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NUR 170 / NUR170 FINAL EXAM: (NEW 2025/
2026 UPDATE) CONCEPTS OF MEDICAL-SURGICAL
NURSING GUIDE| QUESTIONS & ANSWERS| GRADE A|
100% CORRECT (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)- GALEN
1. Racism:: system of oppression and privilege based on
race, involves discrimination through institutional policies,
practices and beliefs/actions of individuals.
2. Race: socially constructed and functions as a social marker
of difference, differentiating treatment based on physical
characteristics, skin color.
3. Ethnic minorities:: belong to a social group that has a
common national/cultural tradition that is few in number
4. Apply scholar's recommendations to improve nursing
practice:: Critical self-reflection
Development of awareness and sensitivity
Continuing professional development
Moving beyond cultural competency to antiracism education
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Authentic discussion about race and racism in nursing
Creating an inclusive environment
5. Describe the Indigenous diversity of the Canadian
population.: There is more than 70 Indigenous communities
Over 600 reserves
Hundreds of Metis and Inuit communities
Almost 1.5 million Indigenous people living across Canada
6. Cultural Safety: is a critical understanding of culture that
recognizes that cultures are dynamic and constantly shifting
relation to power dynamics in society and historical, economic,
political and local trends.
7. Cultural Competence:: involves developing competence in
understanding and learning different cultures and oneself.
Involves becoming familiar with the beliefs, values, and practices
of various groups of people, involves learning about oneself and
what shapes one's experiences
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8. Cultural Sensitivity:: the process of finding what a
person's culture is and what to be sensitive to (and tolerant of),
differences from the presumed norm, with tolerance often
implying a tolerating majority and a tolerated minority.
9. Cultural Humility:: process of reflection (such as reflecting
on values/beliefs) and lifelong inquiry.
Involves self-awareness of personal and cultural biases as well
as awareness and sensitivity to significant cultural issues of
others
10. Contemporary Understanding:: culture is a process that
happens between people, we continuously participate in and
create culture and culture is constantly in flux. No two persons
share any given cultural affiliation in identical ways.
Definition in Canada's healthcare system: culture is the values,
beliefs, and practices common or inherent to a group of people.
This definition is problematic because:
People affiliate with multiple cultures/groups, which implies
diverse or conflicting values/beliefs
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Ascribing assumed group values to individuals suggests a static
set of values, beliefs and practices that do not change over an
individual's life.
11. Traditional Understanding:: Ethnicity: a group/community
maintained by a shared heritage, culture, language or religion, is
an dynamic concept that encom-
passes different aspects (ex: race, origin,
ancestry, language) Race: used to classify
humankind according to common ancestry
Widely reliant on differentiation by physical characteristics (color
of skin, hair texture, facial features)
12. Reflective Practice:: means continuously scrutinizing your
own knowledge and the basis of your practice and always
checking your assumptions and "blind spots 13. Attributes of a
Reflective Practitioner:: Engage in dialogue (the central
process of reflexivity).
Engaging in reflexive approaches requires a commitment to
creating opportunities for reflection and dialogue to consider the
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NUR
NUR 170 / NUR170 FINAL EXAM: (NEW 2025/
2026 UPDATE) CONCEPTS OF MEDICAL-SURGICAL
NURSING GUIDE| QUESTIONS & ANSWERS| GRADE A|
100% CORRECT (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)- GALEN
1. Racism:: system of oppression and privilege based on
race, involves discrimination through institutional policies,
practices and beliefs/actions of individuals.
2. Race: socially constructed and functions as a social marker
of difference, differentiating treatment based on physical
characteristics, skin color.
3. Ethnic minorities:: belong to a social group that has a
common national/cultural tradition that is few in number
4. Apply scholar's recommendations to improve nursing
practice:: Critical self-reflection
Development of awareness and sensitivity
Continuing professional development
Moving beyond cultural competency to antiracism education
NUR 170
, 2
NUR
Authentic discussion about race and racism in nursing
Creating an inclusive environment
5. Describe the Indigenous diversity of the Canadian
population.: There is more than 70 Indigenous communities
Over 600 reserves
Hundreds of Metis and Inuit communities
Almost 1.5 million Indigenous people living across Canada
6. Cultural Safety: is a critical understanding of culture that
recognizes that cultures are dynamic and constantly shifting
relation to power dynamics in society and historical, economic,
political and local trends.
7. Cultural Competence:: involves developing competence in
understanding and learning different cultures and oneself.
Involves becoming familiar with the beliefs, values, and practices
of various groups of people, involves learning about oneself and
what shapes one's experiences
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, 3
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8. Cultural Sensitivity:: the process of finding what a
person's culture is and what to be sensitive to (and tolerant of),
differences from the presumed norm, with tolerance often
implying a tolerating majority and a tolerated minority.
9. Cultural Humility:: process of reflection (such as reflecting
on values/beliefs) and lifelong inquiry.
Involves self-awareness of personal and cultural biases as well
as awareness and sensitivity to significant cultural issues of
others
10. Contemporary Understanding:: culture is a process that
happens between people, we continuously participate in and
create culture and culture is constantly in flux. No two persons
share any given cultural affiliation in identical ways.
Definition in Canada's healthcare system: culture is the values,
beliefs, and practices common or inherent to a group of people.
This definition is problematic because:
People affiliate with multiple cultures/groups, which implies
diverse or conflicting values/beliefs
NUR 170
, 4
NUR
Ascribing assumed group values to individuals suggests a static
set of values, beliefs and practices that do not change over an
individual's life.
11. Traditional Understanding:: Ethnicity: a group/community
maintained by a shared heritage, culture, language or religion, is
an dynamic concept that encom-
passes different aspects (ex: race, origin,
ancestry, language) Race: used to classify
humankind according to common ancestry
Widely reliant on differentiation by physical characteristics (color
of skin, hair texture, facial features)
12. Reflective Practice:: means continuously scrutinizing your
own knowledge and the basis of your practice and always
checking your assumptions and "blind spots 13. Attributes of a
Reflective Practitioner:: Engage in dialogue (the central
process of reflexivity).
Engaging in reflexive approaches requires a commitment to
creating opportunities for reflection and dialogue to consider the
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