Test Bank Transcultural Nursing Assessment and Intervention 6th Edition GigerTable of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to Transcultural Nursing ............................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2: Communication ...
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Transcultural Nursing............................................................................................................................... 1
Chapter 2: Communication ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Chapter 3: Space ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 4: Social Organization ............................................................................................................................................................. 14
Chapter 5: Time ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Chapter 6: Environmental Control ...................................................................................................................................................... 25
Chapter 7: Biological Variations ........................................................................................................................................................... 27
Chapter 8: African-Americans............................................................................................................................................................... 30
Chapter 9: Mexican Americans ............................................................................................................................................................. 34
Chapter 10: Navajos................................................................................................................................................................................ 37
Chapter 12: American Eskimos: The Yup'ik and Inupiat ................................................................................................................. 39
Chapter 13: Japanese Americans ........................................................................................................................................................... 41
Chapter 14: Afghans and Afghan Americans ..................................................................................................................................... 43
Chapter 15: Russian Americans ............................................................................................................................................................ 45
Chapter 16: Chinese Americans ............................................................................................................................................................ 47
Chapter 17: Filipino Americans ............................................................................................................................................................ 49
Chapter 18: Vietnamese Americans ..................................................................................................................................................... 51
Chapter 19: East Indian Hindu Americans ......................................................................................................................................... 54
Chapter 21: Jewish Americans............................................................................................................................................................... 56
Chapter 22: Korean Americans ............................................................................................................................................................. 58
Chapter 24: Puerto Rican Americans ................................................................................................................................................... 59
Chapter 25: Nigerian Americans ........................................................................................................................................................... 61
Chapter 26: Ugandan Americans .......................................................................................................................................................... 63
Chapter 27: Jordanian Americans ......................................................................................................................................................... 65
Chapter 28: Cuban Americans .............................................................................................................................................................. 67
Chapter 30: Irish Americans .................................................................................................................................................................. 69
Chapter 1: Introduction to Transcultural Nursing
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The use of transcultural nursing knowledge is founded on the goal of:
A Increasing client compliance to the Western medical model.
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B Delivering culturally sensitive care that is free of inherent biases.
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, C Eliminating cultural differences.
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D Establishing system-centered health policy.
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ANS: B DIF: Cognitive Level: KnowledgeKEY:
Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Safe, Effective Care Environment
2. The major purpose of culturally congruent nursing care is to enable thenurse to:
A Be aware of his or her own cultural beliefs and values.
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B Change his or her beliefs to meet the patient’s needs.
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C Provide care in a culturally sensitive manner.
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D Refrain from making judgments when patients are wrong.
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ANS: C DIF: Cognitive Level: KnowledgeKEY:
Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. Transcultural nursing is viewed as a culturally competent practice field thatis:
A Nurse centered and research focused.
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B Client centered and research focused.
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C Spiritually centered and research focused.
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D Concerned with differences between but not within cultural groups.
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ANS: B DIF: Cognitive Level: KnowledgeKEY:
Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Safe, Effective Care Environment
4. The principle that is most important to the provision of
culturally competent care is the nurse’s:
A Awareness of personal stereotypes based on culture.
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B Knowledge of specific behavior that is typical of persons in a given culture.
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C Sensitivity to what the physician says about persons in the cultural group of thepatient.
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D Awareness of actions that can be expected of persons in a given culture.
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5. Which of these cultural phenomena are among those
considered essential and are evidenced amongall cultural
groups? Mark all that apply.
A Communication
6. The nurse responding to patients from diverse cultureswith
interpersonal awareness, knowledge, skill, and sensitivity is
known as having:
A Enculturation.
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B Culture care preservation.
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C Cultural competence.
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D Culture care accommodation.
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ANS: C DIF: Cognitive Level: KnowledgeKEY:
Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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