2024 NUR 155 CULTURE EXAM 4
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
A community health nurse is learning about the REACH initiative and has
decided to implement community education on this approach. What topics
should the nurse include in this education?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Child and adult immunizations
2. Cardiovascular disease
3. Chronic lower respiratory disease
4. Stroke
5. Infant mortality - CORRECT-ANSWERS1. Child and adult immunizations
2. Cardiovascular disease
1. Child and adult immunizations
2. Cardiovascular disease
The nurse is teaching a client from a culture that is "present oriented" about
a dressing change that should be performed twice a day. How should the
nurse address the cultural issue?
1. Allow the client to select the times the dressing will be changed.
2. Instruct the client to change the dressing after breakfast and before going
to bed.
3. Explain that the client should complete the dressing change at 10 AM and
4 PM.
4. Suggest that the dressing change can be performed whenever the client
chooses, as long as it gets done twice daily. - CORRECT-ANSWERS2. Instruct
the client to change the dressing after breakfast and before going to bed.
The nurse is preparing a menu for a Jewish client who observes kosher
customs. Which food items would be appropriate to serve this client,
assuming all have been properly inspected and prepared?
1. Hamburger, fruit, and milk
2. Fish, vegetables, and hot tea
3. Ham, baked potato, and fresh fruit
4. Cream soup, sausage, and toast - CORRECT-ANSWERS2. Fish, vegetables,
and hot tea
, The nurse is working in a clinic setting and is meeting a new client for the
first time. In order to convey cultural sensitivity, how should the nurse
introduce herself?
1. "I'm Jane, and I'll be your nurse today."
2. "I'm Dr. Smith's nurse, Jane."
3. "I'm Jane Brown, and I'm a nurse here at the clinic."
4. "I'm glad to meet you. You can call me Jane." - CORRECT-ANSWERS3. "I'm
Jane Brown, and I'm a nurse here at the clinic."
Ways for nurses to be culturally sensitive and to convey sensitivity to clients
include introducing themselves by full name, then explaining their role. This
helps establish a relationship and provides an opportunity for clients, others,
and nurses to learn the pronunciation of one another's names and their
roles.
A home health client participates in cultural health practices that the nurse
feels may be detrimental to his health. In order to remain attentive to
cultural sensitivity and provide appropriate cultural nursing care, the nurse
should take which action?
1. Explain the right and wrong of the client's treatment and try to persuade
him to follow the scientific perspective.
2. Have the client's physician explain the care to the client in a firm but
gentle manner.
3. Validate the client's practices and understand that for this client, it may be
beneficial to continue with his preferences.
4. Try to negotiate with the client by exploring his views and then provide
relevant scientific information. - CORRECT-ANSWERS4. Try to negotiate with
the client by exploring his views and then provide relevant scientific
information.
A client who is from a different culture than the nurse has not been able to
achieve this goal: Client will select low-fat foods from a list by the end of the
month. What should the nurse do?
1. Consider whether the client's belief system has been an influencing factor.
2. Extend the time frame and give the client a longer period to achieve the
goal.
3. Make sure that the client understands the importance of the goal.
4. Select a different goal. - CORRECT-ANSWERS1. Consider whether the
client's belief system has been an influencing factor.
A nurse educator uses Madeleine Leininger's model and describes a formal
area of study and practice focused on comparative human-care differences
and similarities of the beliefs, values, and patterned lifeways of cultures to
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