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A set of learned values beliefs customs and practices that are shared by a group and are passed from one generation to another is known as ____
Correct Answer: culture
Rationale: Culture is a set of learned values, beliefs, customs, and practices that are shared by a group and are passed from one generation to another.
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Which statement about the biomedical health belief system is true?
- A. Life processes can be manipulated by humans by mechanical interventions.
- B. Life processes cannot be manipulated by humans by mechanical interventions.
- C. Disease has a nonspecific cause onset course and treatment.
- D. Disease is only caused by failure of body parts and chemical imbalances.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Characteristic of the biomedical health belief system includes the beliefs that life is regulated by biomedical and physical processes. Life processes can be manipulated by humans by mechanical interventions. Health is the absence of disease or signs and symptoms of disease. Disease is an alteration of the structure and function of the body. Disease has a specific cause, onset, course, and treatment. It is caused by trauma, pathogens, chemical imbalances, or failure of body parts. Treatment focuses on the use of physical and chemical treatments.
A nurse is caring for a male neonate born to observant Orthodox Jewish parents. Who will the nurse anticipate will circumcise the neonate?
- A. A bishop
- B. A mohel
- C. His father
- D. His health care provider
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Male children are named 8 days after birth, when ritual circumcision is done. A mohel performs the circumcision.
The nurse is caring for a postpartum patient who requests to dry and bury the umbilical cord near an object or in a place that symbolizes what the parents want for the child's future. Which cultural beliefs does the nurse recognize this patient adhering to?
- A. American Indian
- B. African American
- C. Chinese American
- D. Mexican American
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: After delivery, American Indians practice taking the umbilical cord from the newborn, drying and burying it near an object or place that symbolizes what the parents want for the child's future.
What is a fixed concept that describes how all members of an ethnic group act or think?
- A. Variations within a cultural group
- B. Identical practices
- C. Holistic nursing
- D. Ethnic stereotypes
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Ethnic stereotypes are fixed concepts of how all members of an ethnic group act or think.
The nurse is caring for a Muslim patient. What dietary selection should the nurse serve to this patient?
- A. Bacon eggs and toast
- B. Pork fried rice
- C. Ham and cheese sandwich
- D. Chicken and rice
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Muslims practice avoidance of foods that include pork products. Bacon, pork, and ham are all pork products. Only the chicken and rice meal does not include a pork product.