Chapter 06: Cultural and Ethnic Considerations Cooper: Foundations and Adult Health Nursing, 9th Edition

All nurses should work to provide culturally appropriate nursing care. What is the integration of cultural knowledge into all aspects

of care?

b. Transcultural nursing

What is the term for when members of a particular ethnic group believe that their beliefs and practices are the best?

c. Ethnocentrism

What is a set of learned values, beliefs, customs, and practices shared by a group?

c. Culture

A nurse is American-born and works in a large hospital with patients from many cultures. What must this nurse develop to provide

the best care?

c. Cultural competence

The nurse from New York City is caring for a patient from Atlanta, Georgia. What difference between the nurse and patient may

cause them to experience difficulty in communicating?

b. Subculture

The father of an American Indian has just died. What should the nurse do immediately after death?

b. Ask about providing help with the death ceremony

What is the term for a generalization about a form of behavior, an individual, or a group?

d. Stereotype

What is the term for a group of people who share biological physical characteristics?

a. Race

A nurse is caring for a neonate born to observant Orthodox Jewish parents. Who can the nurse anticipate will name the neonate?

a. Father

A nurse is caring for a male neonate born to observant Orthodox Jewish parents. Who will the nurse anticipate will circumcise the

neonate?

b. A mohel

A nurse is preparing a meal tray for a patient who is a Latter-Day Saint. What beverage should the nurse prepare?

d. Fruit juice

The nurse is caring for a patient who fasts during daylight hours during Ramadan. The nurse recognizes that the patient is adhering

to the cultural beliefs of which culture?

a. Muslims

The nurse is caring for a Muslim patient. What dietary selection should the nurse serve to this patient?

d. Mexican Americans

The nurse is caring for a Chinese American patient. How should this nurse demonstrate cultural awareness?

d. Sit side-to-side when speaking with the patient.

The nurse is caring for a Mexican American patient. What nursing intervention would best demonstrate cultural sensitivity?

a. Encouraging consultation of male members of the family regarding health care

decisions

The nurse is caring for a postpartum patient who requests to dry and bury the umbilical cord near an object or in a place that

symbolizes what the parents want for the child’s future. Which cultural beliefs does the nurse recognize this patient adhering to?

a. American Indian