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NR 509 -TEST-BANK Chapter 2 Physical Examination & Health Assessment By Jarvis: 7th Edition
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Chapter 02: Cultural CompetenceJarvis: Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.The nurse is reviewing the development of culture. Which statement is correct regarding the development of one’s culture? Culture is:
a.Genetically determined on the basis of racial background.
b.Learned through language acquisition and socialization.
c.A nonspecific phenomenon and is adaptive but unnecessary.
d.Biologically determined on the basis of physical characteristics.
ANS:B
Culture is learned from birth through language acquisition and socialization. It is not biologically or genetically determined and is learned by the individual.
DIF:Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF:p. 14
MSC:Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
2.During a class on the aspects of culture, the nurse shares that culture has four basic characteristics. Which statement correctly reflects one of these characteristics?
a.Cultures are static and unchanging, despite changes around them.
b.Cultures are never specific, which makes them hard to identify.
c.Culture is most clearly reflected in a person’s language and behavior.
d.Culture adapts to specific environmental factors and available natural resources.
ANS:D
Culture has four basic characteristics. Culture adapts to specific conditions related to environmental and technical factors and to the availability of natural resources, and it is dynamic and ever changing. Culture is learned from birth through the process of language acquisition and socialization, but it is not most clearly reflected in one’s language and behavior.
DIF:Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) REF:p. 14
MSC:Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
3.During a seminar on cultural aspects of nursing, the nurse recognizes that the definition stating “the specific and distinct knowledge, beliefs, skills, and customs acquired by members of a society” reflects which term?
a.Mores
b.Norms
c.Culture
d.Social learning
ANS:C
The culture that develops in any given society is always specific and distinctive, encompassing all of the knowledge, beliefs, customs, and skills acquired by members of the society. The other terms do not fit the given definition.
DIF:Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF:p. 14
MSC:Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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