Exam 6: Cultural and Ethnic Considerations

The nurse is delivering a meal tray to a female Muslim patient.What intervention is most appropriate for this patient?

A nurse is caring for a male neonate born to observant Orthodox Jewish parents.Who will the nurse anticipate will circumcise the neonate?

The nurse is caring for a Mexican American patient.What nursing intervention would best demonstrate cultural sensitivity?

A patient requests a consultation between the health care provider and a religious leader known as an Imam.What is this patient's cultural belief?

What is a set of learned values,beliefs,customs,and practices shared by a group?

A nurse is American-born and works in a large hospital with patients from many cultures.What must this nurse develop to provide the best care?

The cultural characteristic of unwillingness to leave a current activity-which may result in late or missed appointments-is called ____________.

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

A nurse is preparing to discuss birth control options for a Roman Catholic patient.What is the most appropriate method for the nurse to discuss with this patient?

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?

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 Muslim patient.What dietary selection should the nurse serve to this patient?

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

What basic philosophy in the United States is relevant to health care?

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

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

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 ________________.

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

The nurse should not maintain eye contact with a Korean patient because many Asians believe prolonged eye contact is _____________ or rude.