With which patients must the nurse use caution in using prayer or scripture to meet spiritual
needs?
A) Psychiatric patients B) Those with a different value system
C) Those from a different culture D) Oncology patients
Question 2What is the most important question for the nurse to ask in deciding to use prayer or scripture with
a patient?
A) What does prayer/scripture mean to the patient?
B) How have prayer/scripture been meaningful to the patient in the past?
C) What type of prayer or scripture passage is most appropriate for this situation?
D) Whose need is being met nurse's or patient's?
Question 3Your elderly patient suffers from metastatic cancer. She understands her condition and expresses a
readiness for death. What nursing diagnosis would be most appropriate?
A) Risk for spiritual distress
B) Potential for enhanced spiritual well-being
C) Ineffective individual coping
D) Spiritual distress
Question 4What is the best method of assessing a patient from a culture with which the nurse is unfamiliar
given a limited amount of time?
A) Ask the patient what practices and beliefs are important in care.
B) Look for cues from the patient's behavior.
C) Base judgments on knowledge of a related culture.
D) Seek information on the culture from the Internet.
Question 5Which nurse is the best example of a nurse who is providing culturally competent care?
A) The nurse who evaluates the patient's ability to understand instructions presented in English
B) The nurse who determines the patient's family relationships
C) The nurse who does not touch the patient during the visit
D) The nurse who asks the patient if there are any religious beliefs that should be considered in
planning care
Question 6How can a nurse most effectively provide culturally competent care to patients?
A) Research the beliefs of cultural groups frequently seen.
B) Communicate care planned to families as well as the patients.
C) Determine the beliefs and practices of individual patients.
D) Study the folk practices of cultural groups.
Question 7Which nurse best demonstrates an understanding of cultural values of patients?
A) The nurse who feels that the patient is not listening because there is no eye contact
B) The nurse who is frustrated because the patient is late for every appointment
C) The nurse who makes a point of touching the child of the Hispanic family
D) The nurse who uses the patient's son to translate for the gynecologist
Question 8Which nurse best reflects culturally competent care for patients?
A) The nurse who provides care to a variety of patients from diverse cultures
B) The nurse who provides care based on the values of the dominant culture
C) The nurse who is sensitive to the cultural beliefs of patients
D) The nurse who tries to understand the values of the patient
Question 9Which statement is most accurate concerning health disparities in the United States?
A) Asian Americans have lesser mortality and morbidity rates than other minority groups.
B) Men have a lower mortality rate than women.
C) Mortality and morbidity rates from cancer are greater in the Hispanic population than for
whites.
D) Immunization rates for children in all ethic groups are comparable.
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