Giger: Transcultural Nursing, 6th Edition
Giger & Davidhizar's Culturally Competent Test Bank: NCLEX-RN
Review
Chapter 10: Navajos
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. To avoid a cultural taboo while making patient assignments for the nursing unit, the
nurse would try to avoid assigning a Navajo nurse to:
A A patient in isolation with tuberculosis.
.
B A patient with jaundice.
.
C A dying patient.
.
D A patient of the opposite sex.
.
ANS: C DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
KEY: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX Category: Safe, Effective Care Environment
2. John Ahiga, a Navajo Indian, has been admitted to the hospital for surgery. Mrs.
Ahiga asks if their medicine man can perform a 30-minute healing ceremony with her
husband. The nurse should:
A Tell her that rituals may exhaust Mr. Ahiga.
.
B Provide the space and privacy for the ceremony.
.
C Explain that there is no place in modern health care for medicine men.
.
D Insist that there must be a separation of religion and medicine.
.
ANS: B DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
KEY: Nursing Process: Analysis
MSC: NCLEX Category: Psychosocial Integrity
3. The nurse has planned an appointment with Nancy Ashiihi, a 25-year-old Navajo
Indian client, four times. Once she was 2 hours late, twice she was 2 hours early, and
once she did not come at all. The most important approach for a culturally competent
nurse to use in scheduling appointments is to:
A Be more considerate of the client’s personal schedule when selecting the time for
. an appointment.
Giger & Davidhizar's Culturally Competent Test Bank: NCLEX-RN
Review
Chapter 10: Navajos
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. To avoid a cultural taboo while making patient assignments for the nursing unit, the
nurse would try to avoid assigning a Navajo nurse to:
A A patient in isolation with tuberculosis.
.
B A patient with jaundice.
.
C A dying patient.
.
D A patient of the opposite sex.
.
ANS: C DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
KEY: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX Category: Safe, Effective Care Environment
2. John Ahiga, a Navajo Indian, has been admitted to the hospital for surgery. Mrs.
Ahiga asks if their medicine man can perform a 30-minute healing ceremony with her
husband. The nurse should:
A Tell her that rituals may exhaust Mr. Ahiga.
.
B Provide the space and privacy for the ceremony.
.
C Explain that there is no place in modern health care for medicine men.
.
D Insist that there must be a separation of religion and medicine.
.
ANS: B DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
KEY: Nursing Process: Analysis
MSC: NCLEX Category: Psychosocial Integrity
3. The nurse has planned an appointment with Nancy Ashiihi, a 25-year-old Navajo
Indian client, four times. Once she was 2 hours late, twice she was 2 hours early, and
once she did not come at all. The most important approach for a culturally competent
nurse to use in scheduling appointments is to:
A Be more considerate of the client’s personal schedule when selecting the time for
. an appointment.
