Chapter 6: Cultural and Ethnic Considerations

Chapter 6: Cultural and Ethnic Considerations

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Culture varies from patient to patient. Why is it important that the nurse understand and accept each person as an individual?

ANS:  B

Accepting each person as an individual is the first step in providing holistic care.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   Page               OBJ:   2

TOP:   Culture           KEY:  Nursing Process Step: N/A              MSC:  NCLEX: N/A

2. What is a fixed concept of how all members of an ethnic group act or think?

ANS:  D

Ethnic stereotypes are fixed concepts of how all members of an ethnic group act or think.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Page               OBJ:   4

TOP:   Culture           KEY:  Nursing Process Step: N/A              MSC:  NCLEX: N/A

3. All nurses should work to provide culturally appropriate nursing care. What is the integration of cultural knowledge into all aspects of care?

ANS:  B

All nurses should provide transcultural nursing, which is the integration of cultural knowledge into all aspects of care.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Page               OBJ:   1| 2

TOP:   Culture           KEY:  Nursing Process Step: N/A              MSC:  NCLEX: N/A

4. What is the term for when members of a particular ethnic group believe that their beliefs and practices are the best?

ANS:  C

When members of a particular ethnic group believe that their practices and beliefs are the best, it is referred to as ethnocentrism.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Page               OBJ:   4

TOP:   Culture           KEY:  Nursing Process Step: N/A              MSC:  NCLEX: N/A

5. What is the term used to describe cultures in which women make decisions about health care and provide the care and discipline to the children?

ANS:  B

In a matriarchal society, women make the decisions about health care. In patriarchal society, the men make decisions about health care. There is no such thing as biologic or cultural cultures.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Page               OBJ:   4

TOP:   Culture           KEY:  Nursing Process Step: N/A              MSC:  NCLEX: N/A