ATI LPN
Foundations and Adult Health Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 6 : Cultural and Ethnic Considerations Questions
Question 1 of 5
The father of an American Indian has just died. What should the nurse do immediately after death?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: In the American Indian culture it is taboo to touch the deceased or any of the belongings of the deceased. After death, the name of the deceased is not spoken.
Question 2 of 5
What is the term for a generalization about a form of behavior an individual or a group?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: A stereotype is a generalization about a form of behavior, an individual, or a group.
Question 3 of 5
What is the term for a group of people who share biological physical characteristics?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A race is a group of people who share biological physical characteristics.
Question 4 of 5
What is the term for a group of people who share a common social and cultural heritage based on shared traditions national origin and physical and biological characteristics?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Ethnicity refers to a group of people who share a common social and cultural heritage based on shared traditions, national origin, and physical and biological characteristics.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is caring for a neonate born to observant Orthodox Jewish parents. Who can the nurse anticipate will name the neonate?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: For observant Jews, babies are named by the father.