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Chapter 14 Flashcards

1
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A formalized system of belief and worship is:

  • Beliefs
  • Faith
  • Religion
  • Spirituality
A

Religion

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The largest religion in the world is:

  • Christianity
  • Judaism
  • Islam
  • Buddhism
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Christianity

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A 25-year-old female is involved in an auto accident and needs a blood transfusion; however, she refuses a transfusion based on her beliefs. The woman is most likely a:

  • Christian Adventist
  • Jehovah’s Witness
  • Mormon
  • Muslim
A

Jehovah’s Witness

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The nursing theorist who described care that recognizes cultural diversity and is sensitive to the cultural needs of the patient care and family is:

  • Skinner
  • King
  • Orem
  • Leininger
A

Leininger

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Which term involves knowledge of a person’s history and an appreciation for their customs?

  • Cultural sensitivity
  • Cultural awareness
  • Cultural competence
  • Cultural practice
A

Cultural awareness

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“All Hispanics like hot peppers” is an example of:

  • Bias
  • Generalization
  • Prejudice
  • Stereotype
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Stereotype

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Keloid formations (abnormal scar formations) are more common is which group of people?

  • Chinese
  • Hispanic
  • African American
  • American Indian
A

African American

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Which branch of Judaism follows the strictest interpretation of Jewish law?

  • Reconstructionist Jews
  • Reform Jews
  • Conservative Jews
  • Orthodox Jews
A

Orthodox Jews

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A patient refuses to eat pork and drink alcohol and fasts during the month of Ramadan. The patient’s religion is likely to be:

  • Judaism
  • Buddhism
  • Islam
  • Hinduism
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Islam

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Which is a main characteristic that differentiates cultural groups from one another? (Select all that apply)

  • Race
  • Color
  • Gender
  • Religious affiliation
  • Economic status
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Race, color, gender, religious affiliation

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Consists of the values, beliefs, and practices shared by the majority within a group of people

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Culture

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the way in which the group’s people explain life events and view life’s mysteries

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worldview

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ideas and perceptions seen as good and useful

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values

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concerns the intangible essence of our being that seeks to transcend the self, to understand one’s place in the world, and to find meaning and purpose in life

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Spirituality

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a formalized system of belief and worship

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religion

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ceremonial acts or practices related to health, illness, birth and death

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rituals

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convictions or opinions that one considers to be true

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beliefs

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a belief that cannot be proven, or for which no material evidence exists

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faith

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a person who does not believe in God or a spiritual reality

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atheist

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a person who doubts the existence of God or a nonmaterial reality because it cannot be proved or disproved

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agnostic

21
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The largest religion in the world is ______?

A

Christianity

22
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the ceremonial removal of the penile foreskin

A

circumcision

23
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a biologic way of categorizing people

A

race

24
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smaller groups within the culture whose members have similar views and goals in addition to or in place of those of the main culture

A

subcultures

25
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a term used by Madeline Leininger to describe care that recognizes cultural diversity and is sensitive to the cultural needs of the patient and family

A

transcultural nursing

26
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Involves knowledge of a people’s history and ancestry and an appreciation for their artistic expressions, foods, and celebrations

A

Cultural awareness

27
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Refraining from using offensive language, respecting accepted patterns of communication, and refraining from speaking in ways that are disrespectful to a person’s cultural beliefs

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Cultural sensitivity

28
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Involves knowing yourself, examining your own values, attitudes, beliefs, and prejudices

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Cultural competence

29
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The tendency of human beings to think that their ways of thinking, believing, and doing things are the only way or the only right way

A

Ethnocentrism

30
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Identifies common trends, patterns, and beliefs of a group

A

generalization

31
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a set opinion or belief about the group that is applied to an individual

A

stereotype

32
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Positive or negative attitude or opinion that is unsupported by evidence

A

bias or prejudice

33
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regional variations of a language with different pronunciation, grammar or word meanings

A

dialect

34
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space acceptable between 2 people when conversing

A

personal space

35
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male dominated household

A

patriarchal

36
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female dominated household

A

matriarchal

37
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equally dominated household

A

egalitarian

38
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attention to mental, social, spiritual and physical aspects

A

holistic

39
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May be related to feelings of guilt and unworthiness if the patient views illness as punishment for wrongdoing or sin

A

Spiritual distress

40
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Culturally competent care is best defined as:

A

care adapted to the patient’s cultural beliefs and values

41
Q

When nursing intervention might be considered insensitive by some cultural groups?

A

Providing a pitcher of ice water at the bedside

42
Q

Your 45-year-old, mentally competent patient is having excessive blood loss from surgery. She is a Jehovah’s Witness and refuses a blood transfusion. Her blood pressure has been falling, and she has a rapid heart rate. What would an appropriate nursing intervention be?

A

Assist the RN in administering IV fluid boluses and medications to support the blood pressure

43
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A patient who is Islamic says she cannot sign the surgical consent form without her husband’s consent. You would respond:

A

Call me when your husband gets here and you have spoken with him

44
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An elderly Japanese patient who does not speak English is admitted to the surgical unit after major abdominal surgery, with no family member present. The nurse cannot speak the patient’s language. To assess for pain, the nurse should:

A

Obtain the services of a translator to devise question-and-answer cards regarding pain

45
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A person who is an Orthodox Jew may be hesitant to eat hospital food because:

A

She believes separate dishes and utensils should be used for meat and milk foods, and she is concerned that the hospital may not keep separate sets of dishes and utensils for this purpose

46
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A patient who is Roman Catholic asks to have the priest come to hear her confession and administer communion before she goes to surgery. The priest arrives the evening before the patient is scheduled for the operating room but after normal visiting hours. The nurse should:

A

provide privacy for the priest to hear confession and administer communion

47
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Hindus believe that illness or disease is caused by:

A

misusing the body in some way

sin committed in a former life

48
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A patient says to the nurse “Is God punishing me with all this pain?” To continue with a spiritual assessment, the nurse could best respond:

A

Tell me what you believe about God

49
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When an Islamic Arab American dies in the hospital, you know:

A

not to touch the body before the family bathes it

to turn the bed so that the body faces Mecca

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