ATI LPN
Foundations and Adult Health Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 6 : Cultural and Ethnic Considerations Questions
Question 1 of 5
Culture varies from patient to patient. Why is it important that the nurse understand and accept each person as an individual?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Accepting each person as an individual is the first step in providing holistic care.
Question 2 of 5
What is a fixed concept that describes how all members of an ethnic group act or think?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Ethnic stereotypes are fixed concepts of how all members of an ethnic group act or think.
Question 3 of 5
All nurses should work to provide culturally appropriate nursing care. What is the integration of cultural knowledge into all aspects of care?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: All nurses should provide transcultural nursing, which is the integration of cultural knowledge into all aspects of care.
Question 4 of 5
What is the term for when members of a particular ethnic group believe that their beliefs and practices are the best?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: When members of a particular ethnic group believe that their practices and beliefs are the best, it is referred to as ethnocentrism.
Question 5 of 5
What is the term used to describe cultures in which women make decisions about health care and provide the care and discipline to the children?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: In a matriarchal society, women make the decisions about health care. In patriarchal society, the men make decisions about health care. There is no such thing as biological or cultural cultures.