Exam 6: Cultural and Ethnic Considerations

Which health belief system focuses on restoring balance with physical,social,and metaphysical worlds?

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

The nurse is caring for a Mexican American patient who is in labor.How can this nurse best demonstrate cultural sensitivity?

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

Which health belief system includes a belief of a supernatural force exerting influence to cause health or illness?

What are some characteristics that cultures have in common? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is caring for an Orthodox Jewish patient.What is the most appropriate dietary requirement for the nurse to implement?

The nurse is caring for a postpartum patient who requests to dry and bury the umbilical cord near an object or in a place that symbolizes what the parents want for the child's future.Which cultural beliefs does the nurse recognize this patient adhering to?

A set of learned values,beliefs,customs,and practices that are shared by a group and are passed from one generation to another is known as ________________.

What is the term for a group of people who share biologic physical characteristics?

Following the death of a Presbyterian infant,the nurse should help arrange for __________.

A nurse is caring for an Orthodox Jewish woman immediately after she has given birth.What can the nurse expect regarding the spouse's participation in his wife's care?

The nurse from New York City is caring for a patient from Atlanta,Georgia.What difference between the nurse and patient may cause them to experience difficulty in communicating?

A generalization about a form of behavior,an individual,or a group is known as a _________________.

A nurse is preparing a meal tray for a patient who is a Latter-Day Saint.What beverage should the nurse prepare?

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

The nurse is caring for a patient who fasts during daylight hours during Ramadan.The nurse recognizes that the patient is adhering to the cultural beliefs of which culture?

A nurse is caring for a female neonate born to observant Orthodox Jewish parents.What book does the nurse know will be used when naming this neonate?

A nurse is caring for a patient who is a Latter-Day Saint.The nurse is aware members of this faith may wear sacred undergarments.What intervention is appropriate for the nurse caring for this patient?

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?