Health Promotion Week 7 Exam

BSN 225 Concepts of Nursing – Health Promotion Week 7 Exam (Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Nightingale

Week 7 - Culture

Question:

Which action by the nurse indicates cultural awareness?

• Allowing for privacy when a patient with different cultural beliefs slaps his

adolescent son

• Speaking only to the parent instead of the teenager with cerebral palsy but

no mental disabilities

• Respecting the cultural request of a patient for a same-gender caregiver
• Refusing to care for a patient who wants to have an abortion because it

goes against your beliefs

Answer:

Respecting the cultural request of a patient for a same-gender caregiver Fulfilling a culturally based patient request demonstrates knowledge of cultural awareness.

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Question:

Match the thought or behavior that is associated with impeding cultural awareness with its description.

Assuming a person who is homeless is lazy and does not want a job Assuming someone is an undocumented immigrant because they are Hispanic Refusing a patient assignment due to the ethnicity of the patient Assuming a teenager is sexually active based on choice of clothing

Discrimination Ethnocentrism Prejudice Generalizing Stereotyping Enculturation

Answer:

Assuming a person who is homeless is lazy and does not want a job --> Generalizing Assuming someone is an undocumented immigrant because they are Hispanic --> Stereotyping Refusing a patient assignment due to the ethnicity of the patient --> Discrimination Assuming a teenager is sexually active based on choice of clothing --> Prejudice

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Question:

Which aspect of cultural identity is illustrated by the Korean woman's request for seaweed soup after giving birth?

• Assimilation
• Ritual
• Acculturation
• Enculturation

Answer:

Ritual Rituals are formal actions performed at special times. Eating seaweed soup after childbirth is based on the ritual/belief that seaweed promotes healing and lactation.

Question:

Which aspects of cultural identity can be influenced by outside factors?Select all that apply.

• Race
• Religion
• Ethnicity
• Socioeconomic status
• Gender

Answer:

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Cultural identity is dynamic and ever-changing and can be influenced by outside factors. Examples of cultural identity that can be influenced include geographic location, religion, socioeconomic status, and education.

Socioeconomic status Cultural identity is dynamic and ever-changing. Although certain aspects of cultural identity cannot be changed such as age, race, and ethnicity, other aspects of cultural identity can be influenced by geographic location, religion, socioeconomic status, and education.

Question:

Which term describes a process in which individuals or groups merge with another group and part or all of the aspects of the minority group's culture is lost to that of the majority group?

• Cultural assimilation
• Acculturation
• Enculturation
• Cultural identity

Answer:

Cultural assimilation Cultural assimilation is the process in which individuals or groups of individuals from one cultural group merge with another group, and aspects of the smaller minority group are often lost or changed.

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