NCLEX

Disparities in health outcomes between the rich and the poor illustrates: a (an)

Illness attributed to natural, impersonal, and biological forces.
Creation of own interpretation and descriptions of biological and psychological malfunctions.
Influence of socioeconomic factors in morbidity and mortality.
Combination of naturalistic, religious, and supernatural modalities.

Solution

Influence of socioeconomic factors in morbidity and mortality.

Disparities in health outcomes between the rich and the poor illustrate the influence of socioeconomic factors in morbidity and mortality. Social factors such as poverty and lack of universal medical insurance compromise the health status of the poor and unemployed.

The dominant value orientation in North American society is:

Use of rituals symbolizing the supernatural.
Group reliance and interdependence
Healing emphasizing naturalistic modalities
Individualism and self-reliance in achieving and maintaining health.

Solution

Individualism and self-reliance in achieving and maintaining health.

When action is taken on one’s prejudices:

Discrimination occurs
Sufficient comparative knowledge of diverse groups is obtained.
Delivery of culturally congruent care is ensured.
People think/know you are a dumbass for being prejudiced.

Solution

Discrimination occurs

Ethnocentrism is the root of:

Biases and prejudices
Meanings by which people make sense of their experiences.
Cultural beliefs
Individualism and self-reliance in achieving and maintaining health.

Solution

Biases and prejudices

Cultural competence is the process of:

Learning about vast cultures
Acquiring specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes
Influencing treatment and care of clients
Motivation and commitment to caring.

Solution

Acquiring specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes

Cultural competence is the process of acquiring specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes that ensure delivery of culturally congruent care.

Cultural awareness is an in-depth self-examination of one’s:

Background, recognizing biases and prejudices.
Social, cultural, and biophysical factors
Engagement in cross-cultural interactions
Motivation and commitment to caring.

Solution

Background, recognizing biases and prejudices.

Cultural awareness is an in-depth examination of one’s own background, recognizing biases and prejudices and assumptions about other people.

All of the following are crucial needs of the dying client except:

Control of pain
Preservation of dignity and self-worth
Love and belonging
Freedom from decision making

Solution

Freedom from decision making

Trying questionable and experimental forms of therapy is a behavior that is characterized of which stage of dying?

Anger
Depression
Bargaining
Acceptance

Solution

Bargaining

Which statement about loss is accurate?

Loss is only experienced when there is an actual absence of something valued.
The more the individual has invested in what is lost, the less the feeling of loss.
Loss may be maturational, situational, or both.
The degree of stress experienced is unrelated to the type of loss.

Solution

Loss may be maturational, situational, or both.

In a situation in which there is insufficient staff to implement competent care, a nurse should:

Organize a strike
Inform the clients of the situation
Refuse the assignment
Accept the assignment but make a protest in writing to the administration.

Solution

Organize a strike

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