A nurse practitioner has organized health brigades to provide ...

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A nurse practitioner has organized health brigades to provide care for clients in other countries. She recently has established a woman's clinic in an impoverished area and sees 20 women each day.
 
  Which of the following components of a culturally competent model of care does this ex-emplify most? a. Cultural awareness
  b. Cultural encounter
  c. Cultural knowledge
  d. Cultural skill

Question 2

A staff nurse is facing a dilemma between upholding personal care standards and meeting organizational goals. The nurse manager understands that the best way to assist staff members in resolving ethical dilemmas effectively is to:
 
  a. avoid applying any pressure to compro-mise personal values.
  b. change their work assignment until the dilemma is resolved.
  c. continually remind staff of consequences related to ignoring organizational goals.
  d. refer indecisive staff members for addi-tional training.

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Answer to Question 1

B
Cultural encounters include exposure to those of a culture different than the provider's and prac-tice of delivering nursing care to those clients. This is a component of the model of Campin-ha-Bacote and colleagues (1996).

Answer to Question 2

A
An important way in which those in health care facilities and their managers can assist nursing professionals in resolving ethical dilemmas effectively is by neither explicitly nor implicitly pressuring them to go against their own ethical values (Cooper et al., 2003).