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Nursing 310 Transcultural Nursing Final Exam Updated A+l Transcultural Final Exam 1 A+ 1. The use of transcultural nursing knowledge is founded on the goal of: a. Increasing client compliance to the Western medical model. b. Delivering culturally sensitive care that is free of inherent biases...

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Transcultural Final Exam 1 A+
1. The use of transcultural nursing knowledge is founded on the goal of:
a. Increasing client compliance to the Western medical model.
b. Delivering culturally sensitive care that is free of inherent biases.
c. Eliminating cultural differences.
d. Establishing system-centered health policy.

2. The major purpose of culturally competent care is to enable the nurse to:
a. Be aware of his or her own cultural beliefs and values
b. Change his or her beliefs in a culturally sensitive manner
c. Provide care in a culturally sensitive manner
d. Refrain from making judgments when patients are wrong

3. Transcultural nursing is viewed as a culturally competent practice field that is:
a. Nurse centered and research focused.
b. Client centered and research focused.
c. Spiritually centered and research focused.
d. Concerned with differences between but not within cultural groups.

4. The principle that is most important to the provision of culturally competent care is the
nurse’s:
a. Awareness of personal stereotypes based on culture.
b. Knowledge of specific behavior that is typical of persons in a given culture.
c. Sensitivity to what the physician says about persons in the cultural group of the
patient.
d. Awareness of actions that can be expected of persons in a given culture.

5. The nurse responding to patients from diverse cultures and interpersonal awareness,
knowledge, skill, and sensitivity is known as having:
a. Enculturation
b. Culture care preservation
c. Cultural competence
d. Culture care accommodation

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6. The nurse is preparing a healthy diet plan for Mrs. O. In doing so, she takes the time to
include the Polish foods that Mrs. O. favors. This is an example of the nurse’s
demonstrating:
a. Cultural competence
b. Bicultural values
c. Ethnocentrism
d. Assimilation

7. Communication approaches the nurse can use while providing culturally appropriate
nursing care for a client with limited understanding of English include all of the following
except:
a. Using a lot of hand gestures
b. Asking questions that require the message with different words
c. Repeating a message with different words
d. Speaking slowly and distinctly

8. To determine if a client with limited English vocabulary understands the pre-operative
teaching related to coughing and deep breathing, the nurse should ask the client to:
a. Verbalize what was learned regarding coughing and deep breathing
b. Demonstrate how to cough and breathe deep postoperatively
c. Verbalize to an interpreter how to cough and deep breath
d. Interpret the meaning of the client’s facial expressions and nonverbal cues

9. The nurse is working with a culturally diverse patient population in a clinic. In order to
deliver culturally competent care, it is essential for the nurse to:
a. Do a physical assessment on each patient
b. Do a cultural assessment on each patient
c. Have “lived experience” with the culture of the patients served
d. Observe each patient for his or her unique behavior

10. Cultural groups vary greatly. Which of the following is false concerning these
differences?
a. Environmental control refers to the ability of the group to plan activities that control
nature.
b. Social organization refers to the differences that exist within the family unit in a

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culture.
c. Verbal communication differences exist among cultures, and nonverbal
communication differences exist between cultures
d. The personal space and its meaning vary from one culture to another

11. When planning nursing care for a client with a different cultural background, the nurse
should:
a. Identify how cultural variables affect the health problem
b. Try to explain how the client can adapt to hospital routines
c. Speak slowly and clearly to ensure effective communication
d. Allow the family to provide to provide care during the hospital stay

12. Which of the following interventions is helpful in communication with a client who speaks
a language other than yours?
a. Reassure the client that you have friends of his ethnic or racial background
b. Speak to the client using his ethnic dialect
c. Ask the client for clarification if you don’t understand what he is saying
d. At the initial meeting , address the client by his first name

13. Which of the following is an appropriate guideline for overcoming language barriers?
a. Ask often if the person understands
b. Avoid nouns and conjunctions
c. Talk slightly louder than normal
d. Use gestures with the words

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14. When developing communication skills for cultural competence, the best practice for the
nurse when talking with clients of another culture is to:
a. Speak loudly and slowly when communicating
b. Always utilize an interpreter if a culturally appropriate interpreter is available
c. Use simple words, avoid use of idioms and medical terms, and assess constantly for
comprehension.
d. Always talk with the client and family together, since this will increase the chance that
someone understands what is said.

15. Which of these factors associated with communication differs among cultural groups and
is usually most closely linked to geographic location?
a. Volume
b. Dialect
c. Language style
d. Kinesics

16. According to Giger and Davidhizar, which of these zones of interpersonal space is the
preferred distance between people in the United States?
a. 0 to 18 inches
b. 18 inches to 3 feet
c. 3 to 6 feet
d. Greater than 12 feet

17. Which of these zones of interpersonal space is usually permitted by family members and
friends?
a. Intimate zone
b. Personal zone
c. Social zone
d. Public zone

18. Which of the following nursing actions is most likely to reduce a patient’s anxiety and
enhance the patient’s personal security as it relates to the concept of personal needs?
a. Touching the patient before and during the procedures
b. Providing explanation when performing tasks
c. Making eye contact as much as possible
d. Reducing the need for the patient to make decisions.

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