Chapter 10 Cultural Awareness, Sensitivity, and Respect
1. A group of teens develop their own method of texting in a language that they feel is all
their own. The change is subtle, but the meanings and the feelings associated with the
text are known only to a select few. This behavior is an example of:
A) Culture
B) Cultural competence
C) Cultural safety
D) Ethnocentrism
Ans: A
Feedback:
Culture is the knowledge, values, practices, customs, and beliefs of a group and includes
a “unique meaning and information system, shared by a group.” Cultural competence is
openness to others' ideas and ways of life; respect, curiosity, patience, and
self-awareness of one's own culture and culturally mediated ideas. Cultural safety is the
practice of providing culturally appropriate health services to disadvantaged groups
while stressing dignity and avoiding institutional racism, assimilation (forcing people to
adopt a dominant culture), and repressive practices. Ethnocentrism is the assumption
that others believe and behave as the dominant culture does, or the belief that the
dominant culture is superior to others.
Origin: Chapter 10- Culture Diversity and Values, 2
2. The nurse is caring for a client who refuses the food as served. He states that the food is
foreign to him and will make him ill. All food must be blessed. The personal care
attendant is upset by this behavior and states that the client should eat the food anyway.
The client's behavior is most likely a result of:
A) Psychosocial deficit
B) Cultural belief
C) Allergies
D) Hygiene
,Ans: B
Feedback:
Culture is how people approach the world. Culture includes language, religion,
occupation, economics, art, politics, and philosophy, along with diet. The fact that the
client says that the food must be “blessed” indicates a religious belief that is part of his
culture. There is no evidence of a psychosocial deficit in this client, or of allergies or
hygiene concerns.
, Origin: Chapter 10- Culture Diversity and Values, 3
3. The nurse is present when a mother begins cupping her child. She states that it will help
to heal the child's respiratory tract infection. The nurse understands that the cultural
belief that cupping will aid in the healing process is a:
A) Shared instinct
B) Learned behavior
C) Private idiosyncrasy
D) Genetically programmed idea
Ans: B
Feedback:
Usually culture is first “learned” from parents and siblings and then from peers,
teachers, neighbors, books, television, and other media. Thus, it is not innate instinct, a
private idiosyncrasy, or a genetically programmed idea.
Origin: Chapter 10- Culture Diversity and Values, 4
4. A Mexican-American client arrives at the emergency department. He reports abdominal
pain and has been vomiting for 5 days. The nurse notes that he is exhibiting symptoms
of dehydration, and his vital signs and labs confirm this. The nurse asks the client why
he waited so long to seek medical care. He states that he is being treated by the
Curandero and wishes to continue while in the hospital. The nurse recognizes the
different cultural assumptions regarding care. This situation is an example of:
A) Cross-cultural nursing
B) Ethnocentrism
C) Cultural safety
D) Transcultural bias
Ans: A
Feedback:
Cross-cultural nursing is any nursing work in which the nurse and the client have
different cultures. Ethnocentrism is the assumption that others believe and behave as the
dominant culture does, or the belief that the dominant culture is superior to others.
Cultural safety is the practice of providing culturally appropriate health services to
1. A group of teens develop their own method of texting in a language that they feel is all
their own. The change is subtle, but the meanings and the feelings associated with the
text are known only to a select few. This behavior is an example of:
A) Culture
B) Cultural competence
C) Cultural safety
D) Ethnocentrism
Ans: A
Feedback:
Culture is the knowledge, values, practices, customs, and beliefs of a group and includes
a “unique meaning and information system, shared by a group.” Cultural competence is
openness to others' ideas and ways of life; respect, curiosity, patience, and
self-awareness of one's own culture and culturally mediated ideas. Cultural safety is the
practice of providing culturally appropriate health services to disadvantaged groups
while stressing dignity and avoiding institutional racism, assimilation (forcing people to
adopt a dominant culture), and repressive practices. Ethnocentrism is the assumption
that others believe and behave as the dominant culture does, or the belief that the
dominant culture is superior to others.
Origin: Chapter 10- Culture Diversity and Values, 2
2. The nurse is caring for a client who refuses the food as served. He states that the food is
foreign to him and will make him ill. All food must be blessed. The personal care
attendant is upset by this behavior and states that the client should eat the food anyway.
The client's behavior is most likely a result of:
A) Psychosocial deficit
B) Cultural belief
C) Allergies
D) Hygiene
,Ans: B
Feedback:
Culture is how people approach the world. Culture includes language, religion,
occupation, economics, art, politics, and philosophy, along with diet. The fact that the
client says that the food must be “blessed” indicates a religious belief that is part of his
culture. There is no evidence of a psychosocial deficit in this client, or of allergies or
hygiene concerns.
, Origin: Chapter 10- Culture Diversity and Values, 3
3. The nurse is present when a mother begins cupping her child. She states that it will help
to heal the child's respiratory tract infection. The nurse understands that the cultural
belief that cupping will aid in the healing process is a:
A) Shared instinct
B) Learned behavior
C) Private idiosyncrasy
D) Genetically programmed idea
Ans: B
Feedback:
Usually culture is first “learned” from parents and siblings and then from peers,
teachers, neighbors, books, television, and other media. Thus, it is not innate instinct, a
private idiosyncrasy, or a genetically programmed idea.
Origin: Chapter 10- Culture Diversity and Values, 4
4. A Mexican-American client arrives at the emergency department. He reports abdominal
pain and has been vomiting for 5 days. The nurse notes that he is exhibiting symptoms
of dehydration, and his vital signs and labs confirm this. The nurse asks the client why
he waited so long to seek medical care. He states that he is being treated by the
Curandero and wishes to continue while in the hospital. The nurse recognizes the
different cultural assumptions regarding care. This situation is an example of:
A) Cross-cultural nursing
B) Ethnocentrism
C) Cultural safety
D) Transcultural bias
Ans: A
Feedback:
Cross-cultural nursing is any nursing work in which the nurse and the client have
different cultures. Ethnocentrism is the assumption that others believe and behave as the
dominant culture does, or the belief that the dominant culture is superior to others.
Cultural safety is the practice of providing culturally appropriate health services to
