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NR 222- Exam 2 reviewA 6-month-old child from Guatemala was adopted by an American family in Indiana. The child's
socialization into the American midwestern culture is best described as:
A. Assimilation.
B. Acculturation.
C. Biculturalism.
D. Enculturation. - CORRECT ANSWER D. Enculturation.
Socialization into one's primary culture as a child is known as enculturation.
A 46-year-old woman from Bosnia came to the United States 6 years ago. Although she did not
celebrate Christmas when she lived in Bosnia, she celebrates Christmas with her family now. This
woman has experienced assimilation into the culture of the United States because she:
A .Chose to be bicultural.
B. Adapted to and adopted the American culture.
C. Had an extremely negative experience with the American culture.
D. Gave up part of her ethnic identity in favor of the American culture. - CORRECT ANSWER B.
Adapted to and adopted the American culture.
Assimilation results when an individual gradually adopts and incorporates the characteristics of the
dominant culture.
To enhance their cultural awareness, nursing students need to make an in-depth self-examination of
their own:
A. Motivation and commitment to caring.
B. Social, cultural, and biophysical factors.
C. Engagement in cross-cultural interactions.
, D. Background, recognizing her biases and prejudices. - CORRECT ANSWER D. Background,
recognizing her biases and prejudices.
Cultural awareness is an in-depth self-examination of one's own background, recognizing biases and
prejudices and assumptions about other people.
Which of the following is required in the delivery of culturally congruent care?
A. Learning about vast cultures
B. Motivation and commitment to caring
C. Influencing treatment and care of patients
D. Acquiring specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes - CORRECT ANSWER D. Acquiring specific
knowledge, skills, and attitudes
Specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes are required in the delivery of culturally congruent care.
A registered nurse is admitting a patient of French heritage to the hospital. Which question asked by
the nurse indicates that the nurse is stereotyping the patient?
A. "What are your dietary preferences?"
B. "What time do you typically go to bed?"
C. "Do you bathe and use deodorant more than one time a week?"
D. "Do you have any health issues that we should know about?" - CORRECT ANSWER C. "Do you
bathe and use deodorant more than one time a week?"
Nurses need to avoid stereotypes or unwarranted generalizations about any particular group that
prevents further assessment of the individual's unique characteristics.
When action is taken on one's prejudices:
A. Discrimination occurs.
B. Delivery of culturally congruent care is ensured.
, C. Effective intercultural communication develops.
D. Sufficient comparative knowledge of diverse groups is obtained. - CORRECT ANSWER A.
Discrimination occurs.
Prejudices associate negative permanent characteristics with people who are different from the
valued group. When a person acts on these prejudices, discrimination occurs.
A nursing student is doing a community health rotation in an inner-city public health department.
The student investigates sociodemographic and health data of the people served by the health
department, and detects disparities in health outcomes between the rich and poor. This is an
example of a(n):
A. Illness attributed to natural and biological forces.
B. Creation of the student's interpretation and descriptions of the data.
C. Influence of socioeconomic factors in morbidity and mortality.
D. Combination of naturalistic, religious, and supernatural modalities. - CORRECT ANSWER C.
Influence of socioeconomic factors in morbidity and mortality.
Health disparity populations are populations that have a significant increased incidence or
prevalence of disease or that have increased morbidity, mortality, or survival rates compared to the
health status of the general population.
Culture strongly influences pain expression and need for pain medication. However, cultural pain is:
A. Not expressed verbally or physically.
B. Expressed only to others from a similar culture.
C. Usually more intense than physical pain.
D. Suffered by a patient whose valued way of life is disregarded by practitioners. - CORRECT
ANSWER D. Suffered by a patient whose valued way of life is disregarded by practitioners.
Patients suffer cultural pain when health care providers disregard values or cultural beliefs.
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