Deck 2: Culture

Question 1

The way we view social concerns and problems in the culture is termed cultural:

A) Beliefs
B) Values
C) Clarification
D) Sensitivity

Answer 1

Sensitivity

Question 2

In caring for patients from different cultures,the nurse must understand that culture is:

A) Our learned pattern of behavior
B) The motivating principle behind all our thinking
C) Less dominant as we age
D) Irrelevant in planning a person's health needs

Answer 2

Our learned pattern of behavior

Question 3

Which of the following cultural groups prefer same-sex health-care providers?

A) Hispanics
B) African Americans
C) Asians
D) Arabs

Answer 3

Arabs

Question 4

Differences in skin color,as seen in different races,are thought to be the result of differences in:

A) Climate and skin pigmentation
B) Diet and genetics
C) Exercise and skin pigmentation
D) Gender and genetics

Question 5

The nurse notices that a Jewish patient on her unit is in his room lighting a Shabbat candle on Friday night.The culturally sensitive response by the nurse would be:

A) "You are not permitted to have lit candles in this facility."
B) "The fire code prohibits anyone from doing this in his or her room."
C) "Didn't you realize that you could cause a serious fire in the facility?"
D) "Let me find out if you can light this candle in the chapel downstairs."

Question 6

Deeply embedded feelings that help individuals determine what is good or bad and right or wrong are referred to as:

A) Mores
B) Norms
C) Folkways
D) Values

Question 7

Learning about the patient's ancestry is termed cultural:

A) Awareness
B) Sensitivity
C) Mores
D) Diversity

Question 8

The way we greet each other within a culture is an example of:

A) Folkways
B) Mores
C) Laws
D) Sanctions

Question 9

A 60-year-old Hispanic patient is admitted to the hospital.When caring for this patient,you would be sensitive to his belief of:

A) Ramadan
B) Hot and cold
C) Fasting
D) Paganism

Question 10

Downcast eyes during communication are a sign of respect in which of the following cultural groups?

A) Asians
B) European Americans
C) Native Americans
D) Pacific Islanders

Question 11

The theory that there are no pure races is based on (the):

A) Discovery of blood transfusion
B) Common blood groups
C) Contamination
D) Migration

Question 12

When a person migrates to another country and takes on the practices of the dominant culture,this is considered:

A) Assimilation
B) Individualism
C) Paternalism
D) Ethnocentrism

Question 13

Failure to understand and develop cultural awareness may lead to:

A) A misperception of a person's feelings and responses
B) Culturally congruent care
C) Effective cultural communication
D) Adaptation of a new culture

Question 14

Mrs.Gonzolas is 10 weeks pregnant,and she tells the nurse that she has not had a visit to a medical doctor.She explains that her people prefer to use a partera for pregnancy and delivery.Which of the following responses is most culturally sensitive?

A) "You should have more confidence in our physicians on staff."
B) "I would strongly suggest that you consider using a medical doctor who has specialized in pregnancy."
C) "It is your decision,and please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist you."
D) "The maternal and infant mortality rates are lower in the United States compared to other countries that do not use trained medical doctors."

Question 15

The best time to introduce racial and ethnic tolerance is at:

A) Adulthood
B) Adolescence
C) Early childhood
D) Middle age

Question 16

The health-care worker who believes that his or her values and ways of life are superior to those of the patient is practicing:

A) Ethnocentrism
B) Cultural awareness
C) Cultural sensitivity
D) Cultural mores

Question 17

Which of the following is not a function of culture?

A) Guides the way we communicate
B) Determines our selection of health-care options
C) Determines what we can achieve
D) Guides our interpretation of illness

Question 18

Race categorizes the person by:

A) Religion
B) Physical characteristics
C) Disease susceptibility
D) Financial status

Question 19

A 70-year-old patient admitted to the nursing home speaks with a distinct accent.To determine his cultural or ethnic origin,you would:

A) Assume this based on his accent
B) Assume this based on his name
C) Assume this based on his religion
D) Ask him directly

Question 20

The purpose of transcultural nursing is to:

A) Decrease the need for hospitalization
B) Promote patient satisfaction
C) Increase home-care effectiveness
D) Promote dependency

Question 21

When caring for a patient from a different culture,the health-care worker should respect the fact that:

A) An individual's decisions are always determined by his or her culture.
B) Culture totally defines one's health-care needs.
C) Food habits are always controlled by culture.
D) Male and female roles are often influenced by culture.

Question 22

In which culture is talking loudly considered disrespectful?

A) Central American
B) Native American
C) Indian American
D) Chinese American

Question 23

Which of the following is a similarity found in all cultures?

A) Political organization
B) Health practices
C) Social controls
D) Family size

Question 24

The ability to learn a language is based on a person's:

A) Culture
B) Biological makeup
C) Socialization
D) Religious practice

Question 25

An example of cultural-specific care is evidenced when the nurse recognizes that the Orthodox Jewish client needs:

A) Time to light candles on the Sabbath
B) To be assimilated into the melting pot
C) Evidenced-based information
D) Partnering with caregivers of similar beliefs

Question 26

Learning one's culture through observation or instructions from elders within the culture is called:

A) Diffusion
B) Acculturation
C) Enculturation
D) Globalization

Question 27

The theory of transcultural nursing was proposed by:

A) Jean Watson
B) Abraham Maslow
C) Jean Piaget
D) Madeline Lenninger

Question 28

A young,Jewish male is hospitalized following an auto accident.He sustained multiple fractures and bruises.One evening,the caregiver notes that he has not eaten his dinner meal of roast pork,vegetables,a roll and butter,salad,and milk.Which of the following statements is most appropriate?

A) "I guess you don't like this meal."
B) "You need to eat your meat and drink the milk.The proteins will help you heal."
C) "It must be difficult to be in the hospital and away from family and friends."
D) "Do you follow Kosher dietary laws? If so,I will let the dietician know your special needs."

Question 29

When teaching a new Hispanic mother how to change the diaper of and provide skin care to her newborn,the nurse finds a copper coin placed on the umbilicus.Which of the following should the nurse do next?

A) Remove the coin and remain silent.
B) Leave the coin in place and remove it in the nursery.
C) Ask the mother about the meaning of the coin on the umbilicus.
D) Tell the mother that her baby can develop a serious infection from a dirty copper coin.

Question 30

The most important symbol in a culture is:

A) Language
B) Art
C) Food
D) Dress

Question 31

An individual is able to learn about the culture he or she is born into because humans have the ability to think:

A) Constructively
B) Reflectively
C) Individually
D) Symbolically

Question 32

The cultural group that tries to avoid direct eye contact with elders is:

A) Arab
B) Asian
C) Native American
D) European

Question 33

The key to understanding how a client responds to illness is to understand his or her:

A) Birth order
B) Response to stress
C) Culture
D) Response to aging

Question 34

The nurse understands that cultural values and practices:

A) Changes as the individual ages
B) Never change over time
C) Are inherited,genetic characteristics
D) Are passed down through generations

Question 35

You would expect a female from which of the following cultures listed below to be more comfortable having a female physician examine her?

A) Asian
B) Japanese
C) Arab
D) Latin American

Question 36

Hispanic American culture is derived from which of the following groups of people?

A) Central American
B) Native American
C) Indian American
D) Chinese American

Question 37

A client refuses to have any chemotherapy to treat his confirmed malignancy.He tells the nurse that his family is bringing him some herbal potion that is used back in his country.He is convinced that this will cure him.The nurse's best response is:

A) "This is the 21st century; we have better medicines here."
B) "Do you really want to die?"
C) "Can you describe what this potion is made of?"
D) "I doubt that some old remedy can really heal you."

Question 38

Cultural competence requires that the health-care worker: (Select all that apply.)

A) Learn about diverse cultures
B) Take on and practice the client's culture
C) Be critical of all aspects of minority cultural groups
D) Engage in continuous self-evaluation

Question 39

The nurse would expect that the greatest amount of change seen within a culture is the result of:

A) Borrowed cultural practice
B) War
C) Peace
D) Famine

Question 40

Which of the following gives a culture stability and security over time?

A) Learned behavior
B) Integrated social patterns
C) Shared traditions
D) Adaptation

Question 41

The nurse teaches health-care workers to be careful not to become ethnocentric.

Question 42

Religion and culture are the same.

Question 43

Gender roles remain constant across all cultures.

Question 44

Pain has both personal and cultural meanings and expressions.