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NU 673 Psychiatric Mental Healthcare FINAL
EXAM 2025-2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
Which of the following is true about how mediterranean individuals view mental health?
a) There is a stigma associated with mental health
b) Poor individuals are a wonderful part of society
c) Homeless people fall into high status category
d) Professional individuals are viewed as incompetent.
a) There is a stigma associated with mental health
What is emphasized in Northern European culture that increases stress and then negatively impacts mental health outcomes?
a) Maintaining strict religious practices
b) Perfectionism
c) Receiving education after grade school
d) Increasing socioeconomic status
b) Perfectionism
Which of the following is not valued in Northern European culture?
a) Witty sarcastic remarks
b) Relationships and connections over material items and competition
c) Need for personal feedback and recognition
d) Viewing mental illness as a "treatable medical condition"
a) Witty sarcastic remarks
What represents the greatest barrier to individuals in Latin America receiving mental healthcare services?
a) Socio-Economical issues
b) Stigma
c) Gender bias
d) Denial
b) stigma
What mental health disorder is the most prevalent in Latin America and the Caribbean islands?
a) Schizophrenia
b) Gender dysphoria
c) Anxiety
d) Depression
d) depression
Mediterranean people are 70-78% christian.
- Which of the following is NOT included in the cultural competence care provided to gender fluid persons?
a) Gender: female/male
b) Identifying pronouns as they/them/their
c) What sex were you assigned at birth on your birth certificate?
d) Name you want to be identified as.
a) Gender: female/male
- The key beliefs of a gender trans person include all the following except:
a) non-binary person identifies as both male and female
b) binary, and express their expression the same on a routine basis
c) their gender varies from day to day
d) gender and expression can change over time
b) binary, and express their expression the same on a routine basis
A psychiatric nurse leads a medication education group for Hispanic patients. This nurse holds a Western worldview and uses pamphlets as teaching tools. Groups are short and concise. After the group, the patients are most likely to believe:
a) the nurse was uncaring.
b) the session was effective.
c) the teaching was efficient.
d) they were treated respectfully.
a) the nurse was uncaring.
A Mexican American patient puts a picture of the Virgin Mary on the bedside table. What is the nurse's best action?
a) Move the picture so it is beside a window.
b) Send the picture to the business office safe.
c) Leave the picture where the patient placed it.
d) Send the picture home with the patient's family.
c) Leave the picture where the patient placed it.
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In the East African culture, it is believed that mental illness is the result of:
a) Genetic, biological, environmental, and psychological causes.
b) Poverty and other related issues
c) Western affiliation and colonialism
d) External attack on the individual, hence they sort traditional medicine over biomedicine.
d) External attack on the individual, hence they sort traditional medicine over biomedicine.
In the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, the tradition of matchmaking leads to avoidance of mental health care, particularly medications, for fear of limiting marriage opportunities. True or False.
a) True
b) False
a) True
When prescribing medication in the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, discussing taking medication during ritual fasts or Passover food restrictions and addressing pork products in gelatin (sometimes used in medications, especially capsules) may result in all of the following EXCEPT?
a) Strengthening the provider-patient relationship
b) Avoid Non-adherence
c) Show an understanding of religious principles governing dietary law
d) Have a negative impact on healthcare outcomes
d) Have a negative impact on healthcare outcomes
An 83 year old Vietnamese man was admitted with acute encephalopathy and altered mental status. An assessment of the patient skin revealed multiple elongated ecchymotic markings along his back and ribs. The nurse practitioner knows
a) This is a sign of elder abuse
b) A cultural practice of coining
c) A cultural practice of cupping
d) A cultural practice of steaming
b) A cultural practice of coining
Southeast Asian cultures use various traditional methods of medicine. What is it called when small heated glasses are placed on the skin, forming a suction that is drawing out the bad force and leaves a red circular mark on the skin?
a) Pinching
b) Steaming
c) Cupping
d) Coining
c) Cupping
Important points to keep in mind when providing care to Native American patient are all EXCEPT
a) be willing to partner with tribal healers
b) care planning should be considered in the context of the family
c) definition of a family might vary from that in Western cultures
d) elders are not important and should be disregarded when planning care
d) elders are not important and should be disregarded when planning care
Barriers to accessing mental health services in Native American population are:
b) The Bible is the text from the seventh century that guides Muslims to worship one god, Allah, and explains how they should treat others
In the Muslim community mental illness can be perceived as:
a) can be perceived as a test or punishment from God
b) a predetermined destiny chosen by God and thus accepted with optimism as a desire for treatment.
c) An opportunity to fix a disconnection from religion presented from a lack of faith through regular prayer
d) All of the above
d) All of the above
Puerto Ricans sometimes do not seek mental health treatment due to the stigma of mental illness?
a) True
b) False
a) True
Mental health services are more likely to be accessed by people who can afford to go to private providers than those who are more likely to use public-health services.
a) True
b) False
a) True
Southeast Asian Regions consists mostly of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam religions
a) True
b) False
a) True
A key component related to mental health in Southeast Asia includes:
a) This culture does not believe in mental illness
b) Mental Health is only associated with the poor
c) Religious beliefs shape perceptions on mental health related to past life decisions and punishment
d) People who can hear the "spirits" are considered prophets
c) Religious beliefs shape perceptions on mental health related to past life decisions and punishment
