The nurse is performing a cultural assessment on a client. Which of the following questions would a nurse use to obtain data about social life?
A) How do you spend your free time?
B) Who lives in your home?
C) What support systems do you have outside the home?
D) Do you have any rituals or habits that we need to be aware of?
Question 2The nurse is performing a cultural assessment on a client. Which of the following questions would a nurse use to obtain data about values orientation?
A) Do you speak more than one language?
B) What things in life matter the most to you?
C) What are your beliefs about health and illness?
D) What are your attitudes about food and time?
Question 3A nurse reviews nursing models specifically related to culturally diverse groups of client populations as a journal study project. Which of the following models provides a systematic approach for assessing culturally diverse clients?
A) Leininger's Sunrise Model and Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality
B) Purnell's Model for Cultural Competence
C) Spector's Model of Heritage Consistency
D) Giger and Davidhizar's Transcultural Assessment Model
Question 4A nurse is taking care of an African American male, an Asian/Pacific Islander female, and a Caucasian teenager. When assessing the African American male, the nurse is aware of differences in this population.
Which of the following assessment characteristics does the nurse need to be aware of for this client?
A) Lowest bone density
B) Pallor appears as ashen or gray
C) Inflammation is more detectable by visual means
D) Hair and scalp tend to be oily
Question 5Which of the following assessment characteristics will the nurse need to know when taking care of an Asian client?
A) Advanced hair graying
B) Hair usually silky, black, and curly
C) Pallor appears as corn color
D) Areola and genitalia are darker
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