Craven Ch 5 & 6 Quiz

Which area is typically included in a cultural assessment?

Food preferences

When caring for a psychiatric client, a formal contract is made with the client during which phase of the nurse-client relationship?

Orientation phase

In the provision of care and the establishment of the therapeutic relationship , the nurse must first:

be aware of one's own personality

A student nurse is preparing a presentation regarding different cultures. Which definition of culture is most accurate?

belief system that guides behavior

Communication is the:

heart of nursing

When communicating with clients nurses need to be very careful in their approach. This is particularly true when communicating using:

medical terminology

While studying about various cultures, the student nurse is aware that a subculture is based on which characteristic? Select all that apply

Gender Age Profession Hobbies Sexual preference

Care provided to a client following surgery and until discharge represents which phase of the helping relationship?

Working phase

The nurse is providing education to a client who sometimes has difficulty remembering information. Which form of communication will be most helpful for this client?

Written communicaton

The nurse working on a medical unit always performs hand hygiene between contact with each client. In addition to being understood as an infection control measure, this practice can be understood as:

a ritual

A Catholic priest baptizes a stillborn baby of a Catholic family. What type of practice is this considered?

A ritual

The nurse correctly differentiates race from ethnicity by noting that race is based on which characteristis?

Biological

In order to provide effective nursing care, the nurse should engage in what type of communication with the client and significant others?

Therapeutic communicaton

When caring for a client, nursing care will be most effective when the nurse-client communication is based upon:

common understanding

A nurse communicating with a client states, "I will be changing your dressing." She is wearing sterile gloves and a mask. She is conveying a(an)"

congruent relationship

When documenting client care, the nurse understands that the most important reason for correct and accurate documentation is:

conveying information

When a client states, "I only want an American doctor," the client is expressing cultural:

ethnocentrism

The public health nurse is preparing a presentation about disparities in health care in the community. What key concepts will the nurse include? Select all that apply.

information regarding minorities within the community identifying groups that are disadvantaged within the community pointing out groups within the community that possess less power

A nurse educator could be considered culturally as a(an):

key informant

A client says to the nurse, "Why don't you wear a white cap like nurses do on the soap operas?" This is an ethnocentric statement based on the:

media