NUR 100 Exam 3 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
1st known effort to recruit minorities for nursing Correct
Answers *National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses
(NACGN)*, which had had recruitment of African Americans
into nursing as one of its objectives since its inception in 1908,
before WWII.
AACN efforts for minority recruitment Correct Answers 1997,
American Association of Colleges of Nursing published a
position statement stating that diversity and inclusion had
emerged as central issues for organizations and institutions. The
AACN encouraged leadership in nursing to respond to these
issues by finding ways to accelerate the inclusion of groups,
cultures, and ideas that traditionally had been underrepresented
in higher education.
-currently collaborates with many nursing
associations/organizations to advocate more federal funding
acculturation Correct Answers The process of becoming
adapted to a
new or different culture
assimilation Correct Answers The cultural absorption of a
minority
group into the main cultural body
barriers to cultural sensitivity Correct Answers
ETHNOCENTRISM
STEREOTYPING
,PREJUDICE
DISCRIMINATION
RACISM
biculturalism Correct Answers Combining two distinct cultures
in a
single region.
biologic variation Correct Answers body build and structure,
genetic variations, skin characteristics, susceptibility to disease,
and nutritional variations, exist among different cultures.
-skin color, eye shape, hair texture, adipose tissue deposits,
shape of earlobes, and body configuration
-Laboratory values for some tests also vary among
cultural groups. For example, serum cholesterol levels
-rates of different diseases
Brown V. The Board of Education Correct Answers Supreme
Court decision in 1954 that asserted that "separate educational
facilities were inherently unequal" - making racial segregation in
schools unconstitutional.
-educational discrimination was then considered
-resulted in; integration permitting African-American students to
be admitted to formerly all-white schools, quality African-
American schools had difficulty attracting enough students, and
many of the schools closed - but the formerly all white schools
did not admit nearly as many african-american students as the
african-american schools would have. ex; formerly white
schools only admitted one or two african-american students per
class
, celebration Correct Answers the most positive attitude; (or
affirmation) of the positive merits of cultural differences (i.e., of
the value added to life experiences by multiple perspectives,
traditions, rituals, foods, and art forms)
-The deliberate attempt to discover and apply the positive
benefits of cultural variation promotes respect and a celebration
of the value of diversity
characteristics of culture Correct Answers learned, taught,
social, adaptive, satisfying, difficult to articulate, exists at many
levels
characteristics of spiritual well being Correct Answers Sense of
inner peace
Compassion for others
Reverence for life
Gratitude
Appreciation of both unity and diversity
Humor
Wisdom
Generosity
Chi Eta Phi efforts for minority recruitment Correct Answers
national African-American nursing society with chapters
throughout the country, serve as mentors to minority nursing
students. As mentors, sorority members provide intellectual and
inspirational stimulation along with counseling.
communication Correct Answers -differences include language
differences, verbal and nonverbal behaviors, and silence.
-Language can be the greatest obstacle to providing
SOLUTIONS
1st known effort to recruit minorities for nursing Correct
Answers *National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses
(NACGN)*, which had had recruitment of African Americans
into nursing as one of its objectives since its inception in 1908,
before WWII.
AACN efforts for minority recruitment Correct Answers 1997,
American Association of Colleges of Nursing published a
position statement stating that diversity and inclusion had
emerged as central issues for organizations and institutions. The
AACN encouraged leadership in nursing to respond to these
issues by finding ways to accelerate the inclusion of groups,
cultures, and ideas that traditionally had been underrepresented
in higher education.
-currently collaborates with many nursing
associations/organizations to advocate more federal funding
acculturation Correct Answers The process of becoming
adapted to a
new or different culture
assimilation Correct Answers The cultural absorption of a
minority
group into the main cultural body
barriers to cultural sensitivity Correct Answers
ETHNOCENTRISM
STEREOTYPING
,PREJUDICE
DISCRIMINATION
RACISM
biculturalism Correct Answers Combining two distinct cultures
in a
single region.
biologic variation Correct Answers body build and structure,
genetic variations, skin characteristics, susceptibility to disease,
and nutritional variations, exist among different cultures.
-skin color, eye shape, hair texture, adipose tissue deposits,
shape of earlobes, and body configuration
-Laboratory values for some tests also vary among
cultural groups. For example, serum cholesterol levels
-rates of different diseases
Brown V. The Board of Education Correct Answers Supreme
Court decision in 1954 that asserted that "separate educational
facilities were inherently unequal" - making racial segregation in
schools unconstitutional.
-educational discrimination was then considered
-resulted in; integration permitting African-American students to
be admitted to formerly all-white schools, quality African-
American schools had difficulty attracting enough students, and
many of the schools closed - but the formerly all white schools
did not admit nearly as many african-american students as the
african-american schools would have. ex; formerly white
schools only admitted one or two african-american students per
class
, celebration Correct Answers the most positive attitude; (or
affirmation) of the positive merits of cultural differences (i.e., of
the value added to life experiences by multiple perspectives,
traditions, rituals, foods, and art forms)
-The deliberate attempt to discover and apply the positive
benefits of cultural variation promotes respect and a celebration
of the value of diversity
characteristics of culture Correct Answers learned, taught,
social, adaptive, satisfying, difficult to articulate, exists at many
levels
characteristics of spiritual well being Correct Answers Sense of
inner peace
Compassion for others
Reverence for life
Gratitude
Appreciation of both unity and diversity
Humor
Wisdom
Generosity
Chi Eta Phi efforts for minority recruitment Correct Answers
national African-American nursing society with chapters
throughout the country, serve as mentors to minority nursing
students. As mentors, sorority members provide intellectual and
inspirational stimulation along with counseling.
communication Correct Answers -differences include language
differences, verbal and nonverbal behaviors, and silence.
-Language can be the greatest obstacle to providing
