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Despite significant improvements in the overall health status of the U.S. population over the past few
decades, disparities among ethnic and racial minorities have
a.Decreased as education levels equal those of non-Hispanic whites.
b.Disappeared in relation to non-Hispanic white populations.
c.Remained a serious challenge locally and nationally.
d.Decreased faster than anticipated. - ANSWER:c
Eliminating disparities in the health status of people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural
backgrounds has become one of the two most important priorities of Healthy People 2020 because
populations with health disparities have
a.Increased incidence of disease.
b.Lower levels of morbidity.
,c.Lower mortality rates.
d.Decreased incidence of disease. - ANSWER:a
According to the Office of Minority Health (OMH), the thoughts, communications, actions, customs,
beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups are known as
a.Culture.
b.Subculture.
c.Ethnicity.
d.Cultural backlash. - ANSWER:a
When asked to describe the differences between ethnicity and race, what should the student nurse
explain?
a.Ethnicity refers to a shared identity, whereas race is limited to biological attributes.
b.Ethnicity and race are actually the same and are based in cultural norms.
c.Ethnicity can be understood only through an ethic worldview.
d.Race refers to a shared identity, whereas ethnicity is limited to biological attributes. - ANSWER:a
,Care that includes the nurse learning about cultural issues involved in the patient's health care belief
system and enable patients and families to achieve meaningful and supportive care is known as
a.Ethnocentrism.
b.Culturally competent care.
c.Cultural imposition.
d.Culturally congruent care. - ANSWER:b
The nurse is caring for a Native American who has had recent surgery. In the patient's culture, it is a sign
of weakness to complain of pain. In the nurse's culture, people who are having pain ask for pain
medicine. The nurse has assumed that the patient has not been having pain and does not need
medication because he has not complained of pain. What is the nurse doing?
a.Utilizing cultural imposition by not asking the patient about his pain
b.Striving to provide culturally congruent care by allowing the patient to suffer
c.Operating from an emic worldview of the patient's cultural beliefs
d.Practicing discrimination by not giving the patient pain medicine - ANSWER:a
n performing a cultural assessment, knowledge of a patient's country of origin and its history and
ecological contexts is known as
, a.Ethnohistory.
b.Biocultural history.
c.Social organization.
d.Religious and spiritual beliefs. - ANSWER:a
The nurse is caring for a patient of Asian descent who speaks very little English. The nurse is especially
concerned and attempts to develop a trusting relationship with the patient. She does this knowing that
a.Cultural assessment needs to be done quickly to provide the best care early.
b.Miscommunication cannot be tolerated in cultural assessment.
c.The goal is to get the patient to conform to American health care norms.
d.Cultural assessment is intrusive in contrast to other types of interviews. - ANSWER:d
The nurse is caring for a patient who has emigrated from another country. The patient is in need of
abdominal surgery but seems reluctant to sign the surgical permits. What is one tactic that the nurse
should use?
a.Determine the family social hierarchy.
b.Encourage the patient to sign the permits.
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