Assessment Quiz 1 :Cultural
Competency, SOAP Notes, and
Diagnostic Reasoning in Healthcare
Culturally competent care - ANSWER>Care that is sensitive to patients' heritage, sexual orientation, socioeconomic
situation, ethnicity, and cultural background.
Culture - ANSWER>The whole of human behavior, including ideas, attitudes, relationships, ways of speaking, and
material products of human effort and imagination.
Factors influencing culture in healthcare - ANSWER>Age, gender, race, ethnic group, cultural attitudes, regional
differences, socioeconomic status.
Areas where culture impacts illness - ANSWER>Communication, health beliefs and practices, family relationships,
diet and nutrition.
, Ways to reduce disparities in healthcare - ANSWER>Humanize patients, address biases, use teach-back, include
support systems, use interpreters, consider health literacy, advocate for culturally competent care.
RESPECT model - ANSWER>R - Rapport, E - Empathy, S - Support, P - Partnership, E - Explanations, C - Cultural
competence, T - Trust.
Physical exam techniques - ANSWER>Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation.
Correct abdominal exam order - ANSWER>Inspection → Auscultation → Percussion → Palpation.
Percussion sound over the lungs - ANSWER>Resonance.
Differential diagnosis - ANSWER>A list of all possible conditions that could explain a patient's symptoms.
Rule out - ANSWER>To eliminate a diagnosis that does not fit the findings.
Pathognomonic finding - ANSWER>A finding so characteristic that it confirms a diagnosis.