Quiz 1

Q1: Which action would a hospital administrator take to meet the cultural and linguistic needs of
Spanish-speaking community members?

Ans: Hire professional staff from different Spanish-speaking countries.

Q2: Why does a health care organization maintain a current demographic, cultural, and
epidemiological profile of the patients receiving care in the hospital?

Ans: Plan and implement culturally and linguistically appropriate services.

Q3: You are struggling with providing culturally competent care to non-English-

speaking clients because the organization does not have any resources to support the clients' care
needs. What are you experiencing?

Ans: Dissonance

Q4: A patient tells the healthcare provider that a foot injury occurred while participating in
Oktoberfest as a dancer. The patient is explaining which aspect of heritage consistency?

Ans: Ethnicity

Q5: An older patient tells you about being born in a different country and having visited the home
country many times throughout the years. You realize that the patient is explaining which aspect of
culture?

Ans: Heritage consistency

Q6: You determines a patient is in the process of acculturation. What did the you assess in this
patient?

Ans: Americanization of the patient's name

Q7: Which characteristic exemplifies ethnocentrism in nursing?

Ans: Seeing nursing as the only method to address health concerns.

Q8: A patient from a non-English-speaking culture explains how he has to behave differently at
work than he does at home. What does the nurse realize this patient is describing?

Ans: Biculturalism

Q9: While shifts in the population profile are occurring, what is an important consideration to
address in health care?

Ans: Cultural health needs of varying groups must be considered.

Q10: Why would a patient who has a higher income generally have better health outcomes?

Ans: Have better access to healthcare

Q11: Since health is viewed from many perspectives, what is essential for a healthcare provider
to do for a patient?

Ans: Be able to understand health from the patient's viewpoint.

Q12: What is the Healthy People 2020 goal for health disparities?

Ans: Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.

Q13: Which is an obligation of a person who is assuming the sick role?

Ans: Seek help and following it to promote recovery.

Q14: Which action do most people take when experiencing a mild illness?

Ans: Rely on self-treatment or do nothing.