NMNC 1220. Exam 3
The nurse is at a health fair performing screenings for liver cancer. Which population
should be most closely monitored for liver cancer?
a. Hispanic
b. Asian American
c. Non-Hispanic Caucasians
d. Non-Hispanic African-Americans - answerb
A nurse is caring for a low-income immigrant. Which information should be considered
in the plan of care for this patient?
a. decreased frequency of morbidity
b. increased incidence of disease
c. increased level of health
d. decreased mortality rate - answerb
A nurse is assessing the disparities among population groups. What is the nurse
monitoring?
a. accessibility of health care services
b. outcomes of health conditions
c. prevalence of complications
d. incidence of disease - answera
The nurse is providing care for a patient from a different culture? Which action indicates
cultural competence?
a. communicates actively in a multicultural context
b. functions effectively in a multi-cultural context
c. visits a foreign country
d. speaks a different language - answerb
The nurse learns of cultures issues in a patient's healthcare belief system and enables
patients/families to achieve meaningful and supportive care. Which concept in the nurse
demonstrating?
a. marginalized groups
b. health care disparity
c. transcultural nursing
d. culturally congruent care - answerd
,The nurse is starting to use patient-centered care and cultural competence to improve
their nursing care. Which step should they take first?
a. assessing own biases and attitudes
b. learning about other's world view
c. understanding organizational factors
d. developing cultural skills - answera
A nurse is performing an assessment using the ETHNIC mnemonic for cultural
communication. Which are will the nurse assess for the H?
a. health
b. healers
c. history
d. homeland - answerb
A nurse is caring for a Hispanic patient who speaks no English. The nurse is working
with an interpreter. Which action should the nurse take?
a. use long sentences
b. look at the patient
c. use breaks in sentences
d. look at nonverbal behaviors of the patient - answerb
Which action shows that the nurse is meeting a primary goal of cultural competent care
for patients?
a. provides care to transgender patients
b. provides care to restore relationships
c. provides individualized care for patients
d. provides care for surgical patients - answera
The nurse is caring for an Asian patient using the Teach-Back technique. Which
statement by the nurse indicates successful implementation of this technique?
a. "Does this make sense?"
b. "Do you think you can do this at home?"
c. "What will you tell your spouse about changing this dressing?"
d. "Would you tell me if you don't understand something and we will go over it again?" -
answerc
A nurse is using core measures to reduce health disparities. Which group should the
nurse focus on to cause the most improvement in core measures?
a. Caucasians
b. Poor people
, c. Alaskan Natives
d. American Indians - answerb
The nurse is designing a form for LGBTQ patients. Which design should the nurse
utilize?
a. use partnered rather than married
b. use mother rather than father
c. use parents rather than guardians
d. use wife/husband rather than significant other - answera
A nurse is assessing population groups for risk of suicide requiring medical attention.
Which group should be monitored most closely?
a. young bisexuals
b. young caucasians
c. Asian Americans
d. African-Americans - answera
A nurse is assessing a patient's ethno-history. Which question should the nurse ask?
a. which language do you speak at home?
b. how different is your life here versus back home?
c. which caregivers do you seek when you're sick?
d. how different is what we do from what your family does when you are sick? - answerb
The nurse is teaching about health care information. Which patient should be assessed
most closely for health literacy?
a. a 35 year old
b. a 68 year old
c. a patient with a college degree
d. a patient with a high school diploma - answerb
The nurse is working at a hospital that uses equity-focused quality improvement? Which
strategy is the hospital using?
a. documenting staff satisfaction
b. focusing on the family
c. implementing changes on a grand scale
d. reducing disparities - answerd
A nurse is working with a culturally diverse population. Which action indicates success
in providing culturally congruent care?
a. providing care based on patient's valued life patterns and set of meanings
The nurse is at a health fair performing screenings for liver cancer. Which population
should be most closely monitored for liver cancer?
a. Hispanic
b. Asian American
c. Non-Hispanic Caucasians
d. Non-Hispanic African-Americans - answerb
A nurse is caring for a low-income immigrant. Which information should be considered
in the plan of care for this patient?
a. decreased frequency of morbidity
b. increased incidence of disease
c. increased level of health
d. decreased mortality rate - answerb
A nurse is assessing the disparities among population groups. What is the nurse
monitoring?
a. accessibility of health care services
b. outcomes of health conditions
c. prevalence of complications
d. incidence of disease - answera
The nurse is providing care for a patient from a different culture? Which action indicates
cultural competence?
a. communicates actively in a multicultural context
b. functions effectively in a multi-cultural context
c. visits a foreign country
d. speaks a different language - answerb
The nurse learns of cultures issues in a patient's healthcare belief system and enables
patients/families to achieve meaningful and supportive care. Which concept in the nurse
demonstrating?
a. marginalized groups
b. health care disparity
c. transcultural nursing
d. culturally congruent care - answerd
,The nurse is starting to use patient-centered care and cultural competence to improve
their nursing care. Which step should they take first?
a. assessing own biases and attitudes
b. learning about other's world view
c. understanding organizational factors
d. developing cultural skills - answera
A nurse is performing an assessment using the ETHNIC mnemonic for cultural
communication. Which are will the nurse assess for the H?
a. health
b. healers
c. history
d. homeland - answerb
A nurse is caring for a Hispanic patient who speaks no English. The nurse is working
with an interpreter. Which action should the nurse take?
a. use long sentences
b. look at the patient
c. use breaks in sentences
d. look at nonverbal behaviors of the patient - answerb
Which action shows that the nurse is meeting a primary goal of cultural competent care
for patients?
a. provides care to transgender patients
b. provides care to restore relationships
c. provides individualized care for patients
d. provides care for surgical patients - answera
The nurse is caring for an Asian patient using the Teach-Back technique. Which
statement by the nurse indicates successful implementation of this technique?
a. "Does this make sense?"
b. "Do you think you can do this at home?"
c. "What will you tell your spouse about changing this dressing?"
d. "Would you tell me if you don't understand something and we will go over it again?" -
answerc
A nurse is using core measures to reduce health disparities. Which group should the
nurse focus on to cause the most improvement in core measures?
a. Caucasians
b. Poor people
, c. Alaskan Natives
d. American Indians - answerb
The nurse is designing a form for LGBTQ patients. Which design should the nurse
utilize?
a. use partnered rather than married
b. use mother rather than father
c. use parents rather than guardians
d. use wife/husband rather than significant other - answera
A nurse is assessing population groups for risk of suicide requiring medical attention.
Which group should be monitored most closely?
a. young bisexuals
b. young caucasians
c. Asian Americans
d. African-Americans - answera
A nurse is assessing a patient's ethno-history. Which question should the nurse ask?
a. which language do you speak at home?
b. how different is your life here versus back home?
c. which caregivers do you seek when you're sick?
d. how different is what we do from what your family does when you are sick? - answerb
The nurse is teaching about health care information. Which patient should be assessed
most closely for health literacy?
a. a 35 year old
b. a 68 year old
c. a patient with a college degree
d. a patient with a high school diploma - answerb
The nurse is working at a hospital that uses equity-focused quality improvement? Which
strategy is the hospital using?
a. documenting staff satisfaction
b. focusing on the family
c. implementing changes on a grand scale
d. reducing disparities - answerd
A nurse is working with a culturally diverse population. Which action indicates success
in providing culturally congruent care?
a. providing care based on patient's valued life patterns and set of meanings
