TEST BANK- FUNDAMENTALS BOOK
PRACTICE EXAM GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
The nurse is assessing the characteristics of a patient's pain. Match the
characteristic to the question a nurse will ask to determine that specific
characteristic.
a. Could you rate your pain on a scale of 0 to 10?
b. How often does it recur?
c. Could you point to the area of pain?
d. Do certain activities worsen the pain?
e. What does the pain feel like?
1. Timing
2. Location
3. Severity
4. Quality
5. Aggravating factors - Answer-1. b. How often does it recur?
2. c. Could you point to the area of pain?
3. a. Could you rate your pain on a scale of 0 to 10?
4. e. What does the pain feel like?
5. d. Do certain activities worsen the pain?
A nurse is discussing the changing demographics of the US population. What is
expected to be the fastest growing racial ethnic group by 2060?
a. Hispanic
b. Asian
c. Multiracial
d. Non-Hispanic Blacks - Answer-c. Multiracial
A nurse is caring for an immigrant with low income. Which information should the
nurse consider when planning care for this patient?
a. There is a decreased frequency of morbidity.
b. There is an increased incidence of disease.
c. There is an increased level of health.
d. There is a decreased mortality rate. - Answer-b. There is an increased incidence
of disease.
A nurse is assessing the health care disparities among population groups. Which
area is the nurse monitoring?
a. Accessibility of health care services
b. Outcomes of health conditions
c. Prevalence of complications
d. Incidence of diseases - Answer-a. Accessibility of health care services
A nurse is providing care to a patient from a different culture. Which action by the
nurse indicates cultural competence?
a. Communicates effectively in a multicultural context.
,b. Effectively provides for multifaceted healthcare needs.
c. Visits a foreign country.
d. Speaks a different language. - Answer-b. Effectively provides for multifaceted
healthcare needs.
The nurse learns about cultural issues involved in the patient's health care belief
system and enables patients and families to achieve meaningful and supportive
care. Which concept is the nurse demonstrating?
a. Marginalized groups
b. Health care disparity
c. Transcultural nursing
d. Culturally congruent care - Answer-d. Culturally congruent care
A nurse is beginning to use patient-centered care and cultural competence to
improve nursing care. Which step should the nurse take first in achieving cultural
awareness?
a. Assessing own biases and attitude
b. Learning about the world view of others
c. Understanding organizational forces
d. Developing cultural skills - Answer-a. Assessing own biases and attitude
A nurse is performing a cultural assessment using the LEARN mnemonic for
communication. Which area will the nurse assess for the ―L‖?
a. Look
b. Listen
c. Liken
d. Leave - Answer-b. Listen
The nurse caring for a patient of Hispanic descent who speaks no English, is working
with an interpreter. Which action should the nurse take?
a. Use long sentences when talking.
b. Look at the patient when talking.
c. Use breaks in sentences when talking.
d. Look at only nonverbal behaviors when talking. - Answer-b. Look at the patient
when talking.
Which action indicates the nurse is meeting a primary goal of culturally competent
care for marginalized patients?
a. Provides care to transgender patients.
b. Provides care to restore relationships.
c. Provides care to patients that is individualized.
d. Provides care to surgical patients. - Answer-a. Provides care to transgender
patients.
The nurse is caring for a Asian patient using the teach-back technique. Which action
by the nurse indicates successful implementation of this technique?
a. Asks, ―Does this make sense?‖
b. Asks, ―Do you think you can do this at home?‖
c. Asks, ―What will you tell your spouse about changing the dressing?‖
d. Asks, ―Would you tell me if you don't understand something, so we can go over
, it?‖ - Answer-c. Asks, ―What will you tell your spouse about changing the dressing?
‖
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. Alaska Natives
d. American Indians - Answer-b. Poor people
A nurse is assessing culturally diverse population groups for the risk of suicide.
Which assessment question will provide the most culturally relevant information?
a. ―Is suicide common in your culture?‖
b. ―How is suicide viewed in your culture?‖
c. ―Has anyone here ever considered suicide?‖
d. ―Do you know anyone who as committed suicide?‖ - Answer-b. ―How is suicide
viewed in your culture?‖
A nurse is caring for a patient with limited English-speaking skills. What intervention
should be implemented to best assist in educating the patient about their disease
process?
a. Request a trained medical interpreter.
b. Provide information in graphic form when possible.
c. Use handouts prepared in the patient's native language.
d. Ask that a family member be present during educational teaching. - Answer-a.
Request a trained medical interpreter.
A nurse is assessing a patient's ethnic history. Which question should the nurse ask?
a. What language do you speak at home?
b. How different is your life here from back home?
c. Which caregivers do you seek when you are sick?
d. How different is what we do from what your family does when you are sick? -
Answer-b. How different is your life here from back home?
A nurse is teaching patients about health care information. Which patient will the
nurse assess closely for health literacy?
a. A patient 35 years old
b. a patient with a chronic illness
c. A patient with a college degree
d. A patient with a high-school diploma - Answer-b. a patient with a chronic illness
A nurse implementing the principles of Intersectionality will focus on what patient
characteristic?
a. Values
b. Illness
c. Health
d. Experiences - Answer-d. Experiences
A nurse is providing care to a culturally diverse population. Which action indicates
the nurse is successful in the role of providing culturally congruent care?
PRACTICE EXAM GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
The nurse is assessing the characteristics of a patient's pain. Match the
characteristic to the question a nurse will ask to determine that specific
characteristic.
a. Could you rate your pain on a scale of 0 to 10?
b. How often does it recur?
c. Could you point to the area of pain?
d. Do certain activities worsen the pain?
e. What does the pain feel like?
1. Timing
2. Location
3. Severity
4. Quality
5. Aggravating factors - Answer-1. b. How often does it recur?
2. c. Could you point to the area of pain?
3. a. Could you rate your pain on a scale of 0 to 10?
4. e. What does the pain feel like?
5. d. Do certain activities worsen the pain?
A nurse is discussing the changing demographics of the US population. What is
expected to be the fastest growing racial ethnic group by 2060?
a. Hispanic
b. Asian
c. Multiracial
d. Non-Hispanic Blacks - Answer-c. Multiracial
A nurse is caring for an immigrant with low income. Which information should the
nurse consider when planning care for this patient?
a. There is a decreased frequency of morbidity.
b. There is an increased incidence of disease.
c. There is an increased level of health.
d. There is a decreased mortality rate. - Answer-b. There is an increased incidence
of disease.
A nurse is assessing the health care disparities among population groups. Which
area is the nurse monitoring?
a. Accessibility of health care services
b. Outcomes of health conditions
c. Prevalence of complications
d. Incidence of diseases - Answer-a. Accessibility of health care services
A nurse is providing care to a patient from a different culture. Which action by the
nurse indicates cultural competence?
a. Communicates effectively in a multicultural context.
,b. Effectively provides for multifaceted healthcare needs.
c. Visits a foreign country.
d. Speaks a different language. - Answer-b. Effectively provides for multifaceted
healthcare needs.
The nurse learns about cultural issues involved in the patient's health care belief
system and enables patients and families to achieve meaningful and supportive
care. Which concept is the nurse demonstrating?
a. Marginalized groups
b. Health care disparity
c. Transcultural nursing
d. Culturally congruent care - Answer-d. Culturally congruent care
A nurse is beginning to use patient-centered care and cultural competence to
improve nursing care. Which step should the nurse take first in achieving cultural
awareness?
a. Assessing own biases and attitude
b. Learning about the world view of others
c. Understanding organizational forces
d. Developing cultural skills - Answer-a. Assessing own biases and attitude
A nurse is performing a cultural assessment using the LEARN mnemonic for
communication. Which area will the nurse assess for the ―L‖?
a. Look
b. Listen
c. Liken
d. Leave - Answer-b. Listen
The nurse caring for a patient of Hispanic descent who speaks no English, is working
with an interpreter. Which action should the nurse take?
a. Use long sentences when talking.
b. Look at the patient when talking.
c. Use breaks in sentences when talking.
d. Look at only nonverbal behaviors when talking. - Answer-b. Look at the patient
when talking.
Which action indicates the nurse is meeting a primary goal of culturally competent
care for marginalized patients?
a. Provides care to transgender patients.
b. Provides care to restore relationships.
c. Provides care to patients that is individualized.
d. Provides care to surgical patients. - Answer-a. Provides care to transgender
patients.
The nurse is caring for a Asian patient using the teach-back technique. Which action
by the nurse indicates successful implementation of this technique?
a. Asks, ―Does this make sense?‖
b. Asks, ―Do you think you can do this at home?‖
c. Asks, ―What will you tell your spouse about changing the dressing?‖
d. Asks, ―Would you tell me if you don't understand something, so we can go over
, it?‖ - Answer-c. Asks, ―What will you tell your spouse about changing the dressing?
‖
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. Alaska Natives
d. American Indians - Answer-b. Poor people
A nurse is assessing culturally diverse population groups for the risk of suicide.
Which assessment question will provide the most culturally relevant information?
a. ―Is suicide common in your culture?‖
b. ―How is suicide viewed in your culture?‖
c. ―Has anyone here ever considered suicide?‖
d. ―Do you know anyone who as committed suicide?‖ - Answer-b. ―How is suicide
viewed in your culture?‖
A nurse is caring for a patient with limited English-speaking skills. What intervention
should be implemented to best assist in educating the patient about their disease
process?
a. Request a trained medical interpreter.
b. Provide information in graphic form when possible.
c. Use handouts prepared in the patient's native language.
d. Ask that a family member be present during educational teaching. - Answer-a.
Request a trained medical interpreter.
A nurse is assessing a patient's ethnic history. Which question should the nurse ask?
a. What language do you speak at home?
b. How different is your life here from back home?
c. Which caregivers do you seek when you are sick?
d. How different is what we do from what your family does when you are sick? -
Answer-b. How different is your life here from back home?
A nurse is teaching patients about health care information. Which patient will the
nurse assess closely for health literacy?
a. A patient 35 years old
b. a patient with a chronic illness
c. A patient with a college degree
d. A patient with a high-school diploma - Answer-b. a patient with a chronic illness
A nurse implementing the principles of Intersectionality will focus on what patient
characteristic?
a. Values
b. Illness
c. Health
d. Experiences - Answer-d. Experiences
A nurse is providing care to a culturally diverse population. Which action indicates
the nurse is successful in the role of providing culturally congruent care?
