Exam 10: Cultural Uniqueness, Sensitivity, and Competence

The nurse sets a goal to avoid stereotyping culturally diverse patients. Which of the following measures will help the nurse attain this goal?

A student nurse asks, "Does ethnocentrism have any negative consequences?" The most accurate reply is based on the understanding that

Which statement by a health care worker can the nurse identify as a stereotype?

A Native American patient keeps a small bunch of feathers on the over-the-bed table. They are in the way whenever the nurse serves a tray or sets up equipment for a treatment. A culturally competent action would be to

Which of the following is an example of the process of socialization?

A new mother on the OB unit refuses to allow her newborn to wear disposable diapers. She insists on applying cloth diapers without safety pins, because this is how her culture applies diapers. During break, the nurse discusses the patient's strange diapering technique compared with the excellent American method of diapering. Besides violating confidentiality, the nurse is displaying

A patient who uses the biomedical health belief system would be most likely to respond to interventions by a

Data collection suggests that a patient's health beliefs are personalistic. Which statement by the patient would the nurse determine as consistent with personalistic health beliefs?

Patient A has terminal cancer, and Patient B has a bladder infection. They are sharing a hospital room. Neither patient is a member of the majority culture of the area. Patient A is quiet and rarely acknowledges pain. Patient B cries and moans loudly much of the day. What understanding will help the nurse provide culturally sensitive care for both patients?

Recently a community has experienced an influx of individuals from Afghanistan. What action should the nurse suggest to modify the agency environment to better accommodate these culturally diverse patients?

A nursing instructor is working with a Native-American student nurse. When the student is late for the first clinical day, the instructor states, "I'm not surprised she's late; Native-American students are always late." The instructor's statement is an example of

Mrs. Lee tells the nurse who asks why she ate so little of the food on her tray that her condition requires "hot" foods, so she ate only the "hot" foods on the tray. The nurse notices that several items the patient left on the tray were served hot, and several of the foods the patient ate were served cold. The nurse should

A behavior to avoid when interacting with a person of a different culture is

Which statement by a nurse demonstrates cultural competence?

Which statement about culture will help the nurse implement culturally competent care?

During a discussion on cultural diversity, a nurse asks for an example of an ethnic group. The most accurate response would be

How would a culturally competent care plan differ from a standard care plan?

The process of giving up parts of one's own culture and adopting parts of the culture of the dominant group is called ____________________.

Which statement regarding cultural diversity can be used as a basis for caregiving?

Which statement by a nurse is an example of nonjudgmental thinking?