Lesson 3

Question 1

Role of Nurse in Cultural Skill

Answer 1

• Be alert for unexpected responses with patients,
• Become aware of cultural differences
• Develop assessment skills to do a competent cultural assessment
• Learn assessment skills for different cultural groups,

Question 2

Eating meat is prohibited because it involves harming a living creature.
Cremation is most common form of body disposal

Answer 2

Hinduism

Question 3

What should a cultural assessment include

Answer 3

o Values orientation
o Communication
o Nutrition
o Educational background
o Religious affiliation
o Spiritual considerations

Question 4

Choosing an Interpreter

Answer 4

• Use an agency interpreter if possible.
• Use a trained medical interpreter who knows how to interpret
• Use a family member only if necessary

Question 5

• Ability to collect relevant cultural data
• Performance of a cultural assessment

Answer 5

Cultural Skill

Question 6

Moderation in diet and avoidance of extremes are practiced. Central tenets are maintaining right views, intentions, speech, actions, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration

Answer 6

Buddhism

Question 7

Certain foods and drink are designated as kosher, which means
“proper.”
All animals must be ritually slaughtered. On the eighth day after birth, boys are circumcised in a ritual called
Brit Milah,
and girls are given a dedication
ceremony involving prayers and blessings.

Answer 7

Judaism

Question 8

• Direct cross-cultural interactions between people from culturally diverse backgrounds
• Extended contact with a cultural group to enhance understanding of its values and beliefs

Answer 8

Cultural Encounter

Question 9

Abortion, artificial insemination, and stem cell use are prohibited.
seldom purchase commercial health insurance.

Answer 9

Amish

Question 10

Role of Nurse in Cultural Awareness

Answer 10

• Identify your own cultural background, values, and beliefs,
• Examine your own cultural biases toward people whose cultures differ from your own culture.

Question 11

Interpreter should be able to do the following:

Answer 11

o Translate the patient’s nonverbal as well as verbal communication.
o Translate the message into understandable terms.
o Act as a patient advocate to represent the patient’s needs to the health care team.
o Be culturally competent and understand how to provide teaching instructions.

Question 12

Cultural Factors Affecting Health and Health Care

Answer 12

Time Orientation
Language and Communication
Economic Factors
Health Care System
Beliefs and Practices

Question 14

Role of Nurse in Cultural Encounter

Answer 14

• Create opportunities to interact with predominant cultural groups
• Attend cultural events
• Visit markets and restaurants in ethnic neighborhoods
• Explore ethnic neighborhoods
• Visit or volunteer at health fairs in local ethnic neighborhoods.
• Learn about prominent cultural beliefs and practices, and incorporate this knowledge into planning

Question 15

Many fast and abstain from meat and meat products on Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent. Sacrament of the Sick includes anointing of sick with oil, blessing by a priest, and communion

Answer 15

Catholicism

Question 16

Vegetarian diet encouraged. Nonvegetarian members refrain from eating foods derived from any animal having a cloven hoof that chews its cud

Answer 16

Seventh-Day Adventism

Question 17

Health-Related Beliefs and Practices of Selected Religious Group

Answer 17

❖ Amish
❖ Catholicism
❖ Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)
❖ Hinduism
❖ Islam
❖ Jehovah’s Witness
❖ Judaism
❖ Seventh-Day Adventism
❖ Buddhism

Question 18

Fasting during daytime hours occurs during a month-long period called
Ramadan

Answer 18

Islam

Question 19

Ability to understand patient’s unique cultural needs.

Answer 19

Cultural Awareness

Question 20

Transfusions of blood in any form or agents in which blood is an ingredient are not acceptable

Answer 20

Jehovah’s Witness

Question 21

How to Develop a Cultural Competence

Answer 21

Cultural Awareness
Cultural Knowledge
Cultural Skill
Cultural Encounter

Question 22

Strategies for Working With an Interpreter

Answer 22

• Speak slowly.
• Maintain eye contact with the patient
• Talk to the patient, not the interpreter.
• Use simple language with as few medical terms as possible.
• Speak one or two sentences at a time to allow for easier translation.
• Avoid raising your voice during the interaction.

Question 23

Strict dietary code called
Word of Wisdom
prohibits all alcoholic beverages, hot drinks
Fasting for 24-hour period occurs monthly on
“Fast Sunday.”

Answer 23

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)

Question 24

Strictly observant Jews never eat pork, shellfish, or predatory fowl and never mix milk dishes and meat dishes in preparing foods.

Answer 24

Judaism

Question 25

a way of life for a group of people. It includes the behaviors, beliefs, values, traditions, and symbols that the group accepts, generally without thinking about them

Answer 25

Culture

Question 26

Role of Nurse in Cultural Knowledge

Answer 26

• Learn basic general information about predominant cultural groups in your geographic area.
• Assess patients for presence or absence of cultural traits
• Do not make assumptions based on cultural background
• Read research studies that describe cultural differences
• Read ethnic newspaper articles and books.
• View documentaries about cultural groups.

Question 27

• Process of learning key aspects of a group’s culture, especially as it relates to health and health care practices
• Patients as the best source of information about their culture

Answer 27

Cultural Knowledge