Exam 9: Race, Culture, and Health

Mr. and Mrs. Espinosa have immigrated to Canada from the Philippines. A community health nurse is visiting the Espinosa family following the birth of their first child. What is an appropriate comment for the nurse to make?

Gigi is a community health nurse who is completing a cultural assessment on a Chinese community she is working with. What is Gigi's intension for completing a cultural assessment?

Giselle is a community health nurse working with temporary residents in Vancouver. Giselle recognizes that her clients would benefit from English classes. Giselle mobilizes local community members who are willing to teach English to offer free classes one evening a week. Why is Giselle exploring this community health nursing intervention?

Describe the concept of cultural safety.

List and define the three dimensions of cultural competence

Juan is working with an Indigenous community in a rural and remote location. Juan works to draw more attention through explicitly addressing inequities that have arisen from the political and historical events. Juan is likely working from which nursing practice?

Which term is used to describe common language, culture, country of origin, and ancestry?

Which of the following terms refers to the process of self-reflection where health care providers make a commitment to understand their personal and systemic biases?

Which term is used to describe any action with diminishes, demeans, or disempowers the cultural identity and well-being of an individual?

What is a characteristic of culture?

According to Statistics Canada, what proportion of Canada's total population is foreign born?

Current conceptualizations of cultural safety include which of the following statements?

The majority of permanent residents across Canada come from which part of the world?

Yasmin is working with recent immigrants from Syria. She works with her clients to access community resources that will assist in developing a social support network. Why is this an important community health nursing intervention?

Which of the following terms is defined by actions or inactions based on prejudice?

Which of the following statements is true about newcomer health?

White Euro-Canadian privilege in Canada is increasingly being linked to what is called settler privilege. Here, the term settler generally refers to people whose ancestors came to Canada from which region in the world?

Strengths of using a cultural safety approach include drawing our attention more explicitly to addressing inequities. Which of the following statements align with the cultural safety approach? Select all that apply.

Which of the following are characteristics of culture? Select all that apply.

Recent women immigrants have a lower probability of having their previous work experience recognized when compared to men. Jason is a community health nurse who is working to promote equity on this issue. Jason is demonstrating which community health nursing value?