Chapter 02: Health Disparities and Culturally Competent Care

1. Question: What information should the nurse collect when assessing the health status of a community?
2. Question: The nurse works in a clinic located in a community with many Hispanics. Which strategy, if implemented by the nurse, would decrease health care disparities for the Hispanic patients?
3. Question: The nurse is obtaining a health history from a new patient. Which data will be the focus of patient teaching?
4. Question: The nurse is caring for a Native American patient who has traditional beliefs about health and illness. Which action by nurse is most appropriate?
5. Question: The nurse is caring for an Asian patient who is being admitted to the hospital. Which action would bemost appropriate for the nurse to take when interviewing this patient?
6. Question: A female staff nurse is assessing a male patient of Arab descent who is admitted with complaints of severe headaches. It is most important for the charge nurse to intervene if the nurse takes which action?
7. Question: The nurse cares for a patient who speaks a different language. If an interpreter is not available, which action by the nurse is most appropriate?
8. Question: The nurse plans care for a hospitalized patient who uses culturally based treatments. Which action by the nurse is best?
9. Question: The nurse is caring for a newly admitted patient. Which intervention is the best example of a culturally appropriate nursing intervention?
10. Question: A staff nurse expresses frustration that a Native American patient always has several family members at the bedside. Which action by the charge nurse is most appropriate?
11. Question: An older Asian American patient tells the nurse that she has lived in the United States for 50 years. The patient speaks English and lives in a predominantly Asian neighborhood. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?
12. Question: The nurse plans health care for a community with a large number of recent immigrants from Vietnam. Which intervention is the most important for the nurse to implement?
13. Question: When doing an admission assessment for a patient, the nurse notices that the patient pauses before answering questions about the health history. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?
14. Question: Which strategy should be a priority when the nurse is planning care for a diabetic patient who is uninsured?
15. Question: Complains of abdominal cramping caused by empacho. Which action should the nurse take first?
16. Question: The nurse performs a cultural assessment with a patient from a different culture. Which action by the nurse should be taken first?
17. Question: The nurse working in a clinic in a primarily African American community notes a higher incidence of uncontrolled hypertension in the patients. To correct this health disparity, which action should the nurse take first?

MULTIPLE RESPONSE

1. Question: The nurse is performing an admission assessment for a non-English speaking patient who is from China. Which actions could the nurse take to enhance communication (select all that apply)?