Exam 4: Cultural Diversity and Inclusion in Health Care

Because an increasing number of Hispanic patients are being admitted,a nurse manager designs a staff-development program to help her staff understand the Hispanic culture.A nurse should understand that culture is determined by which of the following?

In caring for a patient from an East Indian culture,the staff expresses frustration that many people are in the room at any one time,which interferes with care.As the nurse manager,you provide leadership in understanding that this behavior of the family and friend network reflects:

Sarah,RN,complains to you that a male nurse from a different culture sits very close during charting and leans toward her when speaking.In responding to Sarah,you consider that differences across cultures that are relevant to this situation include:

A new graduate RN joins your unit.After a few weeks,she complains about some of her peers on the unit and compares their practices negatively to what she learned in her nursing program.She also is vocal about how she has learned so much here that she did not learn in her program.She is best described as:

As a manager,you are responsible for two separate units: a CCU and a cardiac step-down unit.The organization and relationships on these units are distinct and very different from one another.Your decision has been to support the uniqueness of these units because each is effective in different ways in providing patient care.This approach is consistent with which principle?