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UTA NURS 2300 Final Exam Questions With Complete Solutions..pdf
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UTA NURS 2300 Final Exam Questions WithComplete Solutions’
What is cultural competence? - correct answer Guides the nurse in
understanding behaviors and planning appropriate approaches to patient needs’
This understanding informs and expands the education and practices of a
culturally competent nurse’
Definition of cultural competence - correct answer Having an awareness of one's
own cultural identity and views about differences, and the ability to learn and
build on the varying cultural and community norms of patients and their families’
It is the ability to understand the within-group differences that make each patient
unique, while celebrating the between-group variations’
Nursing behaviors and attitudes demonstrated by a culturally competent nurse
(1) - correct answer Refrain from stereotyping (one size does not fit all); individual
planning is always the best basis for care
Care that is NOT individualized can result in non-adherence to treatment plans,
dissatisfaction with care, and suboptimal outcomes
,Nursing behaviors and attitudes demonstrated by a culturally competent nurse
(2) - correct answer A nurse who identifies how personal beliefs and expectations
can influence care is better able to recognize and deal with any prejudices that
may impede patient care
Nursing behaviors and attitudes demonstrated by a culturally competent nurse
(3) - correct answer Cultural assessment:
Helps identify beliefs, values, and health practice that may help or hinder nursing
interventions
Asking a patient about their preferences’ What they think or believe about their
illness, their family structure, who providers should talk to in making decisions,
and what the illness and its treatment means to them
Nursing behaviors and attitudes demonstrated by a culturally competent nurse
(4) - correct answer They take cultural differences into consideration, are aware of
potential "trouble spots" that can occur, usually interpret patient behavior
accurately, and recognize problems that need to be managed’
Cultural norms must be included in the plan of care to prevent conflicts between
nursing goals and patient/family goals
,Nursing behaviors and attitudes demonstrated by a cultrually competent nurse
(5) - correct answer Being knowledgable about other cultures promotes feelings
of respect and enhances understanding of attitudes, behaviors, and the impact of
illness
Quality and Culture - correct answer Review the quality and culture quiz/answers
(handout)
How does culture affect personal beliefs about health and illness? (1) - correct
answer Lack of understanding can create barriers that impede nursing care’
When nurses work w/patients from cultures different from their own they lack
familiar guidelines for predicting behavior, which causes anxiety, frustration, and
feelings of distrust
How does culture affect personal beliefs about health and illness? (2) - correct
answer Stereotyping, communication difficulties, and misperceptions about
personal space, differing values, and role expectations, ethnopharmacologic
considerations, and ethnocentrism
Stereotyping - correct answer In an effort to predict behavior, nurses may
stereotype or make prejudgements about patients from different cultures’
, One size does not fit all’ They are unconscious of their own innate values/beliefs
and assume that all people are basically alike, that is, that all people share their
values and beliefs
Ethnocentrism - correct answer Nurses respond to sick people based not only on
their formal education, but also on their own socialization and culture’ All
persons can be unaware of their own biases and tend to be ethnocentric
(inclination to view one's own cultural group as the standard by which to judge
the value of other cultural groups)
Describe the authority of state boards of nursing to award licenses to practice
nursing and discipline nurses - correct answer The purpose of licensing certain
professions is to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the people’
The state boards of nursing has the power to sanction a nurse for performing
professional functions that are dangerous to patient (probation, suspension,
revocation)
The elements of malpractice - correct answer 1) the nurse has assumed the duty
of care
2) the nurse breached the duty of care by failing to meet the standard of care (did
something wrong)
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