A Nursing Student Is Caring for a Patient Who Has

question 7

Multiple Choice

A nursing student is caring for a patient who has just immigrated to Canada from Ghana.The student just had a class on cultural safety and wants to practise doing a cultural assessment.What should the nursing student know?

• A)Patients who come from the same region or country share similar values,beliefs,attitudes,and experiences.
• B)Cultural assessment is a systematic and comprehensive examination of the cultural care values,beliefs,and practices of individuals,families,and communities.
• C)The patient should be discouraged from sharing personal stories because it will take up too much time.
• D)The student should ask only open-ended questions.

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Definitions:

Contemplation

The action of thinking deeply or considering something carefully over a period of time.

Self-Efficacy

A person's confidence in their ability to carry out actions required to achieve certain performance goals.

Outcome Expectations

The beliefs that carrying out a specific behavior will lead to valued outcomes.

Operant Conditioning

An educational method where the intensity of an action is altered through rewards or penalties.