WorksheetsCultural Care Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which action best exemplifies culture care preservation/maintenance?
Replace a harmful herbal poultice with a sterile pack.
Forbid a food practice that is neutral to health.
Provide time and privacy for the patient’s nightly prayer before wound care.
Encourage discarding a neutral ritual to simplify workflow.
A grandmother advises a new mother to discard colostrum. Most appropriate mode?
Culture care repatterning/restructuring
Culture care preservation/maintenance
Culture care accommodation/negotiation
Ignore the advice and proceed without discussion
Which statement best describes accommodation/negotiation?
Keeping all cultural practices exactly as they are
Eliminating practices that are merely unfamiliar
Replacing a harmful practice with a safe alternative
Adjusting the plan so a practice can continue safely with agreed changes
A barangay has low DOT completion for TB due to work schedules. Best first step?
Mandatory classes after work with attendance penalties
Offer flexible/mobile DOT hours near worksites
Ban traditional home remedies immediately
Require daily clinic visits only during office hours
Which documentation best reflects preservation?
“Discouraged patient from using family support during care.”
“Supported family pre-procedure blessing; no treatment delay noted.”
“Adjusted medication time for religious fast; increased monitoring.”
“Replaced smoke ritual with warm compress; mother agreed.”
A postpartum relative proposes smoke exposure for “warming.” Best response?
Allow it briefly to respect tradition
Ignore it since it’s a family matter
Move mother and baby to another unit
Repattern: co-create safe warmth (warm bath/compress) and teach risks
Which outcome signals successful preservation?
Patient reports ritual maintained and anxiety decreased
Patient states they stopped all traditions
Nurse completed education checklist only
Family complied after repeated threats of discharge
Which is a core step in repatterning/restructuring?
Schedule care entirely around cultural timing without limits
Document disagreement and proceed as usual
Use motivational interviewing; co-design a safer practice that keeps meaning
Refer to security to enforce policy
Elderly patient on diuretics drinks an unknown herbal tea daily. Best immediate action?
Preserve the practice without assessment
Assess for interactions, negotiate safe timing, and monitor
Confiscate the tea and file an incident report
Replace the tea with antibiotics
Planning culturally congruent care should prioritize:
Nursing preferences and unit routines
Eliminating all non-evidence traditions
Postponing decisions to the physician
Selecting the mode collaboratively; set culturally meaningful & measurable goals
