Health Beliefs and Practices

Which health belief system is disease oriented with a focus on procedures and drugs.

Choose a characteristic NOT associated with disease prevention.

Select a characteristic of cultural encounter.

Choose a definition of race.

When defining health, which statement is included?

Select a ritual that IS NOT used for cleansing the body of negative thoughts.

Select an intervention that IS NOT used in chiropractic medicine.

The culturally skilled nurse is able to identify cultural factors that influence behavior.

Select a major assumption of Transcultural Care.

Categories of risk factors include age, environment, lifestyle ADLs, and relationships.

What is a long term outcome of relaxation therapy?

Select a definition of illness.

Which concept IS NOT related to holism.

How does aroma therapy provide its therapeutic effects?

What is a basic fundamental principle of chiropractic care?

Which term indicate the nurse has an appreciation for cultural customs and traditions.

In this stage of behavior change, plans are made to accomplish the change.

Choose the most appropriate complementary therapy for excessive worry and work stress.

What does the nurse use to identify interventions congruent with cultural health traditions?

Which belief about disease and illness is predominant in Western cultures?

This term means the person must adapt to another culture in order to survive.

Which statement is true about chronic illness?

The nurse uses which tactic when interviewing a Spanish speaking patient with an interpreter?

Culture is defined as a system of shared values, beliefs, and practices.

A cultural assessment DOES NOT include the following guideline.

Select a characteristic of cultural values.

Health and wellness is on a static continuum.

How does acupuncture differ from acupressure?

Select a disease/disorder that does not typically respond to acupressure and acupuncture.

Choose a characteristic of the person with an internal locus of control.

Which action is an example of culturally congruent care?

Which health belief system believes in qi energy and ying/yang?

Describe a meridian.

Choose a characteristic NOT associated with health promotion.

Choose the best definition of folk health.

Select a characteristic of the stages of behavior change.

Which function is performed by a holistic nurse?

Select a characteristic of wellness.

Choose the statement that IS NOT true about risk factors.

Select a definition of illness behavior.

Choose an action that is NEVER used by the culturally sensitive nurse for all patients.

Which of the following procedures is used for manual healing?

This stage of behavior change lasts until the temptation to return to prior behavior dissipates

Herbal medicine effectively complements Western medicine with no contraindications.

In this stage of behavior change, the problem is no longer a temptation or threat.

Select an internal variable that influences health beliefs and practices.

This therapy uses the imagination to affect physical health.

Select an external variable that influences health beliefs and practices.

Describe the differences between ethnicity and race.

Which internal variable affects illness and behavior?