NR 394 Transcultural Nursing and Health
Promotion: Complete Question Bank – Questions
1-150 Covering Leininger's Culture Care Theory,
Sunrise Model, Giger & Davidhizar Model,
Campinha-Bacote's Model, Health Belief Model,
Stages of Change, Religious Practices, and Health
Disparities"
1. Who is considered the founder of transcultural nursing?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Madeleine Leininger
C) Dorothea Orem
D) Jean Watson
Answer: B) Madeleine Leininger
Rationale: Madeleine Leininger founded transcultural nursing in
the 1950s and developed the Theory of Culture Care Diversity and
Universality.
2. What is the definition of transcultural nursing?
A) Nursing care provided to patients from other countries
B) A comparative study of cultures to understand similarities and
differences in human care, health, and illness
C) Nursing care based on the biomedical model
D) Care provided by nurses from different cultures
Answer: B) A comparative study of cultures to understand
similarities and differences in human care, health, and illness
,Rationale: Transcultural nursing focuses on comparing and
analyzing different cultures to provide culturally congruent care.
3. Leininger's Theory of Culture Care Diversity and
Universality is also known as:
A) The Health Belief Model
B) The Culture Care Theory
C) The Transcultural Assessment Model
D) The Purnell Model
Answer: B) The Culture Care Theory
Rationale: Leininger's theory is formally called the Theory of
Culture Care Diversity and Universality, often shortened to Culture
Care Theory.
4. According to Leininger, what is the goal of transcultural
nursing?
A) To treat all patients the same regardless of culture
B) To provide culturally congruent care
C) To learn multiple languages
D) To convert patients to the nurse's cultural beliefs
Answer: B) To provide culturally congruent care
Rationale: The ultimate goal is to provide care that fits with the
patient's cultural values, beliefs, and practices.
5. What does "culturally congruent care" mean?
A) Care that follows the nurse's cultural norms
B) Care that matches the patient's cultural values, beliefs, and
practices
C) Care that is the same for all patients
D) Care approved by cultural leaders
,Answer: B) Care that matches the patient's cultural values,
beliefs, and practices
Rationale: Culturally congruent care is tailored to align with the
patient's cultural background.
6. The "Sunrise Model" was developed by Leininger to:
A) Predict patient outcomes
B) Depict the components of the Culture Care Theory
C) Measure cultural competence
D) Assess health literacy
Answer: B) Depict the components of the Culture Care Theory
Rationale: The Sunrise Model visually represents the theory's
components and their interrelationships.
7. According to Leininger, culture care diversity refers to:
A) Similarities in care across cultures
B) Differences in meanings, patterns, or values of care between
cultures
C) The universal need for care
D) The nurse's cultural background
Answer: B) Differences in meanings, patterns, or values of
care between cultures
Rationale: Diversity focuses on the variations in care practices and
beliefs among different cultural groups.
8. Culture care universality refers to:
A) Differences in care practices
B) Common or similar care meanings, patterns, or values found
across cultures
, C) The dominance of one culture over another
D) Universal healthcare access
Answer: B) Common or similar care meanings, patterns, or
values found across cultures
Rationale: Universality identifies shared care practices and beliefs
that transcend cultural boundaries.
9. Which of the following is NOT one of Leininger's three
action modes?
A) Culture care preservation/maintenance
B) Culture care accommodation/negotiation
C) Culture care repatterning/restructuring
D) Culture care assimilation
Answer: D) Culture care assimilation
Rationale: The three modes are preservation, accommodation,
and repatterning. Assimilation is not part of Leininger's model.
10. Culture care preservation/maintenance involves:
A) Changing the patient's cultural practices
B) Assisting patients to maintain their cultural care values
C) Ignoring cultural beliefs
D) Imposing the nurse's cultural values
Answer: B) Assisting patients to maintain their cultural care
values
Rationale: This mode supports and helps patients retain beneficial
cultural practices.
11. Culture care accommodation/negotiation refers to:
A) Forcing patients to accept Western medicine
B) Adapting or negotiating care to fit the patient's cultural
Promotion: Complete Question Bank – Questions
1-150 Covering Leininger's Culture Care Theory,
Sunrise Model, Giger & Davidhizar Model,
Campinha-Bacote's Model, Health Belief Model,
Stages of Change, Religious Practices, and Health
Disparities"
1. Who is considered the founder of transcultural nursing?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Madeleine Leininger
C) Dorothea Orem
D) Jean Watson
Answer: B) Madeleine Leininger
Rationale: Madeleine Leininger founded transcultural nursing in
the 1950s and developed the Theory of Culture Care Diversity and
Universality.
2. What is the definition of transcultural nursing?
A) Nursing care provided to patients from other countries
B) A comparative study of cultures to understand similarities and
differences in human care, health, and illness
C) Nursing care based on the biomedical model
D) Care provided by nurses from different cultures
Answer: B) A comparative study of cultures to understand
similarities and differences in human care, health, and illness
,Rationale: Transcultural nursing focuses on comparing and
analyzing different cultures to provide culturally congruent care.
3. Leininger's Theory of Culture Care Diversity and
Universality is also known as:
A) The Health Belief Model
B) The Culture Care Theory
C) The Transcultural Assessment Model
D) The Purnell Model
Answer: B) The Culture Care Theory
Rationale: Leininger's theory is formally called the Theory of
Culture Care Diversity and Universality, often shortened to Culture
Care Theory.
4. According to Leininger, what is the goal of transcultural
nursing?
A) To treat all patients the same regardless of culture
B) To provide culturally congruent care
C) To learn multiple languages
D) To convert patients to the nurse's cultural beliefs
Answer: B) To provide culturally congruent care
Rationale: The ultimate goal is to provide care that fits with the
patient's cultural values, beliefs, and practices.
5. What does "culturally congruent care" mean?
A) Care that follows the nurse's cultural norms
B) Care that matches the patient's cultural values, beliefs, and
practices
C) Care that is the same for all patients
D) Care approved by cultural leaders
,Answer: B) Care that matches the patient's cultural values,
beliefs, and practices
Rationale: Culturally congruent care is tailored to align with the
patient's cultural background.
6. The "Sunrise Model" was developed by Leininger to:
A) Predict patient outcomes
B) Depict the components of the Culture Care Theory
C) Measure cultural competence
D) Assess health literacy
Answer: B) Depict the components of the Culture Care Theory
Rationale: The Sunrise Model visually represents the theory's
components and their interrelationships.
7. According to Leininger, culture care diversity refers to:
A) Similarities in care across cultures
B) Differences in meanings, patterns, or values of care between
cultures
C) The universal need for care
D) The nurse's cultural background
Answer: B) Differences in meanings, patterns, or values of
care between cultures
Rationale: Diversity focuses on the variations in care practices and
beliefs among different cultural groups.
8. Culture care universality refers to:
A) Differences in care practices
B) Common or similar care meanings, patterns, or values found
across cultures
, C) The dominance of one culture over another
D) Universal healthcare access
Answer: B) Common or similar care meanings, patterns, or
values found across cultures
Rationale: Universality identifies shared care practices and beliefs
that transcend cultural boundaries.
9. Which of the following is NOT one of Leininger's three
action modes?
A) Culture care preservation/maintenance
B) Culture care accommodation/negotiation
C) Culture care repatterning/restructuring
D) Culture care assimilation
Answer: D) Culture care assimilation
Rationale: The three modes are preservation, accommodation,
and repatterning. Assimilation is not part of Leininger's model.
10. Culture care preservation/maintenance involves:
A) Changing the patient's cultural practices
B) Assisting patients to maintain their cultural care values
C) Ignoring cultural beliefs
D) Imposing the nurse's cultural values
Answer: B) Assisting patients to maintain their cultural care
values
Rationale: This mode supports and helps patients retain beneficial
cultural practices.
11. Culture care accommodation/negotiation refers to:
A) Forcing patients to accept Western medicine
B) Adapting or negotiating care to fit the patient's cultural
