancer
prevalent there! And TB!)
-Moxibustion (Breathing in something to try to make a person
soothe and calm down! Similar to our vapor rubs and diffusers
to loosen secretions)
-They use cupping to break down secretions (We got that from
them)
, Barriers to Developing Cultural Competence Correct Answer -
Stereotyping
-Prejudice
-Racism
-Ethnocentrism
-Cultural imposition
-Cultural conflict
-Culture shock
Breast Cancer Correct Answer -Epidemic (1/8 women will get
breast cancer in their lifetime)
-Screening (catch it early and you live)
-When men get it, they most likely die (find out during stage 3
or stage 4)
-Mammogram is xray picture of the breast
-Mammogram starting at 35 (baseline) - subsequent
mammograms to compare it to baseline
-Don't do mammograms before 35 because when you're young,
you have dense, lumpy breasts. Xray doesn't catch it
-Should get a mammogram EVERY YEAR
-Reproductive factors: being young when you get your first
menstrual period, never giving birth or being older at birth of
first child, starting menopause late, using hormone replacement
for a long time = not getting a break from estrogen!!! Breast-
feeding is a good break from estrogen and preventative measure
from breast cancer!
-Risk factors: getting older, personal hx of breast cancer, dense
breasts (Cant detect it), family hx breast cancer, changes in
braca1 or braca2 genes, radiation to chest, being overweight
especially after menopause (bc extra fatty tissue = hard to feel a
lump)
