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Question 11 pts

 

When reviewing the demographics of ethnic groups in the United States, the nurse recalls that which is the largest and fastest growing population?

Group of answer choices

Hispanic

 

American Indian

 

Asian

 

African American/black

 

 

Flag question: Question 2Question 21 pts

 

When caring for children with a different cultural perspective, what should the nurse recognize may pose a challenge?

Group of answer choices

Children have spiritual needs that are influenced by their stages of development.

 

Children have spiritual needs that are direct reflections of what is occurring in their homes.

 

Parents are often the decision makers, and they have no knowledge of their children’s spiritual needs.

 

Religious beliefs rarely affect the parents’ perceptions of the illness.

 

 

Flag question: Question 3Question 31 pts

 

During a class on the aspects of culture, the nurse shares that culture has four basic characteristics. Which statement correctly reflects one of the characteristics of culture?

Group of answer choices

Members share a common geographic origin and religion.

 

Static and unchanging

 

Members share similar physical characteristics.

 

Adapted to specific conditions r/t environmental and technical factors

 

 

Flag question: Question 4Question 41 pts

 

Symptoms, such as pain, are often influenced by a person’s cultural heritage. Which of the following is a true statement regarding pain?

Group of answer choices

Nurses need to recognize that many cultures practice silent suffering as a response to pain.

 

A nurse’s years of clinical experience and current position are strong indicators of his or her response to patient pain.

 

Nurses’ attitudes toward their patients’ pain are unrelated to their own experiences with pain.

 

A nurse’s area of clinical practice will most likely determine his or her assessment of a patient’s pain.

 

 

Flag question: Question 5Question 51 pts

 

During a seminar on cultural aspects of nursing, the nurse recognizes that the definition stating “the specific and distinct knowledge, beliefs, customs, and skills acquired by members of a society” reflects which term?

Group of answer choices

Ethnicity

 

Assimilation

 

Norms

 

Culture

 

 

Flag question: Question 6Question 61 pts

 

The nurse is conducting a heritage assessment. Which question is most appropriate for this assessment?

Group of answer choices

“How many years have you lived in the United States?”

 

“Do you have a history of heart disease?”

 

“Do you smoke?”

 

“What is your religion?”

 

 

Flag question: Question 7Question 71 pts

 

During a class on cultural practices, the nurse hears the term cultural taboo. Which statement illustrates the concept of a cultural taboo?

Group of answer choices

Refusing to accept blood products as part of treatment.

 

Believing that illness is a punishment of sin.

 

Stating that a child’s birth defect is the result of the parents’ sins.

 

Trying prayer before seeking medical help.

 

 

Flag question: Question 8Question 81 pts

 

When providing culturally competent care, nurses must incorporate cultural assessments into their health assessments. Which statement is most appropriate to use when initiating an assessment of cultural beliefs with an older American Indian patient?

Group of answer choices

“How often do you seek help from medical providers?”

 

“What cultural or spiritual beliefs are important to you?”

 

“Are you of the Christian faith?”

 

“Do you want to see a medicine man?”

 

 

Flag question: Question 9Question 91 pts

 

The nurse is reviewing the hot/cold theory of health and illness. Which statement best describes the basic tenets of this theory?

Group of answer choices

The causation of illness is based on supernatural forces that influence the humors of the body.

 

The treatment of disease consists of adding or subtracting cold, heat, dryness, or wetness to restore the balance of the humors of the body.

 

The four humors of the body consist of blood, yellow bile, spiritual connectedness, and social aspects of the individual.

 

Herbs and medicines are classified on their physical characteristics of hot and cold and the humors of the body.

 

 

Flag question: Question 10Question 101 pts

 

An Asian-American woman is experiencing diarrhea, which is believed to be “cold” or “yin.” What should the nurse recognize that the woman may likely to try to treat it?

Group of answer choices

High doses of medicines believed to be “cold”

 

Foods that are “hot” or “yang”

 

Readings and Eastern medicine meditations

 

No treatment because diarrhea is an expected part of life

 

 

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