Cultural Competence in Nursing Quiz
Cultural Competence in Nursing Quiz
Test your knowledge on cultural competence and health disparities in nursing! This quiz includes 22 questions designed to challenge your understanding of the crucial aspects of providing culturally congruent care to diverse populations.
- Explore real-world scenarios.
- Evaluate your awareness of cultural issues in health care.
- Identify effective communication strategies with patients from different backgrounds.
1. A nurse is working at a health fair screening people for colorectal cancer. Which population group should the nurse monitor most closely for this form of cancer?
A. Hispanic
B. Asian Americans
C. Non-Hispanic Caucasians
D. Non-Hispanic Blacks
2. A nurse is caring for an immigrant with low income. Which information should the nurse consider when planning care for this patient?
A. There is a decreased frequency of morbidity.
B. There is an increased incidence of disease.
C. There is an increased level of health.
D. There is a decreased mortality rate.
3. A nurse is assessing the health care disparities among population groups. Which area is the nurse monitoring?
A. Accessibility of health care services
B. Outcomes of health conditions
C. Prevalence of complications
D. Incidence of diseases
4. A nurse is providing care to a patient from a different culture. Which action by the nurse indicates cultural competence?
A. Communicates effectively in a multicultural context.
B. Effectively provides for multifaceted healthcare needs.
C. Visits a foreign country.
D. Speaks a different language.
5. The nurse learns about cultural issues involved in the patient’s health care belief system and enables patients and families to achieve meaningful and supportive care. Which concept is the nurse demonstrating?
A. Marginalized groups
B. Health care disparity
C. Transcultural nursing
D. Culturally congruent care
6. A nurse is beginning to use patient-centered care and cultural competence to improve nursing care. Which step should the nurse take first?
A. Assessing own biases and attitude
B. Learning about the world view of others
C. Understanding organizational forces
D. Developing cultural skills
7. A nurse is performing a cultural assessment using the LEARN mnemonic for communication. Which area will the nurse assess for the “L”?
A. Look
B. Listen
C. Liken
D. Leave
8. The nurse caring for a patient of Hispanic descent who speaks no English, is working with an interpreter. Which action should the nurse take?
A. Use long sentences when talking.
B. Look at the patient when talking.
C. Use breaks in sentences when talking.
D. Look at only nonverbal behaviors when talking.
9. Which action indicates the nurse is meeting a primary goal of cultural competent care for patients?
A. Provides care to transgender patients.
B. Provides care to restore relationships.
C. Provides care to patients that is individualized.
D. Provides care to surgical patients.
10. The nurse is caring for a Chinese patient using the teach-back technique. Which action by the nurse indicates successful implementation of this technique?
A. Asks, “Does this make sense?”
B. Asks, “Do you think you can do this at home?”
C. Asks, “What will you tell your spouse about changing the dressing?”
D. Asks, “Would you tell me if you don’t understand something, so we can go over it?”
11. A nurse is using core measures to reduce health disparities. Which group should the nurse focus on to cause the most improvement in core measures?
A. Caucasians
B. Poor people
C. Alaska Natives
D. American Indians
12. A nurse is assessing culturally diverse population groups for the risk of suicide. Which assessment question will provide the most culturally relevant information?
A. “Is suicide common in your culture?”
B. “How is suicide viewed in your culture?”
C. “Has anyone here every considered suicide?”
D. “Do you know anyone who as committed suicide?”
13. A nurse is caring for a patient with limited English-speaking skills. What intervention should be implemented to best assist in educating the patient about their disease process?
A. Request a trained medical interpreter.
B. Provide information in graphic form when possible.
C. Use handouts prepared in the patient’s native language.
D. Ask that a family member be present during educational teaching.
. A nurse is assessing a patient’s ethnic history. Which question should the nurse ask?
A. What language do you speak at home?
B. How different is your life here from back home?
C. Which caregivers do you seek when you are sick?
D. How different is what we do from what your family does when you are sick?
15. A nurse is teaching patients about health care information. Which patient will the nurse assess closely for health literacy?
A. A patient 35 years old
B. A patient 68 years old
C. A patient with a college degree
D. A patient with a high-school diploma
16. A nurse works at a hospital that uses equity-focused quality improvement. Which strategy is the hospital using?
A. Document staff satisfaction.
B. Focus on the family.
C. Implement change on a grand scale.
D. Reduce disparities.
7. A nurse is providing care to a culturally diverse population. Which action indicates the nurse is successful in the role of providing culturally congruent care?
A. Provides care that fits the patient’s valued life patterns and set of meanings.
B. Provides care that is based on meanings generated by predetermined criteria.
C. Provides care that makes the nurse the leader in determining what is needed.
D. Provides care that is the same as the values of the professional health care system.
A nurse is assessing the patient’s meaning of illness. Which area of focus by the nurse is priority?
A. On the way a patient reacts to disease
B. On the malfunctioning of biological processes
C. On the malfunctioning of psychological processes
D. On the way a patient reacts to family/social interactions
1. A nurse is using Campinha-Bacote’s model of cultural competency. Which areas will the nurse focus on to become competent? (Select all that apply.)
A. Cultural skills
B. Cultural desire
C. Cultural transition
D. Cultural knowledge
E. Cultural encounters
2. A nurse is attempting to establish a respectful relationship with a newly admitted patient from Africa. Which actions should the nurse take? (Select all that apply.)
A. Engage in face-to-face interactions.
B. Help the patient overcome barriers.
C. Consciously attempt to suspend judgment.
D. Stress that they will be working together to address problems.
. Know limitations in addressing medical issues across cultures.
3. A nurse is using the explanatory model to determine the cause of an illness. Which questions should the nurse ask? (Select all that apply.)
A. How should your sickness be treated?
B. What do you call your problem?
C. How does this illness work inside your body?
D. What do you fear most about your sickness?
E. What name does it have?
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