Culture Midterm Questions With Complete Solutions
"Interculturalism" refers to building cross-cultural dialogue and
challenges us to move beyond passive acceptance of multiple
cultures and to promote dialogue and interaction between
cultural groups and identities. Correct Answers True
A 2 year old is brought to the emergency department with a cut
on their head. the order is to cleanse and dress the wound, the
nurse plans to cut the toddlers long hair the nurse must consider
which of the following? Correct Answers >it may be their first
hair cut and to ask the parents for permission
A 21 year old Spanish-Canadian client has just delivered her
first baby. Based on the nurses past experience with a Spanish
Canadian family the nurse assumes that the family members will
gather to care for the mother and infant. This is an example of:
a. Bias
b. Gaslighting
c. Stereotyping
d. Prejudice Correct Answers c. Stereotyping
A 46-year old woman from Bosnia came to the U.S. 6 years ago.
Although she did not celebrate Christmas when she lived in
Bosnia, she celebrates Christmas with her family now. This
woman has experienced assimilation into the culture of the U.S.
because she:
a. chose to be bicultural
b. adapted to and adopted the American culture
c. had an extremely negative experience with the American
culture
,d. gave up part of her ethnic identity in favor of the American
culture Correct Answers b. adapted to and adopted the
American culture
A 50 year old recent female immigrant from Poland who speaks
no English has been hospitalized for severe pelvic inflammatory
disease caused by a sexually transmitted disease. Which
bilingual person should be asked to interpret for this client?
Correct Answers a 34 year old female bookkeeper in the
hospital.
A 6-month old child from Guatemala was adopted by an
American family in Indiana. The child's socialization into the
American midwestern culture is best described as:
a. assimilation
b. acculturation
c. biculturalism
d. enculturation Correct Answers d. enculturation
A female Jamaican immigrant has been late to her last two clinic
visits, which in turn has to be rescheduled. The best action that
the nurse could take to prevent the patient from being late to her
next appointment is:
a. give her a copy of the city bus schedule
b. call her the day before her appointment as a reminder to be on
time
c. explore what has prevented her from being at the clinic in
time for her appointment
d. refer her to a clinic that is closer to home Correct Answers
c. explore what has prevented her from being at the clinic in
time for her appointment
, A newly hired young nurse overheard the charge nurse talking
with an older nurse on the unit. The charge nurse said, "All these
young nurses think they can come in late and leave early." What
cultural factor can the new nurse assess from this conversation?
Correct Answers Stereotyping
A non-indiginous nurse is assigned to discuss tobacco use to
adolescents at an indigenous nations highschool. The nurse is to
explore with students the cultural significance of tobacco use.
Which of the following is the best approach Correct Answers
NOT "Quiz the participants -as an elder to speak in a ceremony-
as another teacher-do research
A nurse is assessing an adult indigenous woman who is
complaining of a headache, the patient tells the nurse that the
medications prescribed by their community healer have done
good. What is the appropriate response of the nurse currently?
A)Advise the client to stop taking any non-prescription
medicines.
B)Tell the physician that the client probably has headaches
caused by the healer's medicines.
C)Tell the client to increase the frequency of the healer's
medicines.
D)Ask the client about these medicines and how often the client
uses them. Correct Answers D)Ask the client about these
medicines and how often the client uses them.
A nurse is interviewing a newly admitted patient. Which
question is considered culturally sensitive?
a. "Do you think you will be able to eat the food we have here?"
"Interculturalism" refers to building cross-cultural dialogue and
challenges us to move beyond passive acceptance of multiple
cultures and to promote dialogue and interaction between
cultural groups and identities. Correct Answers True
A 2 year old is brought to the emergency department with a cut
on their head. the order is to cleanse and dress the wound, the
nurse plans to cut the toddlers long hair the nurse must consider
which of the following? Correct Answers >it may be their first
hair cut and to ask the parents for permission
A 21 year old Spanish-Canadian client has just delivered her
first baby. Based on the nurses past experience with a Spanish
Canadian family the nurse assumes that the family members will
gather to care for the mother and infant. This is an example of:
a. Bias
b. Gaslighting
c. Stereotyping
d. Prejudice Correct Answers c. Stereotyping
A 46-year old woman from Bosnia came to the U.S. 6 years ago.
Although she did not celebrate Christmas when she lived in
Bosnia, she celebrates Christmas with her family now. This
woman has experienced assimilation into the culture of the U.S.
because she:
a. chose to be bicultural
b. adapted to and adopted the American culture
c. had an extremely negative experience with the American
culture
,d. gave up part of her ethnic identity in favor of the American
culture Correct Answers b. adapted to and adopted the
American culture
A 50 year old recent female immigrant from Poland who speaks
no English has been hospitalized for severe pelvic inflammatory
disease caused by a sexually transmitted disease. Which
bilingual person should be asked to interpret for this client?
Correct Answers a 34 year old female bookkeeper in the
hospital.
A 6-month old child from Guatemala was adopted by an
American family in Indiana. The child's socialization into the
American midwestern culture is best described as:
a. assimilation
b. acculturation
c. biculturalism
d. enculturation Correct Answers d. enculturation
A female Jamaican immigrant has been late to her last two clinic
visits, which in turn has to be rescheduled. The best action that
the nurse could take to prevent the patient from being late to her
next appointment is:
a. give her a copy of the city bus schedule
b. call her the day before her appointment as a reminder to be on
time
c. explore what has prevented her from being at the clinic in
time for her appointment
d. refer her to a clinic that is closer to home Correct Answers
c. explore what has prevented her from being at the clinic in
time for her appointment
, A newly hired young nurse overheard the charge nurse talking
with an older nurse on the unit. The charge nurse said, "All these
young nurses think they can come in late and leave early." What
cultural factor can the new nurse assess from this conversation?
Correct Answers Stereotyping
A non-indiginous nurse is assigned to discuss tobacco use to
adolescents at an indigenous nations highschool. The nurse is to
explore with students the cultural significance of tobacco use.
Which of the following is the best approach Correct Answers
NOT "Quiz the participants -as an elder to speak in a ceremony-
as another teacher-do research
A nurse is assessing an adult indigenous woman who is
complaining of a headache, the patient tells the nurse that the
medications prescribed by their community healer have done
good. What is the appropriate response of the nurse currently?
A)Advise the client to stop taking any non-prescription
medicines.
B)Tell the physician that the client probably has headaches
caused by the healer's medicines.
C)Tell the client to increase the frequency of the healer's
medicines.
D)Ask the client about these medicines and how often the client
uses them. Correct Answers D)Ask the client about these
medicines and how often the client uses them.
A nurse is interviewing a newly admitted patient. Which
question is considered culturally sensitive?
a. "Do you think you will be able to eat the food we have here?"
