Exam

Question 0

What is ethnicity?

Answer 0

Groups whose members share a social and cultural heritage.

Question 1

Objects that are worn for health protection are known as ___________?

Answer 1

Amulets

Question 2

What is a minority?

Answer 2

Mathematical percentage.

Question 3

What is immigration?

Answer 3

A process where people enter another country.

Question 4

What is xenophobia?

Answer 4

Morbid fear of strangers.

Question 5

What is discrimination?

Answer 5

Denying people equal opportunity by acting on a prejudice.

Question 6

What are considered the challenges of immigration?

Answer 6

Poverty, Language, and Food.

Question 7

Ethnocentrism is the root of:?

Answer 7

Stereotypes, biases, and prejudices.

Question 8

In what year was the multicultural policy announced?

Answer 8

1971

Question 9

T or F, Today, most federal multicultural programs focus on institutional change, race relations and citizen participation.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

What is the importance of modern/allopathic philosophy?

Answer 10

• Health
• Cure
• Technology

Question 11

What is the importance of traditional/homeopathic philosophy?

Answer 11

• Health
• Healing
• Touch
• Communication

Question 12

What are the categories of complementary alternative medicine?

Answer 12

• Alternative Medical Systems: homeopathic medicine
• Mind-Body Interventions: patient support groups
• Biologically Based Therapies: herbal products
• Manipulative and Body-Based Methods: massage
• Energy Therapies: reiki

Question 13

What are the traditional or ethno-cultural health cares?

Answer 13

1. Ayurvedic
2. Curanderismo
3. Qi gong
4. Santeria
5. Voodoo

Question 14

What are the reasons for using complementary alternative medicine?

Answer 14

• Dissatisfaction with modern medicine
• Need for personal control
• Philosophical congruence

Question 15

How would you survive?

Answer 15

It is based on environments such as this that rituals evolved.

Question 16

What are the specific issues related to end-of-life care?

Answer 16

1. Advanced directives
2. Organ donation
3. Rituals surrounding funerals and mourning

Question 17

What is the ABC approach?

Answer 17

• Awareness
• Bearing Witness
• Comfort

Question 18

What can the ABC approach do?

Answer 18

Promote knowledge and skills necessary to provide culturally competent end-of-life care.

Question 19

What is important in end-of-life care?

Answer 19

Communication

Question 20

What is awareness?

Answer 20

Refers to understanding how culture shapes the issues of concern.

Question 21

What is bearing witness?

Answer 21

Represents “being with” clients and their family to share and understand the culture and health and illness-related issues.

Question 22

What is comfort?

Answer 22

Involves promoting well-being and the need to meet the comfort needs of clients.

Question 23

The end-of-life care can be explored by the four “F’s”:

Answer 23

1. Feelings
2. Family
3. Faith
4. Finality

Question 24

Whata are the 6 spiritual care explores for faith?

Answer 24

- Belief - Identity - Hope - Peace - Legacy - Reconciliation

Question 25

How does Bangladesh deal with death?

Answer 25

-Muslim rites: body remains at home - cared for, washed, wrapped in white cloth.

Question 26

How does China deal with death?

Answer 26

- Initial burial in coffin; after 7 years, body exhumed and cremated, urn reburied in a tomb.

Question 27

How does Egypt deal with death?

Answer 27

Muslim rites.

Question 28

How does Germany deal with death?

Answer 28

- Crying in public expected, cremation may be selected.

Question 29

How does Greece deal with death?

Answer 29

- May isolate dying person, withhold truth. - Person buried, exhumed in 5yrs and bones reburied in urn or vault - Death at home is important - Widow wears dark mourning cloths for rest of life

Question 30

How does Italy deal with death?

Answer 30

- Fatal diagnosis not discussed with patient and family

Question 31

How does Japan deal with death?

Answer 31

- Control public expression of grief

Question 32

How does Mexico deal with death?

Answer 32

- Family members stay with dying person around the clock - Grief may be expressive - "Day of the Dead" celebrated in November

Question 33

What is the duration of evil spirits?

Answer 33

7 or 40 days

Question 34

What is the care of the dying?

Answer 34

Ritual washing

Question 35

How do people prepare the grave?

Answer 35

Storing food and water for post death journey

Question 36

What is the belief of most people?

Answer 36

Ghost of the person could return and if not appeased, could harm surviving relatives.

Question 37

What are the different death related objects?

Answer 37

Masks, bride and groom skeleton, candles, jade stone, and ghost money

Question 38

What are masks used for?

Answer 38

to hide from "Angel of Death" or placed on the face of the deceased.

Question 39

What message does the bride and groom skeleton convey?

Answer 39

That marriage is forever, even unto death

Question 40

What are candles used for?

Answer 40

Used by many people after death as a way of lighting the way for the soul of the deceased.

Question 41

What is the Jade stone used for?

Answer 41

From China, is placed in orifices of the body to block the entrance of the evil spirits after death.

Question 42

What is the ghost money used for?

Answer 42

From China, is burned to send payments to a deceased person and to ensure his or her well-being in the afterlife.

Question 43

How many babies are born deaf yearly?

Answer 43

4000-5000

Question 44

What are the elements within a deaf culture?

Answer 44

- Sign Language - Deaf Schools - Deaf Theatre - Journals, magazines, books, videos, TV - Organizational Groups - TTY's (telephone typewriter), caption decoders, flashing alarms

Question 45

What are the technology that deaf people use?

Answer 45

- Hearing aids - Cochlear implants - TTY (telephone typewriter) - VRS: video relay service

Question 46

What are the technology for the blind?

Answer 46

- White cane - Braille - Light box - Slate & styles - Perkins Brailler - Adapter computers - Tape players - Dictation recorders - Books on Tape & CD - Remote control calculators - Talking microwaves

Question 47

What are the purposes of communication?

Answer 47

1. Gather information 2. Build relationship 3. Education

Question 48

What percentage of all communication is non-verbal?

Answer 48

93%

Question 49

How far do you have to be to be in the intimate zone of a client?

Answer 49

1 1/2 feet

Question 50

How far from the client do you have to be to be in his/her personal distance?

Answer 50

1 1/2 - 4 feet

Question 51

How far do you have to be from the client for social distance?

Answer 51

4 - 12 feet

Question 52

How far do you have to be from the client for public distance?

Answer 52

12 feet or more

Question 53

What is the intimate zone?

Answer 53

- Allows adults bodily contact for perception of breath and odour - Visual distortions

Question 54

What is personal distance?

Answer 54

- "bubble" of space around the body, no visual distortion | - voice may be moderate, body odour not apparent

Question 55

What is social distance?

Answer 55

- reserved for impersonal business transactions

Question 56

What is public distance?

Answer 56

- impersonal interaction, voices projected, subtle facial expressions may be lost

Question 57

T or F- Studies show that pain threshold or tolerance levels vary within individuals, not based on culture or ethnicity.

Answer 57

True

Question 58

What are the kinds of interpreters?

Answer 58

- Trained interpreters - Multilingual healthcare providers - Bilingual staff - Volunteers - Friends - Family members

Question 59

What are the different types of masks worn?

Answer 59

- African mask - American Indian mask - Mexican mask

Question 60

According to CAD, deaf people have the same rights as the general population. These include:

Answer 60

- Food, clothing, shelter - Dignity, respect - Quality education - Communication and information - Freedom and justice - Equality to access