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A generalization about a form of behavior an individual or a group is known as a ____
Correct Answer: stereotype
Rationale: A stereotype is a generalization about a form of behavior, an individual, or a group.
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A nurse is caring for an Orthodox Jewish woman immediately after she has given birth. What can the nurse expect regarding the spouse's participation in his wife's care?
- A. He will share a bed with the patient.
- B. He will ask to bathe with the patient.
- C. He will touch the patient frequently.
- D. He will avoid physical contact with the patient.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: For observant Jews, a woman is considered to be in a ritual state of impurity whenever blood is coming from her uterus, such as during menstrual periods and after the birth of a child. During this time, her husband will not have physical contact with her. When this time is completed, she will bathe herself in a pool called a mikvah. Nurses need to be aware of this practice and be sensitive to the husband and wife because the husband will not touch his wife.
The father of an American Indian has just died. What should the nurse do immediately after death?
- A. Provide privacy so that the family may touch and kiss the deceased goodbye
- B. Ask about providing help with the death ceremony
- C. Carefully wrap the deceased's clothing for the family to take home
- D. Mention the deceased by name frequently
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: In the American Indian culture it is taboo to touch the deceased or any of the belongings of the deceased. After death, the name of the deceased is not spoken.
What should the culturally sensitive nurse do for a Muslim woman being treated in the hospital?
- A. Assign only female staff to care for her.
- B. Keep her head and extremities covered as much as possible.
- C. Arrange for family to bring specially prepared pork dishes.
- D. Let her make decisions relative to her care.
- E. Allow privacy for prayer.
Correct Answer: A,B,E
Rationale: Muslim women are not accustomed to making decisions, leaving it to the head of the house or the family as a whole. Muslims do not eat pork.
What is the term for a group of people who share a common social and cultural heritage based on shared traditions national origin and physical and biological characteristics?
- A. Race
- B. Culture
- C. Religion
- D. Ethnicity
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Ethnicity refers to a group of people who share a common social and cultural heritage based on shared traditions, national origin, and physical and biological characteristics.
Following the death of a Presbyterian infant the nurse should help arrange for ____
Correct Answer: baptism
Rationale: Presbyterians believe in infant baptism.