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Question 1 of 5

A visitor from Japan comes to the United States for a 2-week vacation. Which of the following best describes this person?

A. Non-immigrant

B. Refugee

C. Legal immigrant

D. Lawful permanent resident

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Non-immigrant

Question 2 of 5

An NP discovers an immigrant client refuses penicillin because he believes it will not balance his 'hot' illness. The NP prescribes a different but equally effective antibiotic. What is this an example of?

A. Cultural awareness

B. Cultural brokering

C. Cultural knowledge

D. Cultural skill

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Cultural knowledge

Question 3 of 5

Earlier in the week, a nurse carefully taught a patient from a different culture exactly how much medication to take and emphasized the importance of taking the correct amount. However, the patient is back in the hospital today with symptoms of an overdose

A. Which of the following is the most likely explanation?

B. The patient was taking more mediation in the hope of getting well faster.

C. The patient was also taking folk medicines that had many of the same effects and perhaps some of the same ingredients as the prescribed medication.

D. The patient truly did not understand and thought the dose being taken was correct.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: The patient was also taking folk medicines that had many of the same effects and perhaps some of the same ingredients as the prescribed medication.

Question 4 of 5

A health care worker tells a nurse, "It does no good to try to teach those Medicaid clients about nutrition because they will just eat what they want to no matter how much we teach them." Which of the following is being demonstrated by this statement?

A. Cultural imposition

B. Ethnocentrism

C. Racism

D. Stereotyping

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Stereotyping

Question 5 of 5

A nurse who is explaining to an immigrant client why it is important to take medication states, 'The medication takes a couple of weeks to be effective, but then you should feel better.' When the client is next seen, no medication has been purchased. Which of the following is the most likely explanation?

A. The nurse emphasized that eventually the client would feel better, but the client needed to feel better immediately so didn't bother with the drug.

B. The medication required a trip to the pharmacy, and the client just hadn't had time to obtain the drug yet.

C. The medication was too expensive for the client's family.

D. The client really hadn't understood why the medication was important.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: The nurse emphasized that eventually the client would feel better, but the client needed to feel better immediately so didn't bother with the drug.

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