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NURS 444 (EXAM 1) 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Ch. 1
What is the needs assessment used for? - correct answer --
Used to understand the community's perspective
- Interview key community informants
- Use community forums, focus groups, or surveys
How many steps are in the needs assessment? & what are the
steps? - correct answer -- 12 Steps in a Needs Assessment
Steps in the needs assessment process
1. Identify aggregate for assessment
2. Engage the community in planning the assessment
3. Identify required information
4. Select method of data gathering
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5. Develop questionnaires or interview questions
6. Develop procedures for data collection
7. Train data collectors
8. Arrange for a sample representative of the aggregate
9. Conduct needs assessment
10. Tabulate and analyze data
11. Identify needs suggested by data
12.Develop an action plan
CH. 13 - correct answer -
Cultural Competence - correct answer -- respecting and
understanding the values and beliefs of a certain cultural group so
that one can function effectively in caring for members of that
cultural group.
Culturally competent community health nursing requires that the
nurse understand... - correct answer -- Lifestyle
- Value system
- Health and illness behaviors of diverse individuals, families,
groups, and communities
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Culturally competent nutrition assessment: - correct answer --
Cultural definition of food
- Frequency and number of meals eaten away from home
- Form and content of ceremonial meals
- Amount and types of food eaten
- Regularity of food consumption
- Social contacts during meals
- Beware of cultural stereotyping.
- Cultural food preferences are often interrelated with religious
dietary beliefs and practices.
Culturally competent nursing care and religious factors: - correct
answer -- Gain a general understanding of religious calendars.
- Know the customary days of religious worship.
- Learn about special days of observance or celebration.
- Ask clients what religious practices they follow.
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- Religious beliefs may influence a client's belief about the cause
of illness, perception of its severity, choice of healer, and source
of consolation.
- Assess spiritual needs of clients.
- Know the difference between religion and spirituality.
- Remember that various religions have shared beliefs.
Difference b/w religion and sprirituality - correct answer --
Religion is a specific set of organized beliefs and practices,
usually shared by a community or group.
- Spirituality is more of an individual practice and has to do with
having a sense of peace and purpose.
Ethnocentrism & cultural imposition (transcultural). - correct
answer -1. Ethnocentrism:
- is a person's tendency to view his or her own way of life as the
most desirable, acceptable, or best, and to act in a superior
manner toward another culture.
2. Cultural imposition:
- Is a person's tendency to impose his or her own beliefs, values,
and patterns of behavior on individuals from another culture.
NURS 444 (EXAM 1) 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Ch. 1
What is the needs assessment used for? - correct answer --
Used to understand the community's perspective
- Interview key community informants
- Use community forums, focus groups, or surveys
How many steps are in the needs assessment? & what are the
steps? - correct answer -- 12 Steps in a Needs Assessment
Steps in the needs assessment process
1. Identify aggregate for assessment
2. Engage the community in planning the assessment
3. Identify required information
4. Select method of data gathering
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5. Develop questionnaires or interview questions
6. Develop procedures for data collection
7. Train data collectors
8. Arrange for a sample representative of the aggregate
9. Conduct needs assessment
10. Tabulate and analyze data
11. Identify needs suggested by data
12.Develop an action plan
CH. 13 - correct answer -
Cultural Competence - correct answer -- respecting and
understanding the values and beliefs of a certain cultural group so
that one can function effectively in caring for members of that
cultural group.
Culturally competent community health nursing requires that the
nurse understand... - correct answer -- Lifestyle
- Value system
- Health and illness behaviors of diverse individuals, families,
groups, and communities
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Culturally competent nutrition assessment: - correct answer --
Cultural definition of food
- Frequency and number of meals eaten away from home
- Form and content of ceremonial meals
- Amount and types of food eaten
- Regularity of food consumption
- Social contacts during meals
- Beware of cultural stereotyping.
- Cultural food preferences are often interrelated with religious
dietary beliefs and practices.
Culturally competent nursing care and religious factors: - correct
answer -- Gain a general understanding of religious calendars.
- Know the customary days of religious worship.
- Learn about special days of observance or celebration.
- Ask clients what religious practices they follow.
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- Religious beliefs may influence a client's belief about the cause
of illness, perception of its severity, choice of healer, and source
of consolation.
- Assess spiritual needs of clients.
- Know the difference between religion and spirituality.
- Remember that various religions have shared beliefs.
Difference b/w religion and sprirituality - correct answer --
Religion is a specific set of organized beliefs and practices,
usually shared by a community or group.
- Spirituality is more of an individual practice and has to do with
having a sense of peace and purpose.
Ethnocentrism & cultural imposition (transcultural). - correct
answer -1. Ethnocentrism:
- is a person's tendency to view his or her own way of life as the
most desirable, acceptable, or best, and to act in a superior
manner toward another culture.
2. Cultural imposition:
- Is a person's tendency to impose his or her own beliefs, values,
and patterns of behavior on individuals from another culture.
