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Provide an example of an intervention at each level of prevention related to culture and literacy.

Provide an example of an intervention at each level of prevention related to culture and literacy.



Answer:

Primary prevention - CHNs determine that the health information on immunization requirements is culturally appropriate and is at an appropriate health literacy level for each client.

Secondary prevention - CHNs screen clients to determine literacy level so that programs are developed and provided at the appropriate health literacy level.

Tertiary prevention - CHNs, through intersectoral partnerships, establish literacy community programs and services to meet the needs of clients requiring culturally appropriate teaching about health during cardiac rehabilitation.

What special health care considerations do community health nurses need to be aware of with regard to migrant workers?

What special health care considerations do community health nurses need to be aware of with regard to migrant workers?



Answer: Migrant workers often have high occupational mobility and may seek health care only when they are too ill to work. It is important for a community health nurse to teach these clients about disease prevention, health maintenance, health protection, and health promotion activities before the client moves.

What do community health nurses need to know when completing a cultural assessment?

What do community health nurses need to know when completing a cultural assessment?



Answer: Population demographic changes in their practice area; general information about the various cultural groups; how and when to use focused assessment; how to use an interpreter; and how to assess and consider the social, political, and economic factors in the community.

Nurses develop cultural competence in many ways, but mainly in which one of the following ways?

Nurses develop cultural competence in many ways, but mainly in which one of the following ways?



A. By working with clients who are culturally similar to themselves
B. By being afraid to make mistakes when confronted with situations that are different
C. By refusing to acknowledge cultural differences when conducting a cultural assessment
D. By learning from clients as they express their experiences and problem-solving strategies


Answer: D

Cultural competence is being stressed in nursing programs for which one of the following reasons?

Cultural competence is being stressed in nursing programs for which one of the following reasons?



A. Technological changes have made nursing more sophisticated.
B. Self-determination of clients is minimized, where cultural differences are considered.
C. Culture is a determinant of health that influences and is influenced by other determinants.
D. Cultural care is universal care, and all people need to be treated the same.


Answer: C

How is cultural competence demonstrated by a CHN in dealing with a Chinese population?

How is cultural competence demonstrated by a CHN in dealing with a Chinese population? (Select all that apply.)



A. The nurse provides educational materials in English and Chinese.
B. The nurse provides care while paying attention to individual beliefs about pain, touch, modesty, and eye contact.
C. The nurse delivers care while verbalizing all medical and nursing procedures being conducted.
D. The nurse provides care without regard for cost or outcomes because the public health department requires it.
E. The nurse provides care that acknowledges the differences in ways individuals respond to illness and treatment.


Answer: A, B, E

What is cultural competence?

What is cultural competence?



Answer: An ongoing process, whereby the health care professional respects, accepts, and applies knowledge and skill appropriate to the client interactions without allowing one's personal beliefs to influence the clients' differing views.

Understanding the effect of culture on behaviour is important to the community health nurse, because culture fits which of the following characteristics?

Understanding the effect of culture on behaviour is important to the community health nurse, because culture fits which of the following characteristics?




A. Culture is a blueprint for the behaviour of minority groups.
B. Culture is genetically transmitted to all individuals.
C. Culture is a learned process that is transmitted by the family, ethnic group, and society.
D. Culture determines the client's capacity to respond to a health problem.


Answer: C

What is involved in the process of community development?

What is involved in the process of community development?



Answer: Community development is a process whereby community members identify health concerns or issues affecting their community that require the development of capacity building skills to bring about a needed change

What are the 3 health promotion approaches/models, and how do they each view health and health promotion differently?

What are the 3 health promotion approaches/models, and how do they each view health and health promotion differently?



Answer:

Biomedical approach - focuses on the treatment and prevention of disease
Behavioural approach - focuses on using lifestyle changes, especially behavioural risk factors, to promote health.
Socioenvironmental approach - focuses on health as a resource and considers the psychosocial and environmental risk factors related to the determinants of health in relation to health and health promotion.

What is the goal of harm reduction strategies?

What is the goal of harm reduction strategies?



Answer: Harm reduction strategies focus on the eventual goal of abstinence as opposed to abstinence as a prerequisite for program participation.

List 4 strategies by which this government body safeguards the population's health?

List 4 strategies by which this government body safeguards the population's health?



Answer: Health Canada safeguards the population's health through surveillance, prevention, legislation, and research in areas such as environmental health, disease outbreaks, drug products, and food safety.

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