Transcultural Nursing Assessment and Intervention, 6th Edition – Test Bank

Giger: Transcultural Nursing, 6th Edition

Giger & Davidhizar’s Culturally Competent Test Bank: NCLEX-RN Review

Chapter 7: Biological Variations

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. In assessing baseline color of skin, the abdomen can be expected to be: A Least pigmented.
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B Most pigmented.

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C Unreliable for examination. .
D Unrelated to other areas.
.

ANS: A DIF: Cognitive Level: Application KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Physiological Integrity

2. A newborn with which of these skin colors would rarely have Mongolian spots? A Yellow
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B Red

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C Brown .
D White .

ANS: D
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Physiological Integrity

3. Susceptibility to disease is based on cultural heritage. A True
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B False

.

ANS: B DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge KEY: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: NCLEX Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance

DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge

4. Seminole, Pima, and Papago Indians are known to have been highly susceptible to diabetes mellitus.
A True
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B False .

ANS: A
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Physiological Integrity

5. Keloids are more commonly seen in: A Asians
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B Blacks

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C American Indians .
D Europeans
.

ANS: B DIF:
KEY: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance

6. One category of drugs thought to be metabolized differently by virtue of race is antihypertensives. You have a 28-year-old African-American male patient who has just been diagnosed with hypertension. Based on your knowledge, you would expect which category of antihypertensives to be the least efficacious for your patient because these types of drugs would have to be given at a higher dose?

A Alpha-adrenergic receptor blocking agents .
B Beta-adrenergic receptor blocking agents
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C ACE inhibitors
.
D Calcium channel blockers .

ANS: B DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge KEY: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX Category: Physiological Integrity

7. Jenny Jones is a 45-year-old African American admitted to the psychiatric unit with paranoid schizophrenia. She is put on Risperdal (risperidone). Based on your knowledge,

DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge

Cognitive Level: Knowledge

you realize that the drug is an antipsychotic. Because of Jenny’s race, it is possible that she might develop which of the following disorders as a side effect of this drug?
A Tardive dyskinesia
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B Echolalia .
C Dysphagia .

D Echopraxia .

ANS: A
KEY: Nursing Process: Analysis
MSC: NCLEX Category: Physiological Integrity

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