The nurse labels a patient an alcoholic because of his ethnicity. This is called 1. Stereotyping 2. Prejudice 3. Racism 4. Ethnocentrism ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 1
The belief that people born into a particular cultural group are inferior in one or more ways is known as 1. Prejudice 2. Cultural imposition 3. Racism 4. Stereotyping ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 3
The tendency to ignore all differences between cultures and to act as though the differences do not exist is defined as cultural 1. Conflict 2. Shock 3. Blindness 4. Imposition ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 3
The belief that one’s own group determines the standards for behavior by which all other groups are to be judged is called 1. Ethnocentrism 2. Cultural imposition 3. Racism 4. Stereotyping ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 1
The feelings of helplessness, discomfort, and disorientation experienced by an individual attempting to understand or effectively adapt to a different cultural group because of differences in practice, values, and beliefs is called 1. Ethnocentrism 2. Cultural conflict 3. Cultural imposition 4. Cultural shock ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 4
A group of individuals who share common biological features defines 1. Ethnicity 2. Race 3. Diversity 4. Culture ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 2
When the nurse advocates and intervenes between the health care system and the client’s cultural beliefs on behalf of the client, the nurse’s action is called 1. Cultural accommodation 2. Cultural brokering 3. Cultural preservation 4. Cultural repatterning ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 2
A Mexican American mother insists on using special candles to help her daughter’s ear infection. The nurse asks the mother if she would also give her daughter antibiotics. This is called cultural 1. Accommodation 2. Repatterning 3. Brokering 4. Awareness ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 1
To meet a client’s needs, it is sometimes necessary to integrate into the client’s care a culturally relevant practice that lacks scientific utility. This is known as 1. Cultural accommodation 2. Cultural brokering 3. Cultural preservation 4. Cultural repatterning ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 1
Assuming that groups of people have certain beliefs and behaviors without reorganizing individual differences within groups is known as 1. Ethnocentrism 2. Cultural imposition 3. Racism 4. Stereotyping ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 4