NURS 235 Exam 1 Study Questions and Correct Answers
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NUR 235
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NUR 235
What was a big shift in nursing in the 20th century? shift from primarily in homes to more in hospitals and from hospital to community
What happened to hospitals after World War 2? there was a boom in hospitals, technology, and education - Regan changed medicare?
What are some community-based nur...
NURS 235 Exam 1 Study Questions and
Correct Answers
What was a big shift in nursing in the 20th century? ✅shift from primarily in homes to
more in hospitals and from hospital to community
What happened to hospitals after World War 2? ✅there was a boom in hospitals,
technology, and education
- Regan changed medicare?
What are some community-based nursing care components? ✅- self-care of clients
and families
- preventative health care
- care within the context of a community
- collaborative care
- coordination of care
- expectation of nursing skills and competencies
What are the five social determinants of health? ✅1) Neighborhood and built
environment
2) health and health care
3) social and community context
4) education
5) economic stability
How do you define culture? ✅members of a cultural group share values and ways of
thinking and acting, it affects how people value, evaluate and categorize life
experiences
What are some race differences? ✅growth and development, skin color, enzymatic
differences, susceptibility to disease and lab test data
What is prejudice? ✅emotional manifestation of deeply held stereotypes about a group
of people (usually negative)
What is racism? ✅a form of prejudice that occurs through the exercise of power by
individuals and institutions against people who are judged to be inferior, and people are
denied certain opportunities
What is ethnicity? ✅an ethnic identity can be based in a shared language,
geographical area, racial characteristics, and values of the group's heritage
, What are the four categories of foreign born immigrants? ✅1) legal immigrants
2) refugees (seeking freedom)
3) nonimmigrants (like tourists, reporters)
4) unauthorized immigrants (crossed the border)
What is marginalization? ✅being present but feeling like you don't have a voice
What is the definition of cultural competence? ✅combination of culturally congruent
behaviors, attitudes and policies that allow nurses to use interpersonal communication
and relationship skills to work effectively in cross cultural situations
What is culturally competent care? ✅the process of acquiring specific knowledge,
skills, and attitudes to provide culturally congruent care
What does culturally competent care involve? ✅- cultural preservation or maintenance:
preserving relevant care values so patient maintains their well being and recovers from
ailments
- cultural accommodation of negotiation: adapting or negotiating with others for
beneficial outcome
- cultural repatterning: reorder, change or modify lifestyle of patient for better health care
pattern
What is a cultural assessment? ✅a systematic and comprehensive examination of the
cultural care values, beliefs, and practices of individuals, families, and communities that
gathers information that will enable the nurse to provide culturally competent care
What is ethnocentrism? ✅when a person views their own way of life as being superior
to others
What is an "emic" perspective? ✅a native perspective
What are some factors that determine family structure? ✅- individuals who compose
family
- relationship between individuals
- interactions between members
- interactions with other social systems
What are some examples of family demographics? ✅- living arrangements
- marriage, divorce, cohabitation
- births
- deaths
- parenting
- immigration
- family caregivers
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