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When communicating with a client who speaks a different language, which best practice should the
nurse implement?
1. Speak loudly and slowly.
2. Arrange for an interpreter to translate.
3. Speak to the client and family together.
4. Stand close to the client and speak loudly. - ANSWER -Answer: 2.
Rationale: Arranging for an interpreter would be the best practice when communicating with a client
who speaks a different language.
positive acculturation example - ANSWER -A non-English speaking patient has migrated to the U.S. and
starts taking English classes.
negative acculturation example - ANSWER -A non-English speaking patient moved to the U.S. 5 years ago
and refuses to learn English.
Cultural Desparity - ANSWER -having inadequate resources due to lack of access to language services,
culturally competent health care.
ex. Someone new to the country may have limited access to healthcare if they cannot speak the
language of the healthcare provider
Despite significant improvements in the overall health status of the U.S. population over the past few
decades, disparities among ethnic and racial minorities have
a. Decreased as education levels equal those of non-Hispanic whites.
, b. Disappeared in relation to non-Hispanic white populations.
c. Remained a serious challenge locally and nationally.
d. Decreased faster than anticipated. - ANSWER -ANS: C
Despite significant improvements in the overall health status of the U.S. population over the past few
decades, the persistence of disparities in health status among ethnic and racial minorities continues to
be a serious local and national challenge. Hispanics, African Americans, and some Asian subgroups are
less likely than non-Hispanic whites to have a high school education and often experience poorer access
to care and lower quality of preventive, primary, and specialty care.
Eliminating disparities in the health status of people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural
backgrounds has become one of the two most important priorities of Healthy People 2020 because
populations with health disparities have
a. Increased incidence of disease.
b. Lower levels of morbidity.
c. Lower mortality rates.
d. Decreased incidence of disease. - ANSWER -ANS: A
Populations with health disparities have a significantly increased incidence of disease or increased
morbidity and mortality when compared with the general population
The care that includes the nurse learning about cultural issues involved in the patient's health care belief
system and enables patients and families to achieve meaningful and supportive care is known as
a. Ethnocentrism.
b. Culturally competent care.
c. Cultural imposition.
d. Culturally congruent care. - ANSWER -ANS: B
The goal of transcultural nursing is culturally congruent care, or care that fits the person's valued life
patterns and set of meanings. Culturally competent care reflects the ability of a nurse to bridge cultural
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