Chapter 2 Emerging Populations and Health

Question 1

What two groups comprise emerging populations in the United states?

a) Older Americans
b) Ethnic minorities
c) Homeless
d) Baby boomers

Answer 1

b) Ethnic minorities

c) Homeless

Question 2

2. The nurse recognizes that a minority group is perceived as:
   a. Capturing biological variations within human populations
   b. People who receive less than their share of wealth, power, or social status
   c. People set apart on the basis of cultural or national origin characteristics
   d. Socially organized groups with salient differences with respect to other groups in society

Answer 2

b. People who receive less than their share of wealth, power, or social status

Question 3

Which of the following statements are true about cultural competency in health care?

a. Recognizing and accepting cultural diversity achieves cultural competency
b. Cultural competency is a major element in eliminating health disparities
c. There is no association between the care recipient’s cultural background and the health care providers’ cultural beliefs.
d. Health care services are to be provided that are respectful of and responsive to the diverse health beliefs of the care recipient
e. Health care providers must be aware of how people interpret their issues or illnesses

Answer 3

b. Cultural competency is a major element in eliminating health disparities
d. Health care services are to be provided that are respectful of and responsive to the diverse health beliefs of the care recipient
e. Health care providers must be aware of how people interpret their issues or illnesses

Question 4

The increasing number of ethnic group in the United States has been influenced by which of the following?

a. Communicable diseases in disadvantaged countries
b. Increasing immigration
c. Homelessness
d. Health care reform

Answer 4

b. Increasing immigration

c. Homelessness

Question 5

Which of the following statements accurately describe race and ethnic categories in the United States as defined by the office of Management and Budget?

a. Race and ethnicity have the same definition
b. Ethnicity is associated with power and indicated the history or ongoing imposition of one group’s authority above another
c. Ethnicity refers to commonalities in language, history, nation, or region of origin
d. A minority group consists of people living in society that is usually disadvantaged

Answer 5

b. Ethnicity is associated with power and indicated the history or ongoing imposition of one group’s authority above another
c. Ethnicity refers to commonalities in language, history, nation, or region of origin
d. A minority group consists of people living in society that is usually disadvantaged

Question 6

Which of the following diseases are Arab Americans at the highest risk for?

a. Colon cancer
b. Hypertension
c. Adult-onset diabetes
d. End-stage renal disease

Answer 6

c. Adult-onset diabetes

Question 7

Priority nursing assessments of Latino/Hispanic Americans should focus on what disease process, because it accounts for highest cause of morbidity and mortality in this population?

a. Cancer
b. Stroke
c. Diabetes
d. Cardiovascular

Answer 7

d. Cardiovascular

Question 8

Nurses caring for the black/AA population need to maintain an awareness of which of the following health-related cultural aspects of care?

a. Severe high blood pressure is more common for African Americans
b. Cancer and mortality rates for African American are higher than that for white Americans
c. AA are less likely to be diagnosed with diabetes
d. AA have the highest percentage of women with low or no prenatal care in the first trimester

Answer 8

a. Severe high blood pressure is more common for African Americans
b. Cancer and mortality rates for African American are higher than that for white Americans

Question 9

Ethnicity is evident in customs of particular groups. Which of the following statements accurately reflect the definitions of culture, values, and value orientation?

a. Culture refers to patterns of human behavior that include language, communication, customs, and beliefs
b. Ethnicity is shaped by values, beliefs, norms, and practices that are shared by members of the same group.
c. Health care beliefs and attitudes among ethnic groups are congruent with health care providers.
d. Values are beliefs about the worth of something and serve as standards that influence behavior.
e. Value orientations reflect the personality type of a particular society

Answer 9

a. Culture refers to patterns of human behavior that include language, communication, customs, and beliefs
d. Values are beliefs about the worth of something and serve as standards that influence behavior.
e. Value orientations reflect the personality type of a particular society.

Question 10

Proriority nursing assessments of Asian American/Pacific Islanders should be on which disease process?

a. COPD
b. Hypertension
c. Diabetes mellitus
d. Breast cancer

Answer 10

a. COPD