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222- EXAM 2 PRACTICE EXAM WITH 400 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
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A registered nurse is admitting a patient of French heritage to the hospital. Which
question asked by the nurse indicates that the nurse is stereotyping the patient?
A. "What are your dietary preferences?"
B. "What time do you typically go to bed?"
C. "Do you bathe and use deodorant more than one time a week?"
D. "Do you have any health issues that we should know about?"
C. "Do you bathe and use deodorant more than one time a week?"
Nurses need to avoid stereotypes or unwarranted generalizations about any
particular group that prevents further assessment of the individual's unique
characteristics.
When action is taken on one's prejudices:
A. Discrimination occurs.
B. Delivery of culturally congruent care is ensured.
C. Effective intercultural communication develops.
D. Sufficient comparative knowledge of diverse groups is obtained.
A. Discrimination occurs.
Prejudices associate negative permanent characteristics with people who are
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different from the valued group. When a person acts on these prejudices,
discrimination occurs.
A nursing student is doing a community health rotation in an inner-city public
health department. The student investigates sociodemographic and health data of
the people served by the health department, and detects disparities in health
outcomes between the rich and poor. This is an example of a(n):
A. Illness attributed to natural and biological forces.
B. Creation of the student's interpretation and descriptions of the data.
C. Influence of socioeconomic factors in morbidity and mortality.
D. Combination of naturalistic, religious, and supernatural modalities.
C. Influence of socioeconomic factors in morbidity and mortality.
Health disparity populations are populations that have a significant increased
incidence or prevalence of disease or that have increased morbidity, mortality,
or survival rates compared to the health status of the general population.
Culture strongly influences pain expression and need for pain medication.
However, cultural pain is:
A. Not expressed verbally or physically.
B. Expressed only to others from a similar culture.
C. Usually more intense than physical pain.
D. Suffered by a patient whose valued way of life is disregarded by practitioners.
D. Suffered by a patient whose valued way of life is disregarded by practitioners.
Patients suffer cultural pain when health care providers disregard values or
cultural beliefs.
Which of the following best represents the dominant values in American society
on individual autonomy and self-determination?
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A. Physician orders
B. Advance directive
C. Durable power of attorney
D. Court-appointed guardian
B. Advance directive
Informed consent and advance directives protect the right of the individual to
know and make decisions ensuring continuity of individual autonomy and self-
determination.
The nurse at an outpatient clinic asks a patient who is Chinese American with
newly diagnosed hypertension if he is limiting his sodium intake as directed. The
patient does not make eye contact with the nurse but nods his head. What should
the nurse do next?
A. Ask the patient how much salt he is consuming each day
B. Discuss the health implications of sodium and hypertension
C. Remind the patient that many foods such as soy sauce contain "hidden" sodium
D. Suggest some low-sodium dietary alternatives
A. Ask the patient how much salt he is consuming each day
In an Asian culture spoken messages often have little to do with their meanings.
It is important for the nurse to clarify how much salt the patient is consuming in
his diet.
A female Jamaican immigrant has been late to her last two clinic visits, which in
turn had 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
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appointment.
D. Refer her to a clinic that is closer to her home.
C. Explore what has prevented her from being at the clinic in time for her
appointment
Present-time orientation is in conflict with the dominant organizational norm in
health care that emphasizes punctuality and adherence to appointments.
Nurses need to expect conflicts and make adjustments when caring for ethnic
groups.
A nursing student is taking postoperative vital signs in the postanesthesia care
unit. She knows that some ethnic groups are more prone to genetic disorders.
Which of the following patients is most at risk for developing malignant
hypertension?
A. Ashkenazi Jew
B. Chinese American
C. African American
D. Filipino
C. African American
Certain genetic disorders are linked with specific ethnic groups such as
malignant hypertension among African Americans.
A community health nurse is making a healthy baby visit to a new mother who
recently emigrated to the United States from Ghana. When discussing
contraceptives with the new mom, the mother states that she won't have to
worry about getting pregnant for the time being. The nurse understands that the
mom most likely made this statement because:
A. She won't resume sexual relations until her baby is weaned.
B. She is taking the medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera) shot.
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