NUR 265 Chapter 2 Assessment
Questions with Accurate Answers
Describe the provisions of the Title VI of the civil rights act of 1964 - ANSWERSAny
patient with a language barrier has to be treated & services cannot be denied to them;
it's why interpreters are necessary
describe the rationale for providing culturally appropriate care - ANSWERSit would be
seeing the patient as a whole, and being culturally sensitive. Doing this helps guide the
caretaker down the right path to not participating in institutional discrimination, as well.
List the basic characteristics of culture - ANSWERS(1) learned from birth through the
processes of language acquisition and socialization;
(2) shared by all members of the same cultural group;
(3) adapted to specific conditions related to environmental and technical factors and to
the availability of natural resources;
(4) dynamic and ever changing.
list and describe factors related to socialization - ANSWERSsocialization is the process
of being raised within a culture and acquiring the characteristics of that group
*race and ethnicity are factors because people assume to place people in certain
groups and assume they all share the same beliefs
list and define three major theories about how people view the causes of illness -
ANSWERS1. Biomedical or scientific - where everything is cause and effect, & that
microorganisms cause specific disease conditions.
2. Naturalistic/holistic - some cultures believe in keeping order and in harmony in the
world, to be healthy.
3. Magicoreligious - spiritual causes of illness, like voodoo or witchcraft
define the yin-yang theory of health and illness and relate this to different healthcare
beliefs - ANSWERSAll organisms and objects in the universe consist of yin and yang
energy forces.
This could be similar to magicoreligious, where someone's universe, could be a God, or
someone casting a harmful spell out of jealousy.
define the hot and cold theory of health and illness and relate this to different healthcare
beliefs - ANSWERSFour humors of the body; blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile
- regulate basic bodily functions and are described as temp, dryness and moisture.
Questions with Accurate Answers
Describe the provisions of the Title VI of the civil rights act of 1964 - ANSWERSAny
patient with a language barrier has to be treated & services cannot be denied to them;
it's why interpreters are necessary
describe the rationale for providing culturally appropriate care - ANSWERSit would be
seeing the patient as a whole, and being culturally sensitive. Doing this helps guide the
caretaker down the right path to not participating in institutional discrimination, as well.
List the basic characteristics of culture - ANSWERS(1) learned from birth through the
processes of language acquisition and socialization;
(2) shared by all members of the same cultural group;
(3) adapted to specific conditions related to environmental and technical factors and to
the availability of natural resources;
(4) dynamic and ever changing.
list and describe factors related to socialization - ANSWERSsocialization is the process
of being raised within a culture and acquiring the characteristics of that group
*race and ethnicity are factors because people assume to place people in certain
groups and assume they all share the same beliefs
list and define three major theories about how people view the causes of illness -
ANSWERS1. Biomedical or scientific - where everything is cause and effect, & that
microorganisms cause specific disease conditions.
2. Naturalistic/holistic - some cultures believe in keeping order and in harmony in the
world, to be healthy.
3. Magicoreligious - spiritual causes of illness, like voodoo or witchcraft
define the yin-yang theory of health and illness and relate this to different healthcare
beliefs - ANSWERSAll organisms and objects in the universe consist of yin and yang
energy forces.
This could be similar to magicoreligious, where someone's universe, could be a God, or
someone casting a harmful spell out of jealousy.
define the hot and cold theory of health and illness and relate this to different healthcare
beliefs - ANSWERSFour humors of the body; blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile
- regulate basic bodily functions and are described as temp, dryness and moisture.
