Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 8th Edition By Mohr- Test Bank

Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 8th Edition By Mohr- Test Bank

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Chapter: Chapter 06: Culture

Multiple Choice

1. A nurse who provides care in a diverse, urban center is aware of the importance of culture in the planning and delivery of psychiatric–mental health care. Which of the following statements is the best brief definition of culture?
A) Culture refers to a person’s racial background.
B) Culture refers to a person’s religious and spiritual beliefs.
C) Culture is a shared structure for living.
D) Culture is a society’s particular social norms.

Ans: C
Chapter: 06
Client Needs: C
Cognitive Level: Knowledge
Difficulty: Easy
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Objective: 01
Page and Header: 94, Culture
Feedback: Culture is the integration of human behaviors (which include thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions) particular to a racial, ethnic, religious, or social group. It represents the vast structure of ideas, attitudes, habits, languages, rituals, ceremonies, and practices found among a specific group of people. Members of such groups share an accepted way of life that provides a general structure for living, as well as patterns by which they interpret reality. Culture may include, but supersedes, racial background, spiritual beliefs, and norms.

2. A nurse has conducted a thorough assessment of a new client’s cultural context prior to creating a care plan. Why is understanding a client’s cultural context most important to a mental health worker?
A) Because it influences perceptions of health and illness
B) Because it influences the adoption of traditional gender roles
C) Because it helps the care provider avoid offending the client
D) Because it helps the care provider determine the client’s prognosis

Ans: A
Chapter: 06
Client Needs: C
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Difficulty: Moderate
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Objective: 01
Page and Header: 94, Culture
Feedback: Culture can influence perceptions of health and illness greatly, as well as how, when, and why people seek treatment for health problems. Culture influences many aspects of psychiatric care, including self-perception, roles and relationships, family dynamics and interactions, attitudes toward medications, values, and community supports. An understanding of the client’s cultural context also is necessary to appreciate the client’s attitude toward the provider. Avoiding offence and accommodating gender roles are important, but perceptions of health and illness are paramount considerations.

3. Long-term planning is taking place in a large, multisite health care system. Planning must reflect current demographics while anticipating future changes. If demographic predictions are accurate, which cultural group will constitute approximately 25% of the U.S. population by 2050?
A) White European Americans
B) African Americans
C) Hispanic Americans
D) Asian Americans

Ans: C
Chapter: 06
Client Needs: C
Cognitive Level: Knowledge
Difficulty: Moderate
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Objective: 02
Page and Header: 4, Changing Demographics and Cultural Awareness
Feedback: By 2050, Hispanic Americans are expected to make up 24.5% of the population.

4. A group of psychiatric–mental health nurses have completed an educational session on strategies for fostering cultural congruence. Cultural congruence is defined as:
A) Agreement between and among people of different cultural backgrounds
B) Assimilation of a minority culture into the dominant culture
C) Feelings of belonging despite cultural differences
D) The expression of personal and cultural validation

Ans: D
Chapter: 06
Client Needs: C
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Difficulty: Moderate
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Objective: 03
Page and Header: 96, Cultural Congruence
Feedback: Cultural congruence means that clients receive an overall message, conveyed both verbally and nonverbally, of personal and cultural validation. In culturally congruent mental healthcare, providers integrate the client’s value system, life experiences, and expectations about treatment into the therapeutic process, even when the client is not fully aware that it is happening. As a result, the full weight of the client’s cultural system can help support the healing process.