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NR 222- Exam 2 reviewA 6-month-old child from Guatemala was adopted by an American family in Indiana.
The child's socialization into the American midwestern culture is best described as:
A. Assimilation.
B. Acculturation.
C. Biculturalism.
D. Enculturation. – answer D. Enculturation.
Socialization into one's primary culture as a child is known as enculturation.
A 46-year-old woman from Bosnia came to the United States 6 years ago. Although she
did not celebrate Christmas when she lived in Bosnia, she celebrates Christmas with
her family now. This woman has experienced assimilation into the culture of the United
States because she:
A .Chose to be bicultural.
B. Adapted to and adopted the American culture.
C. Had an extremely negative experience with the American culture.
D. Gave up part of her ethnic identity in favor of the American culture. - answerB.
Adapted to and adopted the American culture.
Assimilation results when an individual gradually adopts and incorporates the
characteristics of the dominant culture.
To enhance their cultural awareness, nursing students need to make an in-depth self-
examination of their own:
A. Motivation and commitment to caring.
B. Social, cultural, and biophysical factors.
C. Engagement in cross-cultural interactions.
D. Background, recognizing her biases and prejudices. - answerD. Background,
recognizing her biases and prejudices.
Cultural awareness is an in-depth self-examination of one's own background,
recognizing biases and prejudices and assumptions about other people.
Which of the following is required in the delivery of culturally congruent care?
A. Learning about vast cultures
, B. Motivation and commitment to caring
C. Influencing treatment and care of patients
D. Acquiring specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes - answerD. Acquiring specific
knowledge, skills, and attitudes
Specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes are required in the delivery of culturally
congruent care.
A registered nurse is admitting a patient of French heritage to the hospital. Which
question asked by the nurse indicates that the nurse is stereotyping the patient?
A. "What are your dietary preferences?"
B. "What time do you typically go to bed?"
C. "Do you bathe and use deodorant more than one time a week?"
D. "Do you have any health issues that we should know about?" - answerC. "Do you
bathe and use deodorant more than one time a week?"
Nurses need to avoid stereotypes or unwarranted generalizations about any particular
group that prevents further assessment of the individual's unique characteristics.
When action is taken on one's prejudices:
A. Discrimination occurs.
B. Delivery of culturally congruent care is ensured.
C. Effective intercultural communication develops.
D. Sufficient comparative knowledge of diverse groups is obtained. - answerA.
Discrimination occurs.
Prejudices associate negative permanent characteristics with people who are different
from the valued group. When a person acts on these prejudices, discrimination occurs.
A nursing student is doing a community health rotation in an inner-city public health
department. The student investigates sociodemographic and health data of the people
served by the health department, and detects disparities in health outcomes between
the rich and poor. This is an example of a(n):
A. Illness attributed to natural and biological forces.
B. Creation of the student's interpretation and descriptions of the data.
C. Influence of socioeconomic factors in morbidity and mortality.
D. Combination of naturalistic, religious, and supernatural modalities. - answerC.
Influence of socioeconomic factors in morbidity and mortality.
, Health disparity populations are populations that have a significant increased incidence
or prevalence of disease or that have increased morbidity, mortality, or survival rates
compared to the health status of the general population.
Culture strongly influences pain expression and need for pain medication. However,
cultural pain is:
A. Not expressed verbally or physically.
B. Expressed only to others from a similar culture.
C. Usually more intense than physical pain.
D. Suffered by a patient whose valued way of life is disregarded by practitioners. -
answerD. Suffered by a patient whose valued way of life is disregarded by practitioners.
Patients suffer cultural pain when health care providers disregard values or cultural
beliefs.
Which of the following best represents the dominant values in American society on
individual autonomy and self-determination?
A. Physician orders
B. Advance directive
C. Durable power of attorney
D. Court-appointed guardian - answerB. Advance directive
Informed consent and advance directives protect the right of the individual to know and
make decisions ensuring continuity of individual autonomy and self-determination.
The nurse at an outpatient clinic asks a patient who is Chinese American with newly
diagnosed hypertension if he is limiting his sodium intake as directed. The patient does
not make eye contact with the nurse but nods his head. What should the nurse do next?
A. Ask the patient how much salt he is consuming each day
B. Discuss the health implications of sodium and hypertension
C. Remind the patient that many foods such as soy sauce contain "hidden" sodium
D. Suggest some low-sodium dietary alternatives - answerA. Ask the patient how much
salt he is consuming each day
In an Asian culture spoken messages often have little to do with their meanings. It is
important for the nurse to clarify how much salt the patient is consuming in his diet.
A female Jamaican immigrant has been late to her last two clinic visits, which in turn
had to be rescheduled. The best action that the nurse could take to prevent the patient
from being late to her next appointment is:
A. Give her a copy of the city bus schedule.
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