A nursing instructor asks a group of students if they can identify some nursing theories and models that have been developed to assist nurses in the delivery of culturally competent care.
Which response by a student would indicate that further teaching is needed? a. Leininger's Transcultural Nursing
b. Purnell's Model for Cultural Competence
c. Campinha-Bacote's Process of Cultural Competence
d. Giger and Morrison's Model for Transcultural Awareness
Question 2You are working on an orthopedic floor and receive a call from the RN in the post-anaesthetic recovery unit who gives you a report on a patient you will be receiving.
The nurse tells you the following information:
Mr. Levine is a 70-year-old patient who had a laparoscopic appendectomy today, after a three-day history of abdominal pain. The appendix was intact; it had not ruptured. His vital signs are stable (the values are provided) and he had minimal blood loss during the procedure. He is well pain controlled and his laparoscopic sites are dry and intact. He is comfortable currently, but was nauseated when he first came out of the operating room. I would suggest that he have another dose of the antiemetic when it's due; he says this always happens post-op.
This is an example of __________.
a. a debriefing
b. SBAR communication
c. a huddle
d. a call-out
Question 3When making clinical practice changes, nurses should make permanent changes based on:
a. Reviewing other unit practices
b. Reviewing case reports
c. Obtaining expert opinions
d. Implementing piloting changes
Question 4The nurse understands that the current U.S. Population is a diverse one according to the U.S.Census data for 2005, with what percentage of people identifying themselves as members of an ethnic minority group?
a. 21 percent c. 29 percent
b. 25 percent d. 33 percent
Question 5Staff in a newly restructured facility are participating in a learning session on Total Quality Management.
At first they are troubled by this method, but then they become encouraged when they hear that this method is going to be used in the organization because __________. a. it will allow them to go focus on the current way of doing things
b. it includes performance appraisals at all levels
c. it has been known to be very easy to implement in other health care environments
d. it reduces the barriers between departments
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